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Evil Twin · 12-16-2008, 12:23 PM

If you're planning on tracking the car and are considering a turbo kit, I'd strongly suggest you find other Lotus owners who have tread the path you're about to follow. Having turbocharged a relatively high-strung motor in my last track car, I can tell you that the track is the best proving ground for whether something will really work and last, and -- in my experience -- it's a lot harder to get a motor designed to run NA to last with a turbo bolted on than with a supercharger. Moreover, fuel tuning for a turbo is an order of magnitude more complicated and you can spend forever (and a ton of money) sorting out the timing and injector duty cycle maps. My two cents. I'm sure others have their own opinions.

Twin

12-16-2008, 12:23 PM	#22 (permalink)
Evil Twin No Livestock on Track! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 858 Images: 14	If you're planning on tracking the car and are considering a turbo kit, I'd strongly suggest you find other Lotus owners who have tread the path you're about to follow. Having turbocharged a relatively high-strung motor in my last track car, I can tell you that the track is the best proving ground for whether something will really work and last, and -- in my experience -- it's a lot harder to get a motor designed to run NA to last with a turbo bolted on than with a supercharger. Moreover, fuel tuning for a turbo is an order of magnitude more complicated and you can spend forever (and a ton of money) sorting out the timing and injector duty cycle maps. My two cents. I'm sure others have their own opinions. Twin __________________ 2005 Graphite Gray with Black Interior, Sports Package, Touring Package, Hard Top, Starshield, 6-point Schroth Harness, Fire Extinguisher, and Wiring Loom for DL-1. Otherwise bone stock -- and staying that way -- okay, okay, that's true if you ignore the Braille battery, Micro mirror, Multivex mirrors, ROTA slipstreams, RA-1s, two-piece rotors, springs, polyurethane ASB bushings, RTD brace, Sparco seat, and all the stuff I've taken out of the car... Last edited by Evil Twin : 12-16-2008 at 01:43 PM.