t76 or vortech + nitrous?

Oh yea dude. I mean i'm not anywhere near an expert, but that'll make for one hell of a potent combo

Stick with the blower and n2o unless ur looking for punishment. I agree with an above poster in u need to make sure the oiling system for it is up to par. check all ur lines before u hook it back up. I know of a lot of peps who run vortec and have great luck with them.

Turbos are fun and can be made to run good, but I too have seen too many turbo cars not run as expected and then many more blower cars scream.

Good luck and keep us posted.

MyBloodRunsBlue said:

well i had a problem with the blower overheating...i have never heard anyone w/ problems with the hellion kit..i'm really trying to decde....when my buddy had the bottom end that is in my car now, he was on 12 psi w/ a s trim and a 180 shot and only put down 481/535 which is really low which kinda makes me distraught bc i'm only gonna put a 125 on it if keep the blower....come on guys more opinions!!!

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I'll tell you right now that the dyno was off or there was some major problems with that motor. 180shot on a NA motor would make near 400rwhp or more. That means that 12psi only picked him up 80rwhp and I think we all know thats not right.

If you want to send me a nitrous setup, I'll try it out for you. LOL

Like others have said I think you'll regret putting a turbo on it. I can see it as another car that will be for sale do to mechanical problems or because your tired of pumping money into it.

What I would do is send in your blower for a T-Trim upgrade ($500-$600) and sell the after cooler and buy and intercooler for it. The aftercooler isn't designed for high boost applications and don't keep as cool of IAT on the street. My IC keeps IAT just 10* over what the outside temp is.

Who has all these bad things to say about vortech? I'll take a shot in the dark and say procharger guys maybe? Problems with vortechs are minimal at best.

How is it that your buddy only put down 480hp with a 180 shot and 12 psi of boost? something doesnt add up because you can put down 350 to the wheels with ease with 6psi. What was the full combo and who tuned it? did he have ported heads and blower cams? sure doesnt sound like it.

8.5 to 1 compression ratio is too low for a centri blower. It should be at leas 9.0 at the minimum and 9.7 max. 8.5 is roots/twin screw territory. You will be giving up more then a little hp and tq in the low end running that setup.

MyBloodRunsBlue said:

he was basically stock w/ the blower and nitrous no heads no cams maybe a tb/plenum and afm powerpipe

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That still doesnt add up. with 12 psi and giggle juice no way he only made 480 at the wheels. again you can make 350 to the wheels with just 6psi (i know because i've done it) 12 psi should have put him over 400 to the wheels alone. That car probably wasnt tuned right. Dont let those numbers deter you from sticking with your vortech. jivepepper has made 600rwhp with the same blower.

Awesome! Now show us some love and pic whore that badboy

Sounds good mang

Gearbanger 101 said:

If it were my ride, I'd stick with the blower and the spray. You're already 3/4 of the way there, it would be kind of silly to start over now.

Not to mention blower + spray will own just the turbo alone....at least one that falls within the same price range.

Either one is going to require you to upgrade your entire fuel system.

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Maybe kit for kit, but you can make a DIY turbo kit you cannot make a DIY S/C kit. A GT42R turbo > any blower kit.