Chips, turbo & supercharged.

[95mustanggt]

Originally posted by #1 Pony:
I was reading in the archives about Turboed cars.
Someone stated (forgive me for not rememebering names) that driving a turboed Mustang has a rubber band effect.
Meaning that they just take off or they hold back at first and then take off?
I would like to understand this more. .

First, this is called Turbo Lag. It takes some time for the exhaust gases to get the turbines of the Turbo up to speed. And once they kick in...you have power.

Originally posted by #1 Pony:
Plus you have to be extra careful when driving a turbo car with 800+ hp, right. They migt just take off. How is daily driving in a Turboed car?
Does anyone know? .

I've never driven a Turbo charged V8, but I bet it would be fun . I'm sure like many mods, the Turbo Charger will not make your car a bad daily driver, just don't drive it in bad weather and you'll be OK.


Don't worry about 800+ HP, because you are not going to get there very easily, a Turbo doesn't just add 500 or 600 HP alone! You have to do other things to get that fast.

Originally posted by #1 Pony:

I know turbocharging a mustang is one of the most expensive things to do, but isn't worth it? You can go from a 13-14 to a 7-9 car? But I believe you have to factor in handleing and stablity.
Why don't more people turbocharge their cars?.

Yes a Turbo is expensive, but you are not going to be running 7-9's with a turbo set up! Like I said before, there is a hell of a lot more you have to get to do before you can run those kinds of numbers. You would more likey be in the 12's or 11's with a Turbo set up (or lower depending on the set up).

People Supercharge their cars because there is a better variety of Blowers on the market, and they are cheaper. I think people generally know more about blowers than turbos. The guys that do know Turbos, seem to be able to pull some good times, however.

Originally posted by #1 Pony:
Here's one of my biggest questions..
Once you turbo your mustang.. how many more mods can you put on it?
Meaning if I turboed a car that would restrict my moding over having a NA car.

You can still swap heads, intake, cam, MAF, injectors, suspension, etc. In fact you'll have to do a lot of this to make sure the turbo works. But building a Turbo charged car is different than building a Supercharged car which is different than building an N/A car. Each runs better with certain combos and components. To find out more you'd have to talk to either a knowledgable speed shop or there are a handfull of guys here that know what they are doing.

Hope that helps answer a few questions. I don't have all the anwswers, but I'll tell you what I think

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1995 Mustang GT

[This message has been edited by 95mustanggt (edited 08-30-2001).]