TurboedTPI

I just realized that my article in on the web now. (for those that dont read the mag) http://www.gmhightechperformance.com...350/index.html

soultron

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That is cool my friend. Nice job!

xpndbl3

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tim i'll have some questions for you in a month or so

TurboedTPI

Sounds good, anything you need.

xpndbl3

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very nice, i'll be PMing you links to some pics in the next 2-3 weeks, you can tell me how it's looking.

AmorgetRS

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Which months mag was that in?

xpndbl3

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july 07 out of his sig

j88l98irocz

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Hey I saw your using the accel 300+ with turbo...
What is your opinion on the accel 300+ vs the msd 6al box? just wondering since the guy thats tuning my car says I should get rid of the 300+ for the 6al any help is much appreciated.

thanks, John

Orr89RocZ

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not bad looks good... wheres your roll bar at?

jonarotz

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I just saw this the other day. Congrats. There have been a lot of Turbo thirdgens in the mags these days.

xpndbl3

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there is none

Orr89RocZ

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thats what i mean, he needs one to run that fast at the track

xpndbl3

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no you don't, at 3 of the tracks around here with clocks off at street style nights it doesn't matter.

Orr89RocZ

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thats interesting, most of the tracks i know of require a roll bar for 11.49 or faster, street car nights or not. I think its good safety to have one for something that fast, especially a unibody car. that turbo torque got to be rough on the car

xpndbl3

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subframes are fine and most turbo cars leave like a baby off the footbrake compared to nitrous cars until full boost is reached.

Sonix

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Extremely cool Tim, congrats on the magazine spot.
I endeavor to build one just like it.
What's that, close to 700HP on a stock crank, basic entry level mods, small intercooler, small turbo etc? You're an inspiration. :bowdown:

HCR13

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I remember reading that article and wondering if I've seen any of your posts... I'm glad that GMHTP is finally shinning the spot light on thirdgens. This month they have that sick LS6 Camaro...

TurboedTPI

Thanks guys. Yeah, i do get some trouble sometimes for not having a roll cage, but i really dont want one. My car is a street driven car and i dont want to have to crawl over a bar every time i go somewhere with it. Plus i dont want to cut up my interior. And the subframe connectors seem to be doing fine alone, no door misalignment or anything like that yet.

junkcltr

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Wow, only seven PROM burns to get it right. Experienced guys at the DIY PROM board have over a hundred burns and still can't get it right. What tables did ya change? The 10sec times are good. Have you tried running it on 93 octane at the track?

TurboedTPI

Yep, the baseline tune i got from someone was really good i guess. And im sure its got hidden power left in it. I am not expert at tuning. I have ran 93 at the track. I run 93 almost all the time. I just put 100 in at the track cause i tend the turn the boost up a little sometimes. Better safe than sorry.
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I've never had any problems with mine. But MSD's are supposed to be really good.

soulefood

[quote= subframes are fine and most turbo cars leave like a baby off the footbrake compared to nitrous cars until full boost is reached.
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I have a 3500 stall and mine leaves fairly violent off the footbrake, and haven't even tried it with my turbos but im willin to bet im gonna be makin some boost at 3 grand

92RS(real slow)

sweet i've always loved your car I tried finding the issue when It came out, but couldn't find it I'm glad I can finally read it

91_Formula

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That is a great article, congrats!! I was pretty jazzed to find out your a member on this board. Thanks for showing the way

I am curious what did you use for exhaust manifolds? Fab your own?

Thanks

FerrMaro

If I'm not mistaken, the turbo header is from BBSDesigns. The downpipe and crossover were fabbed by a reputable shop near him.

klause83z28

That's great you are still using your 10 bolt. score one for the 10 bolt users.

Cheers!!

TurboedTPI

You are correct, and i have an edlebrock drivers side header.
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Yep, bone stock gears and limited slip. Just a TA cover to help hold it together. And keep in mind that the car has 180,000 miles on it, including the rear end. So dont jump to the conclusion that 10 bolts are junk cause i cant complain about mine.

ballz34

Congragts.

91_Formula

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So for the combo shown in the article when does it start creating boost?

TurboedTPI

Being an automatic with a stall converter, its hard to say exactly when it builds boost. But its almost instant. From a roll if i stab it, it will lag for maybe less than sec.

91_Formula

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Thanks for the feedback. Doing the math and calcuations is one thing but it is great to hear from someone with the first hand experience.

gearhead0384

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Almost a year latter Im still impressed how fast that car is with stock heads.

BANDITSBC

sweet!!! my aunt works for a magazine/card store in town and when i heard your car was in it i went to get it but they pulled it off the shelves and the magazine guy got there 20 minutes before i did and took them. i drove around town for half an hour looking for him, i was going to ransack his truck!

anyway,, great ride, great article! one question- how did you run your intercooler piping? down through the battery tray or between the headlamps/radiator? i've got my bbs header and a turbo(ebay china knockoff) and stockpiling parts from ebay hoping to get it together in april!

i'm about 1hr from chicago(south bend area) maybe sometime i'll run into ya

TurboedTPI

Thanks man. I ran the piping through the battery tray on both side. I used a big 4in hole saw. It turned out perfect.

formula350sd

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That sounds like trouble............

xpndbl3

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why don't you come check it out sometime Al

obeymybird

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which cam are you running? and do you have any video clips of the car running i would love to hear that thing just idle!!!

formula350sd

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I should I'll give you call later in the week

SilentBobZ28

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Dude, Your car is a true inspiration to me. Being a Sgt in the Marine Corps i don't get paid much so all of my upgrades to my car have been budget minded. I hope I can get mine running to your level in the next couple years. So for now I'll stay with the laughing gas till I scrape up enough to turbo mine too.

TurboedTPI

The cam is the TPIS ZZ-9. Im actually looking into getting a custom grind turbo cam. It should help me out somewhat considering the cam i have now isnt even designed for boost. I will try and get a sound and video clip of the car some time.
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Thanks man, and good luck with the build. Bottles are for babies. Haha J/K

TurboedTPI

What about me Al? We need to have a turdgen gathering. Me, you, and xpndbl3. We can talk about taking over the world.

formula350sd

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Talk about it I thought we already did


Oh BTW I got some **** you gotta see gimme a ring we can hook up next week (working saturday/sunday)

xpndbl3

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haha well whenever you boys want to set up a turbo discussion let me know. I'd love to have someone look at my setup to make sure i'm not completely crazy

formula350sd

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I'm in just lemme know

UR50SLO

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Nice write up... I'm partial to white cars anyhow

It said your running a Sy/Ty ECM... And your having to burn new chips for a tune. Did you know about Code 59? If you use Ostritch or Burn1 Like i've got in my wife's Typhoon you can Real-time tune and datalog with Code 59 using a Wideband O2. It'd sure make tuning easier and quicker than logging and burning a new chip. You'd use "Tuner Pro" to tune with.
Just a Idea if your not using it already.
I'm using a GN engine in my 86 Camaro.

I about fell over when I read that a turbo car won't leave hard on the foot brake... Oh man... that's funny.
~Scott

SLP-GTA

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Wow just Wow, So when do you plan to market complete ready to install kits .