Originally posted by CopGn
I was reading the latest High Tech article were a new te44 and 50lbs injecters were swapped in and not even 15 hp were seen. Now the new combo hasn't been dialed in but I still see this as very little gain for over $1,000 of my cash. Does this say the stock turbo is that good or the need to go to an even bigger turbo? Any thoughts?
I beleive I posted in another thread what the actual points of interest were in the article.
If you read carefully the car ran 3 mph faster at the same boost level............dont think you can do that with 15 extra hp?
I believe it to be about 30hp min. in real world drag test.
The individual also was totally maxed out with the stock turbo & stock injectors running an indicated 110-111% duty cycle. So he wanted to do something about it and he did.
The 50's were running at 80+% duty Cycle.-plenty left for more power. The 44 turbo isn't max out like his stocker was.
If you read to the end of the article he had bad shocks, and his transmission was flaring on the shifts.....not a good thing for performance comparision do you think?
Plenty of individuals running alot better with a properly tuned car with this combination. High to Mid 11's I'm sure.
1K well spent in my opinion. He will do much better when he gets the car tuning, shocks, trans issues, & launch technique resolved.
Joe