trying to convince someone about a turbo

[bigwoo23]

ok heres my problem, i want a turbo for my 2003 pro, but my dad doesnt agree with it. how do i convince him to let me do it, even though the car is only 1300 miles old? also i dunno which turbo is right - i want something that i can push on stock internals with as little extra work possible. any help would be greatly appreciated, thx

[goldstar]

Turbo Fever

Hello turbo, goodbye warranty!

02 DX Millenium Red

[bigwoo23]

Re: Turbo Fever

Originally posted by goldstar
Hello turbo, goodbye warranty!

02 DX Millenium Red

-exactly the arguement im going up against not sure how to counter it

[kagekun]

Well it was hard for me just for the fact that its a turbo, you dont turbo a car so you can stay under the speed limit, its like a confession saying that you speed. Atleast thats how my parents looked at it.

The thing that REALLY helped me bealive it or not...sigh...i went and test drove a friggin SR-T with my dad, didnt know he knew how to drive a car hard. He loved it and finally understood why i need one, yes need.

Givem the money argument, youll stop buying all those little things for your car if you had a turbo under the hood, or or tell him that turbos increase gas millage and decrease engine wear......it could work

[charles]

I would get an older car and turbo it instead. I just wouldn't want to mess up a new car, especially one that still has a warranty.

Otherwise, turbos are fun, they now come in a bolt-on kit for your car, if tuned correctly they will run 100,000mi+, etc.

Best first mod would be driving training. Find a local autocross, or go to one of the HPDE style events, like with NASA http://www.nasaproracing.com .

Work on upgrading your suspension first, too.
(edit: well by your sig you might have already. I can't seem to visit your cardomain site)

[bigwoo23]

yeah the suspension is good for now, sorry this morning the cardomain page was down for some reason, but its up again now, i just checked it - but i havent taken any suspension pics yet

[THEGOLDPRO]

dude trying to convince your dad is going to be hard, my brother itzkcatz didnt even tell my dad he bought a turbo motor, lol he just went into the garage one day and was like wtf. lol i told him i was going to turbo my pro and he was like hell no its dumb, not that he had a choice, just trying to be the voice of reason, he kept saying front wheel drives should not be turbo, too much torque steer, your gonna kill yourself. soo good luck

[itzkcatz]

Go trade it in and buy a MSP :-)

[funkdaddysmack]

Yea, I'm glad i don't have that sort of problem. I mean, if I were a parent, even if my son/daughter was a good driver, there is not really and practical reason for turboing a vehicle, unless it's like a deisel truck or something :p:

[bruce95fmla]

Tell him he can get the keys whenever he wants.
But if he crashes it he bought it

[bigwoo23]

well for the record we came to an agreement to wait it out to see once i get closer to the warranty wearing off what i want to do, btw does anyone have ETs or dyno runs with any of their turbos so i can get an idea which one i should go with? just wonderin

[StuttersC]

Originally posted by bigwoo23
well for the record we came to an agreement to wait it out to see once i get closer to the warranty wearing off what i want to do, btw does anyone have ETs or dyno runs with any of their turbos so i can get an idea which one i should go with? just wonderin

Go to www.flyinprotege.com. They have a dynos on their Protege 5.

It's a great kit, reliable and is nice for staying stock-ish. It'll also give you an idea of what to expect.

[funkdaddysmack]

The HiBoost turbo P5 was running in the low or mid 14s I believe. The sedan should be a little bit quicker, it's a little less weight.

Here's there site, they have a dyno plot, but I can't find 1/4 times anywhere:

http://www.hiboost.com/

I know they posted somewhere in the 14s back on pclub, but I refuse to go look and find it :p:

I think they were getting kinda close to high 13s, maybe???