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Old 10-29-2003, 03:53 AM
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I believe he means "Best" as in better than the rest... Geez, I'm a useless poster sometimes.

A twin turbo setup certainly does not slow down intake, but rather it "takes air in". Is that a complicated concept? I've heard of a guy who twin turbo'ed his 1990 Mustang LX (a 5.0). He used a sequential turbo setup, which means that a smaller turbo spools up quickly to produce less boost while a larger turbo spools up slowly to produce substantial boost. Therefore, you can still get decent off the line performance while maintaining top end performance that turbos are known for. However, this setup is difficult and costly because you need to replace a multitude of parts to deal with boost on a n/a vehicle (bigger injectors, bigger fuel pump, reprogrammed ECU to retard ignition during boost, possibly a new block, lower compression pistons, new piston rings/gaskets, heat shielding, etc). Also, to prevent detonation in f/i situations, you need an intercooler or in this case, twin intercoolers (or one massive one). On top of this, you need a custom headers, numerous mandrel-bent pipes, oil lines, turbo lines, and a free-flowing exhaust if you dont already have one.

That's alot to fit under the hood with a V8, isn't it?

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