Need Help: Turbos or Alternatives
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I just recently bought a 2000 Camaro as my first car(I've had it since September). I paid for it but my parents met the previous owner so I'm not sure of all the mods he put into it. what i do know is this:
(Engine- Manual Trans 5 speed 3.8L V6 3800 Series II )
After market brakes(relatively high end)
High Perfomance Cold air induction system
Muffler cutout of some sort
Totally new suspension system
I want to get into casual drag racing and ive been doing some research. What i THINK is best for me is dual turbos (one small, one big to reduce turbo lag) and possibly a blow off valve. I've read the stickies here but am still mystisfied as to where to find a turbo kit for my car. Any helpful suggestions as to what brand and whatnot of turbo to buy or other alternatives to more horsepower (No new engines) would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
(Engine- Manual Trans 5 speed 3.8L V6 3800 Series II )
After market brakes(relatively high end)
High Perfomance Cold air induction system
Muffler cutout of some sort
Totally new suspension system
I want to get into casual drag racing and ive been doing some research. What i THINK is best for me is dual turbos (one small, one big to reduce turbo lag) and possibly a blow off valve. I've read the stickies here but am still mystisfied as to where to find a turbo kit for my car. Any helpful suggestions as to what brand and whatnot of turbo to buy or other alternatives to more horsepower (No new engines) would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
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Sounds like your headed in the right direction but let me give my 2 cents on it .. the setup your talking about is called a sequential turbo system and your right its put on to reduce lag amongst other things.but thats mainly for real high boost application .. .. but i don't think you need a twin setup for your car , you can get what you need from just a single turbo system and you will save a bunch of money as well .. sequin setups are real sweet but there real expensive being thats a n/a motor you wont be putting much boost to it any way id say like 8 to 10 psi?? and you could get that from a nice Garrett turbo or something like that or look into hks . you could run like a t3/t4 hybrid turbo which would be a good turbo for you .. but im sure theirs gonna be 50 people come to this thread and say naa this is the turbo you need or what ever what have you .. this is just my option i used to build turbo cars before i got into muscle sts makes a decent universal kit if you semi mecanicly inclined ..its rear turbo kit then you will have to buy a intercooler and run some piping here some places i know of that may help ya out a bit ... the sts turbo kit would be good for you it comes with everything you need and dosnt require a whole lot of modding ... the intercooler for up front isnt very big and with out the front mount turbo your saving a lot of headaches fabrication and room .. the piping kit would be good for you for up front to to setup the intercooler you just have to buy some long piping to run from the front to back which wouldn't be very expensive this whole setup is fairly easy to hook up waaayyyy easier than doing a front mount kit in real small spaces look into and do some research again this is just my two cents hoped that helped ya or you can just save you self all the grief and supercharge it ...
universal turbo kit --- http://www.ststurbo.com/universal_system
intercooler -- http://www.treadstoneperformance.com...R8+Intercooler
piping kit---http://www.treadstoneperformance.com...minum+Pipe+kit
here are some vids to check out heres a front moutn turbo kit -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmzY...eature=related
heres a vid of the sts guys telling you bout there stuff --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_567...eature=related
universal turbo kit --- http://www.ststurbo.com/universal_system
intercooler -- http://www.treadstoneperformance.com...R8+Intercooler
piping kit---http://www.treadstoneperformance.com...minum+Pipe+kit
here are some vids to check out heres a front moutn turbo kit -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmzY...eature=related
heres a vid of the sts guys telling you bout there stuff --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_567...eature=related
Last edited by outta_control_z28; 02-23-2009 at 02:55 AM.
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