It has been said that 1:1 (no greater) is ideal. Lately though, ppl are starting to figure out more efficiency and they are below 1:1.
A tubular header would put me below 1:1 and again (like the F4 cam) I would make more power on less boost! (which can get kind of addictive if your not carefull! lol)
Thanks for the props, gonna do what I can!
I gaurantee this turbo is not out of breath at 500WHP. I could do 500WHP with the HE341! Having said that, it's interesting that No one I'm aware of has stuck with one long enough to Really see how much power it will make?
I remember, years ago, talking to Glenn about what different turbos where capable of on the deisels they came off of. It always seemed to be about 1/2 of what you could get out of the same turbo on a gas 4 banger.
Now back then, diesel trucks were running way bigger turbos for big power with huge A/R's because ppl thought that's what was needed.
It was almost hilarious to see the turn around on the 351 when some of the diesel crowd decided to see just how far they could go! After that, it wasn't just us 4 bangers that were trying to buy them up!
If this turbo can make 600WHP and 1040TQ on a diesel at 58-60psi boost AND live! That's good for me. I'm sure it will go 600WHP, but will everything else hang in there?
Exactly, intake mani preasure and exhaust mani preasure =. Would be real interesting to see how much it would drop with a header!
Because of my goals, I think that's exactly what I'm going to have to do.
I'm basically going to go after anything that unbolts from the main chassis. That way, the car remains uncut and streetable without having to think about it too much.
Bonus for me is I haven't even run light weight rear tires or rims yet. I gaurantee there's 40lbs to be had! (although I was hoping this would be above and beyong the 200lb I was talking about)
Big Q for me is going to be "How much do I love PS"? I could ditch the PS, no more leak, and save a nice chunk of weight + a little added HP. (not sure if I'm ready to lose it though)
Same with brakes, I've got the big Daytona 4WD brake booster in there. I could prob save some good weight going manual brakes with al calipers.