Originally Posted by
JHM2K
I'd be shocked if the weight of the entire unit was more than 50 pounds... So I wouldn't look for a huge effect on the car's balance due to the weight. Now if you combined the rear turbo with a carbon hood, Shuriken battery, etc... then you might be looking at a 1% adjustment. Stock is 54/46 if I'm not mistaken, so you might be looking at a 53/47... Not a huge difference...
I've seen the stock SRT dyno between 275-285, depending on the dyno type. Factor in the 3.27 gearing and it should be an interesting race, as long as you're racing a stock one.
I'm most curious about the six speed, and how it's going to hold up. I recall the 1st gear being unbelievably short, even with ~245 flywheel horsepower. You guys with the 6MT and the turbo might as well launch in 2nd, hahaha... Not only for traction but for the sheer speed at which you will run out of gear and be forced to shift.
Even a little difference like that can feel like alot in the right situation. I still havent tracked yet due to obligations but hopefully it will give me a little edge once I do. My seats alone shaved, on the conservative side, 60 lbs....
The 6 spd is what I am most worried about. Its also why Im not going to upgrade my clutch until I get real data on what the rest can handle.. Every time I do research I pull different results... Some people say its indestructable and some say its brittle as if made with toothpicks and buttons..... All I know for sure is that Im going to hate 1st alot with the turbo strapped on lol.
Originally Posted by
MoparFreak69
The turbo is going to take a part of a second or so to begin building boost so from a stop in second you are going to lose ground quickly.
I remember Corky's solution to lag was shape and size of charge pipe. Bob and him were saying lag
could be eliminated completely with small multiple charge pipes (small, to remain under pressure at all times), whether that pans out the way we were originally thinking or not, welllllllllll we will see.
But as John and I were saying, the drawing board has been scrapped numerous times.