RE: 2.0 16V Turbo finally done & 2.25" 16V exh for sale.

[Anthony Pelletier <vwnuts@yahoo.com>]

just crank the boost in earlier.  turbo's naturally
have lots of torque.  just don't get too big of a
housing or you'll have a lot of lag...


--- Gary Huff <ghuff@htech.com> wrote:
> Remember, if you go to crazy with the boost, and too
> low compression, your
> car wont make any  power at all until like 5000 rpm
> :) You would'nt want it
> to drive like a honda would you? :)
> Gary Huff
> 
> 85 8v VW Scirocco R.I.P. "Klaus the rust rocket"
> 
> 86 16v VW Scirocco "Cheddar, lager, and brats for
> me"
> 
> 92 Geo Metro 3 Cylinder "Parts hauler, storage unit,
> winter driver" 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Deede [mailto:rdeed@UDel.Edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 12:49 PM
> To: Bradley Peet
> Cc: Scirocco List (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: 2.0 16V Turbo finally done & 2.25" 16V
> exh for sale.
> 
> 
> Thats great..I know you must be psyched to finally
> drive that thing.  Now
> I don't know much about turbos but since you can't
> push it past 7lbs due
> to high compression, can't you slap a thicker head
> gasket in there and
> boost up the turbo? Excuse my rambling, Im still in
> shock from seeing my
> repair estimate.=)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Rich Deede
> University Of Delaware (Communications)
> 1988 Scirocco 2.0 16v
> 1987 Scirocco 16v - R.I.P.
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Bradley Peet wrote:
> 
> > Finally got my car back from Matrix Engineering
> (a.k.a. Joshua Murray) in
> > Portland with KE-Motronic and turbo system
> installed.  The results are
> very
> > interesting indeed: you can make a lot of power on
> only 5-6 PSI of boost
> on
> > a 2.0 liter 16V engine!  (Talk about wheelspin
> problems... first gear is
> > almost useless now!)  Don't have any real numbers
> to share yet, but
> > estimates are 200 HP range, more if I go to 7 PSI
> of boost which is
> pushing
> > the limit on a high compression motor.
> > 
> > I had to remove my 2.25" exhaust (and replace it
> with 2.5" system) so I
> have
> > that for sale now.  System consists of tri-Y
> header, no provision for a
> cat,
> > TT center pipe (it's the older 400 grade
> stainless), and Dynomax Ultra-Flo
> > muffler.  The header tailpiece and centerpipe
> union got a bit mangled on
> > disassembly but nothing a good muffler shop
> couldn't take car of.  I'm
> going
> > to go with $300 obo (higher or lower) for the
> whole thing.  Prefer someone
> > in the Seattle area (as long as you pick it up),
> because I don't want to
> > even think about shipping it.
> > 
> > I'll post some pictures of the turbo system and
> the old exhaust system on
> my
> > website sometime soon (within the next 24 hours).
> > 
> > Bradley
> > 86 S16V 2.0 "T" (heh, heh)
> > http://effervescent.com/vw/
> > 
> > 
> 
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