turbo'd 3800 thoughts.

I just saw PRJ Paul and he was telling me someone he knew from I think CA got a cartuning turbo setup in his Riviera and that it was a pain to install and contantly had issues dealing with that kit. He made it seem like the the kit sucked, not that the g vs. w body was the problem. I know nothing really about these kits though - just what he told me.

I can tell you from local experience that turbo 3800s are extremely difficult to tune, and most tuners do not have the experience necessary to handle the potential of the turbo. Turbos have a TON of potential, but every 3800 turbo build I've seen is demodded about 6 months later.

turtleman wrote:

I just saw PRJ Paul and he was telling me someone he knew from I think CA got a cartuning turbo setup in his Riviera and that it was a pain to install and contantly had issues dealing with that kit. He made it seem like the the kit sucked, not that the g vs. w body was the problem. I know nothing really about these kits though - just what he told me.

I've seen issues with plumbing popping off during spirited runs with many turbo kits but that only seems like the first few runs. After that, they seem to hold together well. I'm planning on throwing a decent sized one in the Regal this winter along with heads. Hoping to dip into the 11s if the trans doesn't shit its pants.

found this video on youtube of a turboed 1999 regal, thought it was pretty sick! I also found a turbo kit on zzp for our engines, how simple can it be?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXe8XnWsVag&feature=c4-overview&list=UU7bVFaRVBk9a5mlPBXPE3yg

I think Alfa Romeo or Lancia was the first car supercharged and  turbocharched.

I'm sure everything on the engine side would be fairly straight forward. however if you were to run a front mount intercooler im sure there would be some fabrication required.

I think its sweet! way out of budget for me tho

Or maybe twin charger....haha

Pff! how bout a fat Whipple charger!? I'll take one of those any day!
I don't know,a supercharger is just so...American.I like that.
Bring the blower!

hahaha that's what im saying!

It looks to be a PITA but I wanna be the one to do it one day

I wish we had the 5.3 in our cars

400hp

stan wrote:

400hp

jist 304 not much over ours

robotennis61 wrote:

Pff! how bout a fat Whipple charger!?  I'll take one of those any day!
I don't know,a supercharger is just so...American.I like that.
Bring the blower!

how much in parts would we have to change to run that twin screw in our cars

Johnny5 wrote:

robotennis61 wrote:

Pff! how bout a fat Whipple charger!?  I'll take one of those any day!
I don't know,a supercharger is just so...American.I like that.
Bring the blower!

how much in parts would we have to change to run that twin screw in our cars

Not even the foggiest?

It is doable I've seen it on here I think, or regal gs but it had a whipple on it wish I could see it in action

What do you think?

with similar basic supporting mods, a GenV swap and XP cam or a Z7 turbo.

I am getting closer to moving forward with the GenV and XP but I want to be sure the turbo is not the right answer before I commit.

Turbo would cost more to do but the HP would be quite a bit more than the GenV + XP. I am only going to do this once so I want to make sure I make the right decision the 1st time.

If you have the money and don't mind spending it, get a turbo. I thought you already had your GenV ready to bolt on?

I have the genV. I just want to get it polished prior to install with xp cam.

I just have 2nd thoughts on just going turbo before i commit to this. ya know?

Go big or go home, right?

Well, if you go turbo I'll take the GenV off your hands.

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Go big or go home, right?

GenV is GenV.   

Turbo is turbo.   

To "go big", do them both: https://rivperformance.editboard.com/t1710-twin-charging  

no interested in twin charging.

I either want to go xp and genV swap in the next couple months or keep saving for full out turbo.

Based off Heavykevy's regal as a familiar example, I don't see the need to twin-charge if the turbo is sized right, assuming the chief point of using the blower along with the turbo is to spool the turbo faster. His turbo spools quick as shit - really they need to negate some of that initial torque so they can launch it. I liked the idea of it but in reality, the turbo will be held back by the blower when push comes to shove (pun intended).

Xp and gen v swap will be around $3k and turbo around 7.5k

Turbo will yield 90-100 more hp?

I would rather go all the way if I'm going to do this. Can you help me decide?