Vanilla Gorilla

Found this link when I was looking up info on a turbo kit for my C350. I would have thought that the pipe install would have been a little cleaner. Ad claims $12k in engine work. Then again, it is a used car ad. I guess if you go by the fact that they quote $1500-2k wheels and tires as worth over $4k, then the turbo install probably actually ran between $5-6k.

http://www.gibscars.com/newandusedca...-VA-22201.aspx

jaeguyoon

hmmm that's pretty close to me. maybe i'll go test drive it. hahaha

AskDrTodd

geez they couldn't grind down the welds or thermal wrap that intake pipe? That looks pretty 'tarded.

W203E35

Wow great find. I wonder if this is the one Eurocharged did?

Here is the pic Jake uploaded for me

http://www.eurocharged.com/images/karo.jpg

From what I was told by the owner it dynoed at 450whp and 480wtq

AskDrTodd

It's gotta be the same one. Someone needs to take that pipe to a pro metal worker and get the welds ground down and get it polished or chromed or powdercoated or something for the sake of pete.

wnunez89

wow thats funny this thread poped up I was thinking about this car last night, im so close to doing this to my car, my tuner shop also said it can be easily done, the only thing holding me back is my c350 is my daily driver

Frnakito71

Yes 4k for those wheels????

Hzkasbarian

daumn is that car still for sale?? its 10 min away from me i might go jack those rimes and engine lolll jk..

EASYDOES1T

Cool beeeaaans

Spec_Davis

just part out the Turbo Kit someone will buy it

dcjwlee

definitely coolbeans

Stevedotmil

I wonder if this car is on YouTube......

If it isn't then it should be. I don't know about those 4K rims though. Ha Ha.

wnunez89

im pretty sure there's a video of this car on a dyno on youtube

W203E35

There are 2 videos that I know of.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSPiiqGHQFc

http://www.facebook.com/video/video....16431608371341

I contacted the dealer for more pics but nothing yet. Different wheels in the vid but the setup looks identical. I guess the guy changed his rims. The one in the vid looked better.

Vanilla Gorilla

That's 100 hp/torque more than I heard. It can't be on stock internals putting out those numbers. I wonder what all has been done to it.

W203E35

From what I was told by the owner, he is running a GT30 turbo with 7psi. I can see 450hp but 450whp is kind of too much. On that high compression engine I can see it making 20hp per psi easily.

RLE

Looks like stovepipe from Home Depot. And where is the air cleaner? Same place as the engine warranty, I suppose.

wnunez89

if your referring to the airbox/filters its eliminated due to the air now being taken in through the intercooler, i really would like to see a pic of the turbo placement though, im guessing its by the resonator.

W203E35

I would really love to see the turbo location too. Do you think it's a rear mount then? The guy told me it's front mount but I have no idea where they fit it. Maybe on the passenger side? Eurocharged will know best since they worked on the project.

I also apologize for the wrong info. I posted 450wheel but I just looked into my notes and it's actually 350wheel . I apologize for the wrong info. Based on the website I guess now it's making 385 on the dyno? Maybe a retune.

its a front mount turbo and im running 7 pounds of boost. i am using the stock ecu right now and it runs great. i just got it dynoed again yesturday and it 350hp to the wheels with 370 torque. thats abou as high as i can go on this ecu though. thanks again man

envyxc350

Its actually 385whp, around 450/460hp(18% loss in transmission) to the crank, listed on the ad that it posted 385whp on the dynojet. Im guessing they upped the PSI to around 8ish. The welding is not bad at all, its just not all fancied up and sparkling. The Turbo is most likely mounted near the resonator.

phatmanrx7

Air gets taken in thru the turbo first, and then the compressed air goes out the turbo thru the intercooler to be cooled (kinda like a radiator), then into the engine.

phatmanrx7

Some performance shops prefer that look to show they took time welding the pipe exactly how they want and it serves its function and thats all that matters to them.

wnunez89

not in a remote turbo set up, it spools up using back pressure of the exhaust. standard under the hood turbo set up yes your correct, hence why you see a filter on them.

wnunez89

yeaa if i was to guess it looks like its set up in the front under the passenger side, im only guessing bc you can see a vapor cloud being purged from the turbo after a full spool in the 2nd video you posted, but a pic would cure our curiosity :p

envyxc350

Remote turbos are exactly the same, air though the turbo, heads to the intercooler, then to the throttle body. They are just positioned further down the exhaust.