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Old Feb 13, 2003 | 05:37 AM
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Originally posted by Crate
well, the turbo fad will last im guessing 3-4 years. cuse by then all the morons who buy them and think a turbod vehicle runs solid while you abuse it without maintance will be dead. i dunno... hard to say.

rwd, beefier v6/i6 models will be the dominant force... not sure though. the 4bangers arnt going away. they are just going to get lighter to hang. thats the only thing i can think of... who knows what the hybrids hold in store. or other forms of combustion/energy.
i think turbos from the factory will be more popular because they are a lot more efficient power wise, and as the technology grows about them, we'll see more. aftermarket wise is questionable. will ppl blow more and more motors, and give up? or will ppl get smarter? I would like to see some turboed Spec Vs, and supercharged V6 accords (320+hp on stock motor). Also some extremely modified Mazdaspeeds would be tight. Now that i think about it, i haven't seen any turboed (or high power N/A) RSX's either. I dunno where I see toyota going. as for the celica it seems more like a "get more sales" plot, than a "we designed it for performance"
Old Feb 13, 2003 | 07:13 AM
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Originally posted by lightningd
I would like to see some turboed Spec Vs
Pics of Jim Wolf Technologies turbo Spec V:




Mike Kojima from SCC's test drive of the car pictured:

http://www.b15sentra.net/forums/show...threadid=46271

You can actually get the kit's if you got the money now from a guy out of New Orleans who has visited this board. They put down around 275 hp on mild boost and stock internals, the JWT's car is going all out.

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Old Feb 13, 2003 | 07:24 AM
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Here's some pics of another tubo Spec V kit that is currently available from Travis out of New Orleans:


Old Feb 13, 2003 | 08:14 AM
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wow! the JWT one sounds like a beast. not including all the head work, etc. how much is the full turbo kit?
Old Feb 13, 2003 | 08:20 AM
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The JWT kit hasn't been released yet, and the pics and stuff were just realeased a couple of weeks ago, so no prices are set. I'm sure it will probably be featured in SCC soon.

The other kit's available through Travis of Forced Induction Racing start at 2 grand for phase 1 and go up to a stage 3 kit which includes everthing you need, and I do mean everything including stand alone management. They are still testing out the limits of the stock internals though and he thinks it "should" handle around 300 whp.
Old Feb 13, 2003 | 08:27 AM
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i see more electric/gas engines being modified in the future. lol the honda insight with a higher voltage battery will be doing 8's lol you heard it here first
Old Feb 13, 2003 | 08:30 AM
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haha.

High-Performance batteries that up HP.
Old Feb 13, 2003 | 08:37 AM
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i honestly think so...if you take the concept of a remote controlled car...then u know that more batteries equals faster car and plus the gas???oh you're gonna be talkin 4 digit horsepower
Old Feb 13, 2003 | 08:41 AM
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Fuzzy dice are making a comeback!
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Originally posted by TheRoxorcist
i totally see a LOT more glow sticks.


i hate them. Fucking fast & furious



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