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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 10:32 PM
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Default Re: thinking of twin charging
I agree with Yellowbee's comments. Although rare on production vehicles, there are a number of show cars, aftermarket modifieds and Big Rigs that have both. It is especially popular in Europe and other countries where Gas is expensive. You can maximize the performance of a smaller engine and still get better gas mileage than dropping a crate motor in there.

That being said, putting a turbo and supercharger will require quite a bit of engineering. You will have a number of mechanical considerations, pressure, air flow, computer reprogramming and re-mapping. You also want to consider the additional load on the transmission and engine heat.

As YellowBee mentioned you would be much better off adding a new pulley, new CPU with a remapped performance curve, Custom Intake with Carbon Fiber intake and possibly NACA Ducted hood or custom vented hood and a Cat-back Exhaust from Greddy, Borla, HKS or whomever. This combination should give you about 100 extra horsepower... the same you'd get from adding a low-boost turbo.

Do some online searches for products and report back with the findings.

Good luck!
 
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