Help with mods

[souljasmooth]

I just purchased an 89 TTA w/ 80K miles and is completely stock. I drove the car a long way home, and was kind of dissapointed with the performance/sound of the car. I had a modded up GN before this car. My GN had a TE-44 w/alky and ATR single shot exhaust, and a bunch of other things. The turbo screamed in that car. The TTA is totally quiet.

One thing I noticed about the TTA is that you really need to floor it before the turbo boost gauge shows any boost. Is this normal? I have no idea where the boost level is set at. How can I tell?

Here are my modification questions. Is there any way to get the TTA in the 12 sec. qrt mile without doing any major mods? High 12's is fine, as I just want to make it a little faster than stock. I want to keep most everything stock. How can I make the stock turbo scream really loud? Should I add a 3" downpipe with external wastegate, and exhaust? What about a Dump pipe? What exhaust will be closest to the ATR single shot I had on my GN? I dont want ricer sound.

What about a performance chip?

I want to keep things as simple as possible. The car is going to be a weekend driver only. Thanks, HH

 

[Grumpy]

I'd just do an alky set up and a chip.. a K@N to .. EASY EASY 12s with traction.. this is providing the car is running right before ya start

 

[souljasmooth]

I didnt really want to do alky on this car. What other chips do they make for the stock setup? What about making the turbo louder? thanks.....

 

[Razor]

Are you going to use race gas or pump gas?

If your going to use pump gas... 12's are going to be hard to get on a stock car.

Chip... same as the GN.

 

[Grumpy]

What about making the turbo louder? thanks.....

you can disconnect the oil feed line to the turbo and it will make a LOT of noise make sure ya plug the feed line so oil doesn't go all over the place :biggrin: oh once it seizes from lack of oil it may not make any more cool screams