83ttypecooled said:
Hi,
I think close to 500 hp is a realistic potential with the the TA49. What do you guys think?
Close to 500 is a good number.
My daily driver used to have a te44, basically its the same turbo as the ta49.
dice64-
About 4 years ago it was running msd 50s,23 row stock location stretch, red armstrong 107 18° chip 110 turbo blue octane. Was running low 11s, best was 11.19 at 119 with a 1.59sixty foot, car weight is 3800, and boost was set at 30psi.
Now, i wished i had been running 27psi and 25° of timing, but this was before eric was burning chips...
470 horse 615 torque is what it did.
Heads, intake and valve covers were never removed at the time,stock throttle body, no mods to upper plenum, and i was running a 2 1/2 inch downpipe thru a semi ported elbow with a 2 1/4 test pipe....

I keep that muffler shop test pipe here and laugh how fast the car was running thru it!! Its bent like a dogs hind leg....
D5 convertor and trans had never been pulled.
I think now if i bolted it back on, ran meth, i might be able to get 500 horses with some sunoco 104 and good timing.
Like Bo said, its all about tuning....
My goal with the stock turbo is 400HP at the tire, all i need to do is get the boost up past 21psi and some cool weather.
These cars are awesome!
BW