Originally Posted by suade82:
I have always wonders about this. Where is this legal? There are misconception about turbos. The statment is correct about turbo lag, in todays turbos (ball bearing turbos) the lag if very low, but like anything depends on how much money you want to spend. Also, if adjusted correctly, the turbo lag could make for some traction control. The turbo can be adjusted with different housings on the turbine side for low rpm or high rpm power. In my mazda, you can feel the boost at 2200 rpm and is at 30psi around 3800 rpm with a GT28RS turbo. From my dirt racing days, I have learned how to keep my foot in the throttle so I dont loose too much boost on a small auto X track.
I believe it would be more economical for midgets.
I installed a turbo in my car and been having a blast with it.
Its legal here in Aus although very few have taken the offer up . Most forced induction are supercharged engines . We can also run stand alone EFI so you can tune a program to have really good throttle control on boost , almost like traction control . In order to be competitive you need to run the gtx turbos and at least a gtx2871r , but more favourable is the gtx3071 . Anti lag seems permittable as well so it should be interesting setting it all up