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Turbo?
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12-19-2007, 05:58 PM
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yeah why does jackal run 0.06 faster than Frostbite who has an intake and exhaust and PCM lol
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12-19-2007, 06:51 PM
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I think Frostbite has a factory freak, either that or I really need to get to Cecil 
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12-30-2007, 10:21 PM
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Jack-Wagon
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pshhh....don't listen to all that other B.S. 
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12-30-2007, 10:25 PM
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im gonna have to agree and say that 14's are not fast and not something to go around bragging about in every forum and youtube video ive seen
14's are peppy at best, 13's are quick, i suppose low low 13's could be considered fast...
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12-31-2007, 12:50 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mike2002
im gonna have to agree and say that 14's are not fast and not something to go around bragging about in every forum and youtube video ive seen
14's are peppy at best, 13's are quick, i suppose low low 13's could be considered fast...
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I agree 100%. Around 13 flat to high 12's is decently fast.
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12-30-2007, 10:39 PM
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Jack-Wagon
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when did 14's become peppy ?
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12-30-2007, 10:45 PM
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we know, you consider 9's peppy
and your car is "just a little faster than stock" lol
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12-30-2007, 11:09 PM
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save your money
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12-31-2007, 12:19 AM
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For what most people consider a grocery getter I think 14s are pretty good.
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12-31-2007, 01:07 AM
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Jack-Wagon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MADMike
For what most people consider a grocery getter I think 14s are pretty good.
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That's ok, most people running 15 or slower usually say that.
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12-31-2007, 12:28 PM
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I don't consider something to be "fast" unless you have to worry about whether or not to put a bar or cage in it.
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01-02-2008, 05:53 PM
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2Screwy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Daytona
I don't consider something to be "fast" unless you have to worry about whether or not to put a bar or cage in it.
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01-02-2008, 10:12 PM
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yeah, thats why i said could be considered fast.
my car does mid 13's and i think its quick, but i dont consider it fast. i drove a my work car (93 civic) for a few months without driving my buick and i thought the buick was fast for a couple days :P
14's stopped being quick when just about every new vehicle started doing at least 14's with the bigger engine. even minivans are getting capable of that stock now. SUV's....your sport compacts are hitting low 14's and even high high 13's stock.
i dont think 14's have been fast since the 80's
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01-08-2008, 02:35 PM
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Personally if I still had my old alero I would still go turbo as opposed to n/a or supercharged... I own an 02 wrx boosting at 18.6 psi right now... had to get rid of the mustang because some serious problems came up and I really didn't want to deal with them... but anyways. you can get all the driveability from a n/a car while out of boost and it's like a whole different car while in boost, it's completely ridiculous. My car for instance out of boost probably doesn't put out much more than 130 hp but once that you hit boost it's like... la la la la la OH eff!!!
if you were going to be drag racing, turbo FTW if you were going to be road racing however I would personally go supercharged because I think it'd be a bit easier to manage in the turns
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01-10-2008, 09:07 PM
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why does an s/c cost more to tune?
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01-10-2008, 09:23 PM
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well in terms of getting it running, it's the same costs, barring the equip. One more reason it may cost is some people may not have experience with tuning a s/c meaning you may have to go to an experienced tuner. Also, you cant turn down the boost if you have a problem because if you want to turn the boost up you have to change the pulley size... meaning more labour. For s/c you NEED to get everything in one shot because if you dont have enough fuel, your engine goes lean and boom.. lol.. turbo ftw  |
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01-10-2008, 09:58 PM
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wait until you research things a bit more before commenting on them |
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01-15-2008, 07:31 PM
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GLS member
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yeah, no shit...what are you talking about panda? if anything superchargers are quiet a bit easier to tune.
supercharger isn't really more of a sleeper thing. you can hear a turbo, you can hear a supercharger. when im racing, the other person either knows i have a supercharger or knows nothing about cars...very distinctive loud whine.
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01-17-2008, 10:34 PM
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no shit..i dont know what are you talking about superchargers being easier to tune, but its ok we all have our certain beliefs, i respect that but i have mine. So at the end it all works out. I am just saying that this guy should turbo it nothing else...i got more experience with turbos than s/c, but its all good its up to the guy to decide..and for me personally i dont care what car it is as long as its got boost, personally its all about the boost |
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