craigslist find. Turbo kit? wth?

[svxistentialist]

Thanks for the link Alex. Looks a nice kit.

Plus it is seriously amazing how the addition of the turbo kit changes the colour of the car from claret to green. An inexpensive way of getting a respray I'm thinking.

As per the mit und ohne pictures....

Anybody else notice that?

Nobody?.......

[y2daniel1981]

Originally Posted by svxistentialist

Thanks for the link Alex. Looks a nice kit.

Plus it is seriously amazing how the addition of the turbo kit changes the colour of the car from claret to green. An inexpensive way of getting a respray I'm thinking.

As per the mit und ohne pictures....

Anybody else notice that?

Nobody?.......

Well I can't read dutch, but my guess are the pictures say "without turbo" and "with turbo" referring just to how it looks, and they didn't use the same car because they forgot to take a 'before' shot.

[zavikan]

That kit actually looks pretty mint to me. For one thing, the turbo is like, shoved down in that hole, instead of up high like the current custom jobs. Call me petty, But all the turbos I have seen so far have cosmetics as the least concern (and thats fine, I admire all of your technical ability, and do not underestimate the difficulty involved). But that kit right there actually looks like its SUPPOSED to be there (factory). instead of an add-on by a master tech.

Its claiming 80hp increase. I wish I could remember what Tom was suggesting his street tuned daily driver kit was going to push.

Stupid economy has me looking at my liquid silver as a nice fat liquid asset I want that turbo bad.

James

[LetItSnow]

Having the turbo "shoved down in that hole" doesn't well accommodate for an intercooler, which the described kit doesn't have. I don't know much, but I'm not so sure you'd get 80hp out of 4-5 non-intercooled, psi from a turbo with no aftermarket engine management, no water or meth, and no other breathing mods... at least not for long.

These "not down in that hole" turbos are in your face for a reason!

[SoCal LS-L]

If im not mistaken, the SVX comes stock with 275cc injectors, a bit too small to handle the fuel needed to push 80 more horses. And without an intercooler I can visualize the intake manifold getting hot enough under hard driving to cook the solenoids and sensors attached to it.