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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 02:16 AM
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Sweet you made your own man? A turbo is definately in the future for sure but I dont know when with bills and all I want a turbo BAD but just dont if I can afford it. I can do the heads cam swap by myself but the turbo setup will cost me atleast 3K if not more since I will ahve to pay someone to weld **** up for me I cant weld well enoguh...........yet Im buying a MIG welder soon and a stick machine to learn how to weld well I learn best by doing it myself I cant be "taught" how to do it I can be "guided" but thats where it ends.
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 02:18 AM
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Originally Posted by OLD BULL
Just work on dialing in your suspension to maximize traction, then when more power is wanted or needed slap a turbo on there(with a head change for compression). When that time comes I'll be happy to give you a hand fabbing a system for ya.
Oh and when i get ready for the turbo Ill pull the motor again and rebuild it bigger I need more than 418CI
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 02:54 AM
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if its not your daily driver and only gets driven when you want i would definately go with a street legal slick. stick 4 fat rims and stick 4 fat tires under there. i dont think it would be a problem for you to burn off the proxies on the street. what size gears do you have in it?
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 03:01 AM
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3.73s I currently have 31" tires that are 9" wide figured going to a 11" wide tire would help out alot

The more I think about it the more I think a drag radial is more in order since I already have 18s. Only problem is the I will have more leverage on the 28.5" tires than the 31.5s so I dont know if that will cancel out what I gain in tracitonm from the drag radials.
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 03:04 AM
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3.42's are cheap...
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 03:08 AM
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True I may try that if all else fails. Low TC stall speed too. My 3200 brake stalls to 3k and when I punch it, it hits close to 4k which is part of my traction problem.
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 06:30 AM
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get some nittos and put them on your 18s. im sure that will help alot
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 06:55 AM
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You caould swap converters with me, that would take care of a lot of the problems.
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 08:33 AM
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Welcome to the world of high hp and tq, which equals no traction. This is the main reason guys have high rwhp and rwtq, but their #s at the track do not reflect it.
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 02:28 PM
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You don't need to so solid roller, you can spin your motor that high with the correct valvetrain. As for that cam, it is fairly close to mine execpt mine is not a solid roller.
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