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Vamp 21 years ago

guy at imoc has written off his nice shiny MR2 turbo built and tuned by

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was estimated at around 450-500bhp and had a boot mounted R32 intercooler. spec of it was:

Turbo Technics GT3037s Turbo - Machined Compressor housing and larger Compressor wheel HKS Racing External Wastegate Skyline R32 GT-R Boot mounted IC Sard 850 Injectors Upgraded Fuel Pump HKS Oil Cooler (Boot mounted) HKS Air Filter HKS F-CON Pro V-Spec Gold HKS EVC IV EBC No BOV Sard Blue Silicone Hoses HKS Exhaust Manifold ZeniTani downpipe ZeniTani Y exit pipes Zeni-Tani Screamer Exit with Heatproof

Intake pipe (4 inch Bore) IC piping from Turbo through to throttle Body (2.5/3 inch bore)

Transmission

OS GIKEN typeD Twin Plate clutch Lightened and Balanced Fly Wheel TRD Diff

Estimate Power - 450FWHP

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Vamp 21 years ago

Zeni tani it was built by i missed that out :-P

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DanTXD 21 years ago

Well, it may have been quick, but lets be honest, it looked absolutely s**te :)

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Depresion 21 years ago

Screamer Pipe?

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JohnR 21 years ago

I was wondering that too - but i didn't get the 710 joke so that's not surprising.

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LordyUK 21 years ago

Well that's one less shitwagon on the road then.

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Vamp 21 years ago

one fast s*it wagon :)

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LordyUK 21 years ago

Q: Why did he make the car so fast ?

A: Because he didn't want anyone looking at it.

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Sleeker GT Phwoar 21 years ago

External wastegate, with the wastegate vented to atmos instead of being routed back into the exhaust like a normal internal or external wastegate.

Keeps exhaust pressures even. Less change of the gate sticking open, and it makes a road car sound like a WRC car when the wastegate cheeps and chirps, and it sounds loud as it is virtually unsilenced exhaust.

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Vamp 21 years ago

hehe that's funny, twas a bit fugly i agree

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Sleeker GT Phwoar 21 years ago

I think I remember that arriving and the new owner being really chuffed with it.

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Vamp 21 years ago

wow i want, would love that WRC sound, how many beamers and chav's could you s*it up with that! whack anti lag into it as well and that would be a dream set up haha :)

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Pete M 21 years ago

In news:5fydnZ_we snipped-for-privacy@pipex.net, Vamp decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant as follows

The turbo on my old Cossie used to make some funky noises. Full on WRC spec wurble from the wastegate.

Unfortunately, it used to mangle GpA Kevlar dump valves in under 1500 miles, and was *much* slower with them than with the standard Ford item..

36 psi and a double capacity intercooler tends to be a bit destructive to 'em.

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Sleeker GT Phwoar 21 years ago

It's illegal on the road in the UK. but is only noticable at high revs because the boost needs to overpower the wastegate settings, so at idle during the MOT, if it is built right, nobody would notice the very short extra open exhaust.

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Vamp 21 years ago

heh didn't know that, why is it illegal?

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fishman 21 years ago

Got me worried, thought your own MR2 bit it!

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Doki 21 years ago

Emissions?

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Sleeker GT Phwoar 21 years ago

yep, and noise., and it is fun, so on those grounds alone it was banned.

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Sleeker GT Phwoar 21 years ago

As Doki said emissions probably, but prior to that, how much noise does an engine make without an exhaust?

because basically when the wastegate is open the engine is running with a fully open exhaust noise wise.

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Ed 21 years ago

Perhaps but on a pre cat test car it shouldnt make any difference apart from on boost noise

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