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Old Oct 7, 2005 | 11:49 PM
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Rev Hard is building a kit with a ball bearing turbo ran by a Luxury Motorworks I Manage fuel management.

Estimated to be at about 270whp, same stats on the torque at about 8 lbs of boost.

are these numbers POSSIBLE?
Old Oct 8, 2005 | 12:02 AM
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Moved to PH...

I think one of the kits is about 240whp with about 6psi... so this sounds about right. Assuming that I'm right about the first part.
Old Oct 8, 2005 | 01:59 PM
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what kinda turbo do you plan on using?
Old Oct 8, 2005 | 03:13 PM
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yes the numbers are possible
Old Oct 8, 2005 | 03:57 PM
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Great to hear more companies are coming out with kits, makes things more competitive, good for the consumer(as long as getting a good kit so do not shop by price alone;)

BB turbo is a pretty expensive upgrade for a modest inprovement in reducing lag time. A properly sized turbo will have very little lag, especially hooked up to a large displacement motor with high compression.

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Old Oct 8, 2005 | 06:47 PM
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T3T4 is what REV HARD is using.. Ball Bearing would create too much torque which will make it too hard to drive... I 'll have a dyno sheet by Thursday hopefully if all goes well...
Old Oct 8, 2005 | 07:15 PM
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T5? I would check on that again;)



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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 06:45 AM
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yes GO revhard.
Old Oct 9, 2005 | 03:24 PM
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t5??
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