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Old 07-27-2010, 06:42 PM   #53 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by in.the.dark View Post
This is the kit I've been waiting for. Not just because it's HKS either, but because it has a nearly identical layout to the AAM kit, which as all these TT kits goes is the most efficient/shortest piped. I think that separating the bottom to top flow intercoolers (ala R35 if I'm not mistaken) is also great from not only a functional standpoint, but also from an aesthetic standpoint. The AAM intercooler looks a little funky around the top intercooler caps in the middle. No offense to AAM; they make great products, I just like this one a little more and HKS may actually sell one to me.

I would be interested to know a little more about these turbos. Are these the disco potatoes (or descendants from)? I think of our cars as not a 3.7L engine but two banks of 1.35L engines, and almost all the turbos on offer you wouldn't dream of putting on a 1.3L three cylinder engine and expect it to have the kind of street characteristics I'm looking for.
you've missed 1L of displacement :P, 1.85L per side. having said that, this is also across 3 cylinders and not 4, but I know where you are coming from.

You still want a turbo that can be efficient at higher RPM to take advantage of the engine though, no point putting too small of a turbo into a kit which runs out of efficiency at 5500RPM for eg stock CA18/SR20 turbo's.

on topic of kit - what kind of RPM are you expecting to hit full boost by with this kit? any expected upgrade path of stages for slightly higher or lower HP applications?
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