it sounds great. mind me asking what the point was though? i thought the srt-6 ran 13.3 stock lol. im gonna assume those were just test runs with low boost and your going to get it dynoed/tuned with a lot more boost right?

also what psi were u at there and how much was the whole deal? any plans to turbo na crossfires?

 

Is that a BB 50 trim or a DBB 50 trim? Sounds like he's getting some serious lag off the line. Need to 2-step that thing to get it nice and spooled before the green light.

What PSI was it running at? Needs to be at 25+PSI to be anything special.

 

That would atleast put the NA guys right there with a stock SRT6.

 

why do this surely the cost to do this is more than getting almost all the performance upgrades for the SRT-6 and now it makes less power

 

Because the potential is MUCH greater. Right now they could unbolt that 50 trim and stick a 35R on there. OR take the 50 trim and increase the boost with a tightening of a wastegate, instead of the R&D it takes in machining a new pulley.

We're maxing out our fuel and superchargers at 20psi? A 50 trim isn't even operating efficiently at 20psi. They can see 25+ EASY.

The versatility of a turbocharged set up is insane.

These are only test runs to make sure it's running correctly. If they can't get MUCH greater results with a little fine tuning, then I'd blame the fabricator and tuner, not the idea of turbocharging.

If they've fabbed up a decent set up, fuel will be the only hurdle to making BIG power.

 

this car is so slow off the line and it still turns a 13.3 and you can really here the boost coming on strong. if they play with this setup and eliminate the lag. all the srt guys are going to be trading in their SC's. this is such a huge hurdle that everyones been waiting to see. Bravo to the owner and designer of this car!!!!

 

All this rubbish about how they cant t/c a N/A if they can do it to a SRT they sure as hell can do it to a N/A

 

Also, Wouldn't boosting the hell out of it just end up destroying the engine?

 

don't speak for me. my SC ain't going anywhere.

 

Ok guys,

First off, we are not going to dial in massive boost, and then play with the car and see what happens. Go small and then work our way up, all the while monitoring every component of the engine and computer. Safe is good when your trying something new, and were not going to mash the gas without knowing that we can without damage.

Second, as most turbo guys know, the potential of this car with turbo power is definately something to be noticed. This mod, was nothing easy, as bolting a simple turbo to the car and expecting it to start is not within reason. There are a lot of tricks both with the hardware and software to get her to work correctly.

We built the car in 10 days, and tuned her in 1. There is still a lot of testing to do before we unleash the boost controller on her.

As an fyi Last time I ran my car against it, the turbo pulled me by 2 lengths, and I have the fastest C32 out there...

 

Yep - this certainly could work for the N/A crowd as well. Bear in mind, without swapping internals, you would have to run a low boost setup, due to your much higher CR. So, the results would be different - but the hardware *should* function properly, in theory. Donate your car to EC for awhile, and you could be the first turbo'd N/A XF.

 

It sounds like a raptor from jurassic park on the thrid run. But was your race from a roll or a drag?

 

Jake, nice work - this must've been a massive HW/SW engineering effort to pull this off and get 'er to run. Kudos to EC and LET for successfully doing so.

Now get that thing dialed in so we can all see what the potential is!

Any plans for water/meth injection, nitrous, etc. down the road?

 

Thanks my friend. Yes, there are plans, but we are still on the test bed. It will be dialed in very soon.

My race was from a roll of about 15mph. We know what to do with the lag, but are taking baby steps on it so we don't damage anything.

 

Good job...EC ! Maybe all the nah-sayers will quiet down now ! I've been hoping for two years someone out there would bring this technology to bear for the Crossfire. Any plans for the N/A s at this point ???

 

Before everyone goes nuts with this, you would need to be there in person talking to all those involved to understand how this project goes forward. These young guns know their stuff, and in time, will make this car very strong. All professional done, taking their time to get it right. This old dog was impressed with their approach. We have all witnessed what "getting in a hurry" does to our projects, and in some cases, our relationship, whether friendship, or business relationships. So lets give them some room to work...great meeting all of you, and I wish you much success. I will be up in the fall for more mods, Jake, that you can count on....

 

Great job to everyone involved in this project.There is no doubt in my mind this will open up a whole new performance side of this car once everything gets worked out.