Twin Turbos, what a joke!!!

[Howie]

I can hear it now from the owner of this car:

"2 Turbos? That's it?! My LS1 is packing 8!"

http://www.lateral-g.net/sandlin/sandtubing4.jpg

http://www.lateral-g.net/sandlin/sandtubing3.jpg

Dyno video and more pics on this page:

http://www.lateral-g.net/sandlin/

[FLORIT]

That is insane. What is that, a turbo for each cylinder? And what kind of car is that, a '57 Chevy? Man, you don't need a mechanic for that thing, you need a plumber! Very cool.

[LOKI427]

What Was It In There Childhood That Made Them Go The Way Of The Devil......... I Love It .

[rocoop]

Quote from that site:

Hp/Tq numbers coming after its final tune. Currently, it's well over 800hp with a very conservative tune!!

800hp? Wth? There are guys over at LS1tech that are doing ~600 with a procharger and a few other small things. I would think after all that you'd be looking at at LEAST 1000hp. Even that's kind of wimpy. That would be impressive at 2000hp, 800 is kind of a let down... :confused:

I think I have a vid somewhere of a guy on the dyno with a twin turbo GN doing ~1200hp.

[DevilYellow]

Its just a novelty.

[Razinhell]

Actually i don't think it would get that much power at all. A turbo needs the back pressure of the exhaust to make its power. While normally there is a lot of backpressure for one or 2 turbos to work i don't see much back pressure left over for 8 seperate connections. Infact with all of that hardware i could see the car weighing well over 4000 pounds. Thats just too much pipping for one car. I think a cooler approach, i know this is LS1gto.com, but i have seen an eagle talon with 2 engines in it. Both turbo'd and producing close to 1000 HP. I can imagine that much power in such a small car.

[sxty8goats]

Mad Max would love it! Cool but impratical. I love it too. That thing is going to look evil polished up.

[Shocker]

we need dyno's

[2004Goat]

They may have to make better tires and suspension tuning just for that car. :)
Also, it should be making at least 1500 hp + on a conservative tune.

[JZ 97 SS 1500]

One big unit would work better then a system like that ...lol...not to mention, the front end probably weighs a ton with all the piping, and turbos.

Jose

[goatwrx]

There is that one guy(Chris Chow?) with the Grand National that has twin turbos, I don't think it is still the 3.8 six, I think it is a V8, but he is making like 1076 hp at the wheels, and the dyno can't even keep up so he has more than that.

http://fasttrackperformance.com/page5/Chow%20movie %20files/ChrisTTGN.wmv

http://www.fasttrackperformance.com/page5/Chow%20m ovie%20files/Incar_Chow.mpg

Many of you have seen this I am sure just for the people that haven't.

[JZ 97 SS 1500]

Yeah Chris Chow's car is a V8. The motor is out of Duttweiler's car and has been de-tuned for Chris's car. We are designing a twin system for the GTO's now that will use twin GT32's which will be good for 850-900rwhp. Should be a fun ride....

Jose

[phobos512]

Dare I ask what has to happen to keep the rest of the car from falling apart with that much RWHP?

[JZ 97 SS 1500]

Good question...I would have choosen a better chassis for that project...hehe

Jose

[nikivee]

Good question...I would have choosen a better chassis for that project...hehe

Jose


What? 57 Chevy is a classic. Here are the picts of the completed car. I would llove to own it. And it sounded mean!!

http://images5.fotki.com/v68/photos/4/42075/105244 9/DSCN0025-vi.jpg?1089142282

http://images6.fotki.com/v82/photos/4/42075/105244 9/DSCN0026-vi.jpg?1088367803

http://images6.fotki.com/v82/photos/4/42075/105244 9/DSCN0027-vi.jpg?1088601606

http://images6.fotki.com/v83/photos/4/42075/105244 9/DSCN0028-vi.jpg?1089142384

http://images5.fotki.com/v80/photos/4/42075/105244 9/DSCN0029-vi.jpg?1089142436

[Shocker]

nice looks so much better now!

[JZ 97 SS 1500]

Ahh much better now, looked like a heap before.

Jose

[phobos512]

It looks pretty sharp but the question is, does it go? Or does it go BOOM?

[nikivee]

It looks pretty sharp but the question is, does it go? Or does it go BOOM?


I assume it goes. They started it up for everyone. Sounded pretty mean to me. :D