a few questions
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a few questions
Hey guys, ive got a friend w/ a boosted to hell 99 vr-4 , one sweet car and it sounds great. he has the stock exhaust but gutted his cat and a new down pipe.... what is gutting the cat? and if you went to a junkyard and picked up the turbos off of a wrecked car... any car... why wouldnt these work with the right plumming and tuning?
anythings possible 
if you have the time and the money. (and a LOT of money) Ive seen a geo storm with a 350 in it, the guy spent nearly 30 grand and it isnt even all that fast, had to do a lot of other stuff to make that 350 work without it dragging the body on the ground. Sorry to go 
but gutting the cat is exactly what it sounds like, you "gut" the catalytic converter, basically so it frees up a little more airflow, doesnt really get you that much more power unless its a REALLY restrictive cat. As for a turbo working on a car it wasnt made for, it usually wont fit properly.
if you have the time and the money. (and a LOT of money) Ive seen a geo storm with a 350 in it, the guy spent nearly 30 grand and it isnt even all that fast, had to do a lot of other stuff to make that 350 work without it dragging the body on the ground. Sorry to go but gutting the cat is exactly what it sounds like, you "gut" the catalytic converter, basically so it frees up a little more airflow, doesnt really get you that much more power unless its a REALLY restrictive cat. As for a turbo working on a car it wasnt made for, it usually wont fit properly.
Gutting the cat is when you take something long and hard (no, not that, I mean a metal pipe or something) and use it to break up the honeycomb material inside the cat so it falls out, leaving you with an empty tube.
I'm just taking a guess, but I suppose it'd be possible to mount just about any turbo if you did custom plumbing. The problem is cost, and the common agreement on the board about our engine not being able to handle a large level of boost due to thin cylinder walls and weak cast rods. Right now it seems that people are guessing that the engine can safely handle around 15psi boost. It's recommended that you start replacing stock internals and put sleeves in the cylinders if you want to go higher.
Personally, I wouldn't trust a used turbo out of a junkyard. It'd probably need some level of rebuilding, and wouldn't necessarily be in that great of condition.
If you can wait a bit longer, there'll be a turbo kit available for the RA from RRM. They're nearly done with it.
I'm just taking a guess, but I suppose it'd be possible to mount just about any turbo if you did custom plumbing. The problem is cost, and the common agreement on the board about our engine not being able to handle a large level of boost due to thin cylinder walls and weak cast rods. Right now it seems that people are guessing that the engine can safely handle around 15psi boost. It's recommended that you start replacing stock internals and put sleeves in the cylinders if you want to go higher.
Personally, I wouldn't trust a used turbo out of a junkyard. It'd probably need some level of rebuilding, and wouldn't necessarily be in that great of condition.
If you can wait a bit longer, there'll be a turbo kit available for the RA from RRM. They're nearly done with it.
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thanks guys...... do you think this is all thats giving such a good sound (other than the twined v6) or does the downpipe add anything....... would the mitsu guys say anything if you took it down to the dealership ? and im guessing it would effect that wonderful 10 yr 100,000 mile warrenty ? (still need to kick my mom for that one) lol
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