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Originally Posted by charliex
kits been running now for over two years now, lots of track cars, maybe 200+ installs...on the sc applications its all software, on the big turbo cars we've employed both, our software is properly live mapped on a steady state dyno, we scale the injector constants and don't just max out the base maps like the others.
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Charliex, I'm not throwing stones -- or picking a fight -- but having gone through this once before with a turbo-kit that was supposedly "built for the track" -- and then spending three years systematically redoing every last part, fussing endlessly with fuel mapping, spending a fortune on parts, and then giving up once I realized that I needed custom cams if I was going to overcome EGT issues and burnt-out turbo center cartridges -- I'm skeptical about the longevity of any turbo kit on the track.
Lots of cars are "track cars" if you ask the owners, but a couple of days per year isn't a longevity test. Show me a company that's willing to warranty the kit for three years, regardless of whether a car's been tracked, and then I might start believing the claims. Until then, it's caveat emptor for the buyers of these kits, and most guys will simply slink away and hide when they blow a motor, rather than admit that they made a mistake.
If your kit's sorted out, great. I applaud you. But I do believe it's a lot harder to build a turbo kit to last under hard track use then it is to bolt on a supercharger. Again, my two cents and I'm sure others feel differrently.
Twin