TurBOOOH!!! vs. SupAAAH!!!!
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Originally Posted by willwren
A co-worker of mine installed an Eaton M45 blower on a 4-cylinder Jetta. I can still romp his *** anywhere, any time. Like I tell him, no matter what he does to it "It'* still just a VW". Really pisses him off.
At the least they handle well (corners are lots of fun too).
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We have one, and it goes like the wind....but the VR6 is a little lacking in HP..only 172, the SSEi could smoke it....even a modded VR6, and its a 2.8L 5 speed manual 
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I smoked the hell out of a VW Golf or GTi, don't remember which one, it'* been a while. But whatever he added to the car didn't help. (BIG fart can for one) He was slower than most other rice I've ever beaten.
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Originally Posted by willwren
Or the best of all combinations. Use a Roots blower for your low-end, then at 3000rpms, after the Turbo kicks spools, switch over.
Interesting concept?
Interesting concept?
http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/027408.html