# GTO turbo kit

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [October 2, 2004, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525 "2004-10-02T12:30:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/1 "2004-10-02T12:30:03Z")

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got to be one of the dumbest thigns i’ve ever seen.

![http://i.b5z.net/i/u/1473169/i/GTO_Underhood_small_ezr.JPG](http://i.b5z.net/i/u/1473169/i/GTO_Underhood_small_ezr.JPG)

![http://i.b5z.net/i/u/1473169/i/GTO_Turbo_Assembly_small_ezr.JPG](http://i.b5z.net/i/u/1473169/i/GTO_Turbo_Assembly_small_ezr.JPG)

![http://i.b5z.net/i/u/1473169/i/GTO_Undercarriage_small_ezr.JPG](http://i.b5z.net/i/u/1473169/i/GTO_Undercarriage_small_ezr.JPG)

![http://i.b5z.net/i/u/1473169/i/GTO_Rear_View_small_ezr.JPG](http://i.b5z.net/i/u/1473169/i/GTO_Rear_View_small_ezr.JPG)

'scuse me while i take a nap while it spools.

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**Author:** ![Gray05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Gray05](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gray05)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/2 "2004-10-02T12:31:32Z")

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actually it was proven that same turbo kit on the f-bodies works pretty efficiently

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**Author:** ![TwoForty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@TwoForty](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TwoForty)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/3 "2004-10-02T12:34:15Z")

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repost

[http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8503&highlight=eyecandy+turbo](http://www.pittspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8503&highlight=eyecandy+turbo)

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**Author:** ![1320](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1320/32/5949_2.png) [@1320](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1320)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/4 "2004-10-02T12:40:23Z")

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> [@BlueMeanieTSi](#):
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> 'scuse me while i take a nap while it spools.

Dont forget, thats 5.7 liters spooling it… a little different from a 2.0

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**Author:** ![tjZ28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@tjZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tjZ28)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/5 "2004-10-02T12:41:11Z")

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Wow… hello to last year. The STS Rear-Mount Turbo Kits are actually highly proven. The turbine housing/wheel is designed to work w/ the higher density/lower velocity exhaust gasses that are present @ the rear of the car. The overall volume of the pressure tubing going to the front of the car isn’t much more (if more at all) than that of a traditional FMIC and all the surface area of the tubes act to cool the charge. They don’t have lag… at least at the boost levels they’ve been run so far which is all less than 1 bar. I imagine on a 4cyl trying to push closer to 2 bar lag might become a huge issue… but it is even w/ a traditional setup.

When you’re talking a 5.7 or 6.0 V8 (depending on if it’s a '04 LS1 or '05 LS2) GTO and probably 8-10psi (since these kits are intended mostly for stock internal motors) lag doesn’t really exist.

I rode in a STS rear-mount equiped Firehawk (5.7 LS1) set to run 8psi. It reached full boost at part throttle! If the car was just dead floored at super low RPM it still had full boost nearly instantly, by or before 2k RPMs. Oh, and it pulled like a mother fucker.

-TJ

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**Author:** ![Gray05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Gray05](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gray05)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/6 "2004-10-02T12:44:35Z")

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and at least TJ was here to confirm what i said 🙂

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**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/7 "2004-10-02T12:56:37Z")

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amount of gas an engine produces does not determine how fast a turbo spools…turbos don’t spool from exhaust pushing the turbine but from the pressure difference from before and after the turbine wheel, the greater the difference the faster a turbine wheel will spin. the further downstream a turbo is on the exhaust the cooler the exhaust gasses are, you can put your hand over a tailpipe and not get burned you can’t do that to a header. i dont’ care if its’ proven to improve hp its not efficient…that same kit placed off the motor would more than likely make 50-100% more power.

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**Author:** ![Gray05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Gray05](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gray05)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/8 "2004-10-02T13:03:56Z")

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don’t be such a hater… _edited, I’m being nice_

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**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/9 "2004-10-02T13:07:02Z")

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i’m not hating, it’s thermodynamics, [www.howthingswork.com](http://www.howthingswork.com) if you don’t belive me, you could never in a million years use exhaust gasses to “push” the turbine wheel, they’re drawn through because of the pressure difference created from top to bottom in the housing,greater the differece, quicker the spool, i’m not making this shit up.

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**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/10 "2004-10-02T13:20:51Z")

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also for the “5.7-6l not 2.0l comment”

![http://i.b5z.net/i/u/1473169/i/IMG_1362small_ezr.JPG](http://i.b5z.net/i/u/1473169/i/IMG_1362small_ezr.JPG)

![http://i.b5z.net/i/u/1473169/i/IMG_1367small_ezr.JPG](http://i.b5z.net/i/u/1473169/i/IMG_1367small_ezr.JPG)

if you’re gonna spend 4k dollars do it right like spanglers doing.

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**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/11 "2004-10-02T13:35:36Z")

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holly fucking piping batman!!!

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**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/12 "2004-10-02T13:43:19Z")

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i’d hate to drive through a puddle, or take a rock off the highway through that nice aluminum turbo housing.

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**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/13 "2004-10-02T13:46:52Z")

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> [@BlueMeanieTSi](#):
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> amount of gas an engine produces does not determine how fast a turbo spools…turbos don’t spool from exhaust pushing the turbine but from the pressure difference from before and after the turbine wheel, the greater the difference the faster a turbine wheel will spin. the further downstream a turbo is on the exhaust the cooler the exhaust gasses are, you can put your hand over a tailpipe and not get burned you can’t do that to a header. i dont’ care if its’ proven to improve hp its not efficient…that same kit placed off the motor would more than likely make 50-100% more power.

🤣 at the faggot DSM owner trying to argue LS1 tech with TJ.

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**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/14 "2004-10-02T13:47:45Z")

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> [@Darkstar](#):
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> 🤣 at the faggot DSM owner trying to argue LS1 tech with TJ.

good thing we’re arguing turbo tech and not ls1 tech…maybe u should read entire posts before you type a responce

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**Author:** ![Gray05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Gray05](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gray05)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/15 "2004-10-02T13:50:06Z")

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> [@BlueMeanieTSi](#):
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> good thing we’re arguing turbo tech and not ls1 tech…maybe u should read entire posts before you type a responce

can you explain the numerous amounts of LS1’s running this type of kit, and putting down very good numbers with it?

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**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/16 "2004-10-02T13:51:31Z")

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> [@BlueMeanieTSi](#):
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> good thing we’re arguing turbo tech and not ls1 tech…maybe u should read entire posts before you type a responce

I did read. You’re trying to say that is a stupid setup, and will be laggy. You’re fucking wrong. And are trying to back it up with thermodynamic technobabble. You’re gonna keep arguing that it will be laggy and inefficent, TJ is gonna own your ass, and we’re all gonna chuckle. So just go right ahead as if I hadnt said anything.

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**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/17 "2004-10-02T13:52:43Z")

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thermnodynamic technobabble is the reason your engine runs asshole.

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**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/18 "2004-10-02T13:53:23Z")

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Damm enough of this shit. leave the other drama on other boards for christ sake

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**Author:** ![T70\_Tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@T70\_Tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/T70_Tsi)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/19 "2004-10-02T13:54:34Z")

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[ot]hey, i was stating facts in nature and he makes everything personal, i have having a legit discussion about how things work instead year old drama is brought up.[/ot]

back to the discussion.

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**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gto-turbo-kit/169525/20 "2004-10-02T13:58:02Z")

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there is where mods should be doing there job or ppl need ot quit with this drama shit

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