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Old 06-22-2014, 05:17 PM
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Finally decided on a turbo

Decided on the borgwarner S480 billet.. It should make my Hp goals with no problem. Ill start a build thread as soon as it and my headers arrive
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Re: Finally decided on a turbo

Those supposively have made something like 1200-1300 hp on 6.0 cubic inches but hard to buy it, because everyone says heads lift over 1000-1100 ish in stock blocks. Maybe it was a s483 billet? Dont know the details but those are good turbos
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Re: Finally decided on a turbo

Originally Posted by Orr89RocZ
Those supposively have made something like 1200-1300 hp on 6.0 cubic inches but hard to buy it, because everyone says heads lift over 1000-1100 ish in stock blocks. Maybe it was a s483 billet? Dont know the details but those are good turbos
It's doable, but not what I would call reliably. One guy I know of said he was intentionally pulling power out down track to keep head gaskets in it. (Stock 6.0 block)
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Re: Finally decided on a turbo

Yeah no point in taking one that far if you cant seal it. But turbo has tons of airflow for a mid to large sized wheel.
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Re: Finally decided on a turbo

I found one with 2 passes on it with the race cover for 1150. Its in the mail! Couldnt pass it up. It wasnt big enough for him.
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What turbine housing and wheel? 1.32 housing 96mm wheel?
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T6 1.32 a/r 96 turbine 80 wheel
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Re: Finally decided on a turbo

Keep the crossover piping around 2-2 1/4 to the merge for the turbo. It will help in spooling that turbo with sich a big a/r. I did 2 1/4 for my gt45 with a 1.15 a/r.
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Re: Finally decided on a turbo

I was gonna go 2 1/2 the guy i bought my headers from was running that with the same cubic inch but a cast s480 and was full spool at 3 grand.
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