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nsyr
post Jun 3 2004, 04:47 PM
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I know there a few people out there with turbo 4's. Does anybody have any performance or reliability figures.
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post Jun 3 2004, 05:06 PM
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I tried it and gave up. I am doing a subaru motor conversion instead!


funny how you consider doing that swap easier than adding a turbo to a Type IV (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

shouldn't you be riding your bike or something getting ready for your bike ride???? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/burnout.gif)
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nsyr   turbo performance   Jun 3 2004, 04:47 PM
Mueller   so far no one has stepped up to the plate and dyno...   Jun 3 2004, 05:02 PM
fiid   "Everyone knows you can't turbo a type IV" I ...   Jun 3 2004, 05:03 PM
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fiid   It's not really easier - it just gives a real ...   Jun 3 2004, 05:09 PM
Mueller   you suck !!! hahahaha I'll be hap...   Jun 3 2004, 05:11 PM
fiid   Dude - I totally regret not returning your call -t...   Jun 3 2004, 05:18 PM
Mark Henry   Mueller, did you see what the monoball guy does on...   Jun 3 2004, 05:24 PM
Mueller   Hey Mark, no, I have not seen those SS rings befor...   Jun 3 2004, 05:33 PM
nsyr   i am considering the suby engine too. it wouldn...   Jun 3 2004, 05:35 PM
Eric_Shea   You can't put a Subaru engine in a 914 :lol:   Jun 3 2004, 06:13 PM
fiid   I can tell you that a 280Hp Subaru engine in a 914...   Jun 3 2004, 06:24 PM
Jake Raby   Hell, if my plots work out the way they are in sim...   Jun 3 2004, 09:18 PM
fiid   Jake - do you think the exiswting head attachment ...   Jun 4 2004, 12:12 AM
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Jake Raby   The studs that come with Nickies should hold about...   Jun 4 2004, 12:51 AM
fiid     Jun 4 2004, 12:54 AM
Jake Raby   Stock Type IV heads do not compliment a Turbo... ...   Jun 4 2004, 12:59 AM
Sammy   I really got to ask, did that person who told you ...   Jun 4 2004, 09:54 AM
andys   I wonder how many folks here actually have driven ...   Jun 4 2004, 10:37 AM
Jake Raby   I have never ridden in a 914 with a Turbo, but I h...   Jun 4 2004, 10:42 AM
Sammy   My best guess is that with the crap they call pump...   Jun 4 2004, 11:50 AM
Jake Raby   The stock intake port is amazing! The type IV ...   Jun 4 2004, 12:26 PM
lapuwali   I'd think intercooling was essential with an a...   Jun 4 2004, 12:34 PM
andys     Jun 4 2004, 01:31 PM
Sammy   Intercoolers are not magic, they are just like mos...   Jun 4 2004, 02:53 PM
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fiid   I think there is some truth to what my source is s...   Jun 4 2004, 05:35 PM

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