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Old 03-05-03, 11:58 AM
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Taking the car to the body shop

I will be taking my car to the body shop after a complete engine rebuild port and polish and single turbo set up.

But I will not have the intercooler in to prevent it from getting paint all over it, so the hair drye will be blowing air up in the hood with no connection to the intake

How should the car feel with no intake piping on from the turbo with a street port engine?
Will it be drivable?
Old 03-05-03, 12:43 PM
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That's not really good for the turbo. No back pressure to prevent it from spinning the life out of itself trying to pressurize the earths atmosphere. I'm pretty sure the earths atmosphere is going to win that battle.

If you do drive it like that drive it VERY slow & soft on the go pedal!
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Yeah, it'll be driveable. I've blown the IC pipe off my 60-1 a few times... It's slower'n sh*t, but drives OK. Like es said, just don't step on it too hard or take it to high rpm and you'll be fine. Also, you might want to get something over the outlet (maybe disconnect the pipe at the IC, not the turbo?) to keep junk from falling into the turbo.

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