Turbocharger in Super Street???

[James Sessoms]

Its always great to think outside the box and try something new, but Do you think you will run into any problems with turbo lag and leaving on a pro tree???

[Tom Goldman]

Spool up time will definatly be an issue on a Pro tree.
Not that anyone in the opposit lane would take advantage of that !!
Like the car that Kurt Bush ran at the Gators last year , it might be fun and it certanly will be an interesting car,but in the end it's certanly going to be extremly difficult to be competitive with it.
I'm not certain, but I believe with the turbo in S/ST ,you will need SFI pants and gloves as well as the jacket.

[bill dedman]

Originally Posted by James Sessoms

Its always great to think outside the box and try something new, but Do you think you will run into any problems with turbo lag and leaving on a pro tree???

Yes, that would be a major consideration, but with a trans-brake and a high stall converter, the spooling might not be a problem... but probably would.

Turbocharged cars are problematic, to say the least, when it comes to dialing one, but this was just a (probably BAD) idea I had, since there is no place in Comp Eliminator for the car... I was just thinking... (not always a good thing... )

Thanks to everyone for all the replies!

[Michael Pliska]

I knew a guy who ran a turbo street-driven Camaro in SST back in the late 80's. I know a couple of people who have run turbo diesel pickups in SST. I plan to run SG or SC occasionally with my new truck I am building (turbo diesel pickup).

I am pretty sure the rule is just laying down restrictions for the superchargers, and effectively is NOT restricting what type of turbos you can run. However there is a section in ET and general regs that increases the firesuit requirement for turbo or nitrous cars without an OEM or 0.024" steel firewall.

[bill dedman]

Thanks, Michael!!! Good luck with your project!!

[Turbo SST]

bill, i ran a twin turbo small block 69 camaro in super street from 1995 till 2001 in div 6, never had a problem in tech. bob munoz

[Michael Pliska]

Originally Posted by Turbo SST

bill, i ran a twin turbo small block 69 camaro in super street from 1995 till 2001 in div 6, never had a problem in tech. bob munoz

Hey Bob, how's it going? I was referring to Ramon's Camaro above, but I knew you had run one as well (but I never saw it since I lived on the East Coast during those years). Don't know if you remember me, I have the "Student Driver" Super-Gas Vega. What ever happened to Ramon? Remember when your brother and I used to bet a $1 bill on round wins when we ran head-to-head? I still had that $1 bill until a few years ago. How is he doing these days? Sorry to derail a thread, but haven't heard from Bob in years!

[bill dedman]

Originally Posted by Turbo SST

bill, i ran a twin turbo small block 69 camaro in super street from 1995 till 2001 in div 6, never had a problem in tech. bob munoz

Thanks Bob!

I do appreciate the input!!!

[Tony Curcio]

You may want to investigate the launch control that the Pro Mods use cut good lights on a .400 pro tree. As I understand it, it's much like a 2-step, except that it retards the timing so much that it causes an explosion of un-burnt fuel in the header tube. The force from the explosion spools up the turbo in less than half a second.

[Tony Curcio]

This is what Bruno Massel uses to spool up rapidly with his world-champ turbo car in Comp eliminator. His father's customers are mainly in Top Dragster and other fast bracket cars with a torque converter.

http://www.brunosautomotive.com/brc.htm

About one paragraph up from the bottom is the phrase "Now Available - Dual Stage Pressure Assembly for turbocharged power plants that allows for ease of "Spool up"!"