Turbo recommendations?

[Steve Wood]

Well Damn. Nice.

There's a TE60 local, but I assume that's way too much for my car.

Do you have the inlet bell too?

Make me a deal, mang!

It's a little big...it will work okay, but, best with about a 3000 stall converter.....

It is about the same as the pte 51

a 2800 stall will work with it from a roll, but, will hesitate a little from a standstill

[Wrecked Em]

Try a 54 with a 2800 stall converter, there is just a little lag....

[TSM Girl]

...I posted in wrong thread...oops!

[motorhead]

Alky *and* propane? Hardcore.

Dude, I haven't even turned on the "bottle" yet... waiting on Bob Bailey to send me a new programme for my MAFT Pro.

and, if you have the stock IC, then you are pushing about 33 psi at the turbo which is on the downside of its efficiency.... .

also, if you have a stock cam, it has been dead for about 400 rpm when it reaches 5200 and you have a turbo that will fill the cylinders easily at 6000 rpm.

[Steve Wood]

Your ic is irrelevant, we are talking about someone else's car in this thread  altho I am glad you have a matching ic for your car

[motorhead]

Your ic is irrelevant, we are talking about someone else's car in this thread

[Steve Wood]

starting your own thread will make you more relevant!  In general, the point is still that a big turbo shines in output at higher rpm and is weak on the bottom end.  With a stock engine, cam, and ic, it simply does not fit-particularly on a street car.  Street cars are more fun when they have instant throttle response and power at low rpms....of course, my definition of fun to drive is probably different from yours.

The PTE 51 is the one that blew up so much initially.  I don't know if they ever fixed the wheel problem in them that they denied, or not...maybe they just moved onward.  Blades tended to wilt from the pics I saw.

When they worked, they did okay...I remember at least one that ran well into the elevens on a stock converter, but, it did seem to be the exception.  That was Mike Schoenfeld in a TTA

[ULYCYC]

I thought the PT52 was the one with exhaust wheel problems.

[SuperSix]

I'm wondering if these 60lb are overkill too. Ugh.

yeah, Sylvan. I noticed a 42# TT chip in the trunk - why did you go to 60's?

[SuperSix]

But what about gas mileage???

Haha

[SuperSix]

Fuck that. I take pride in my massive carbon footprint.

[Steve Wood]

I thought the PT52 was the one with exhaust wheel problems.

A search should reveal that the 51 was the most reported problem altho the 52 may have used the same wheel as well....

[Steve Wood]

But what about gas mileage???

Haha

the sixties will give as good, or better, gas mileage as the 42's.  It's all in the chip....

[gbsean]

But what about gas mileage???

Haha

the sixties will give as good, or better, gas mileage as the 42's.

[Steve Wood]

I thought you Brits were lefties?