FAO the 300whp club (turbo)
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FAO the 300whp club (turbo)
Hi Guys,
I am currently in the process of gettin ready to have my GT3071R installed and was just wondering out of interest what speed do you guys find you can get to before it stops pulling hard.
Sorry if this is the wrong section though bearing in mind to have over 300whp you need have made some major upgrades I thought I would ask here.
Also congrats on all the Build thread completions recently, I have been reading and following
THanks
I am currently in the process of gettin ready to have my GT3071R installed and was just wondering out of interest what speed do you guys find you can get to before it stops pulling hard.
Sorry if this is the wrong section though bearing in mind to have over 300whp you need have made some major upgrades I thought I would ask here.
Also congrats on all the Build thread completions recently, I have been reading and following
THanks
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I think he means at what speed does it stop pulling. In a stock car, once you're around 80 or 90, the mph increase starts to get slow. It gets really slow once you're around 120 mph.
Interestingly enough, I have hit 140 when I was NA. But with the turbo, I don't think I've gone faster than 130. There just didn't seem like there was much point in it.
Interestingly enough, I have hit 140 when I was NA. But with the turbo, I don't think I've gone faster than 130. There just didn't seem like there was much point in it.
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I think he means at what speed does it stop pulling. In a stock car, once you're around 80 or 90, the mph increase starts to get slow. It gets really slow once you're around 120 mph.
Interestingly enough, I have hit 140 when I was NA. But with the turbo, I don't think I've gone faster than 130. There just didn't seem like there was much point in it.
Interestingly enough, I have hit 140 when I was NA. But with the turbo, I don't think I've gone faster than 130. There just didn't seem like there was much point in it.
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Actually it didnt for me either with my Vette. I would drive the **** out of it when it was stock. but once I did all the work and supercharged it....I really never ran it out often. I would go to the track with it, but on the roads I think I actually calmed down with it. Maybe I just got older
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Yes, what I mean was at what speed does it stop pulling hard. Exactly as mysql said stock gets really slow around 120mph.
I understand what you're saying that it stops pulling when you hit the red line Brettus but if you were doing 160 would it still pull hard.
CHeers for the reply so far
I understand what you're saying that it stops pulling when you hit the red line Brettus but if you were doing 160 would it still pull hard.
CHeers for the reply so far
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I haven't hit more than 120 so far with the 3071R but it was pulling hard as hell still. It takes a lot of getting used to from stock but the car is literally perfect with a turbo imo. I love everything about it.
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What A/R is the 3071 that comes in the MM kit? I'm assuming you're all using the 3071 from that kit? Sorry guys, I think this is my first post. But I do come from a line of boosted cars and am looking to buy an RX8 very soon.
Don't you think by moving to a 3076, or a larger A/R on the 3071 you'd be able to keep the pressure up until redline?
Don't you think by moving to a 3076, or a larger A/R on the 3071 you'd be able to keep the pressure up until redline?
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But the reason I was really asking was is this necessary to keep the desired boost until redline, anyways? Or is the 3071 sufficient for this motor at lets say 350whp? (Which, from my reading, is around 13psi for a turbo of this size on this motor?)
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Yea, I guess you would push the car at times when NA. I still have my 350z single turbo and although I don't drive it hardly anymore, It seemed that when NA I'd always find myself pushing the car daily but when it was completely gutted and with just the turbo and a roll cage I started to slow down a bit but just knowing that the power is there is so pleasing and it makes the car seem so relaxing at times and I never found myself trying to do highspeed runs like when it was just a NA 350z.
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The 3071R pulls to redline without a problem, but there is no need to go much beyond 8k rpms because of the peak torque/hp comes earlier. I tend to shift earlier to get the really meaty part of the power. Third gear in particular throws me back in the chair quite nicely. The way my boost controller is set up right now goes up to 11 psi right now in the upper ranges of the higher gears and has no problem flowing to redline.
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To the OP - 155 is the highest I've gone so far. That was on the front straight at Firbird on the main track and it was still pulling when I lifted. (Had no choice but to lift - 2 of the 3 braking zone markers had already gone by!)
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Jeff, sorry to threadjack but would you put a 3076 instead of your custom 3071 turbine if there was enough room?
I never saw a comparison between the 2 units with a 13b msp and i'm curious
I never saw a comparison between the 2 units with a 13b msp and i'm curious
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Really? You know i'm a 'tard when talking about FI
Impossible or hard fit? I can order Garret parts with huge discounts so i might give it a shot instead of going with the 3071...
Impossible or hard fit? I can order Garret parts with huge discounts so i might give it a shot instead of going with the 3071...