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Old 04-23-02, 11:50 PM
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faster turbo spooling

What are the best mods for making the turbo spool faster? I bought a turbo conversion S4 which kept the auto gearbox and I am sick of mashing the accelerator and waiting for the boost to kick in at around 2800rpm. Now that I think of it, what about how to get the revs to rise quicker?
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I hate to point out the obvious answer...

A manual gearbox!

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I know you are serious. The one thing I forgot to mention on the above post was "please don't point out the obvious". I do agree with you of course, but that costs real money!
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Nitrous Oxide.
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yeeah, ta.
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Originally posted by Rotorque
I know you are serious. The one thing I forgot to mention on the above post was "please don't point out the obvious". I do agree with you of course, but that costs real money!
Yeah, unfortunately though, all the methods of making the turbo boost quicker will cost "real" money too!

Some other ideas:
- smaller turbo (who wants that?!)
- late-model BB turbo ($$$)
- twin turbos ($$$)
- nitrous (not "everyday" practical)
- bigger exhaust (finally, a realistic idea!)

Can't think of any others right now. My vote is still for the gearbox though, it'd be worth every penny.
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I'm definately going to do the exhaust as my mate is going to make it from scratch god bless him! So it won't cost much at all. Then maybe, just maybe, I will have some money to be able to get a real gearbox.
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Lighter Flywheel!!!!!!!
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dont think autos have flywheels
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Ha ha, flex plate is about as light as you can get-auto trans, remember. But yes, the idea is right on- reduce rotational inertia. I noticed much better acceleration in lower gears w/ my 11# alum. flywheel and again later w/ light forged alum TE-37s. But that is alot more $$ than straight 3" exhaust and less effect...
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