Huge cheap turbos (plus a crazy 9.9 sec Maltese Escort!)

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04-01-2009, 10:37 PM

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Huge cheap turbos (plus a crazy 9.9 sec Maltese Escort!)

Anyone ever tried the likes of these....... on a YB in particular?

I photographed a YB Mk1 Escort in Malta that was running an equally huge mofo...... (T76 IIRC) ....on a standard bottom end too!
It put out 600+BHP and did a 9.9 sec quarter in full road trim

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Super T70 Turbo - Brand New T70 / .84 "P" Trim
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The T3 Super T70 turbo is suited for large displacement/horsepower applications. 4 cylinder Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi, and 6 & 8 cylinder seeking up to 650. This combination of AR (Hot/Cold) results in a quick spooling turbo for the larger displacement motors. This turbo has a cast boss for a pressure signal if you wanted to add one.

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04-01-2009, 10:43 PM

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Any pictures of the Mk1?

Where would you buy such turbo also?

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04-01-2009, 10:46 PM

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mega cheap
wouldn't mind breaking it at that price
but more likely break my engine trying to spool up that bad boy

where you get them from?

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04-01-2009, 11:10 PM

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http://www.xs-power.co.uk/index.php?...roducts_id=155

Will dig out some pix of the Mk1...... (it was in Classic Ford last month BTW).

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04-01-2009, 11:14 PM

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good man
chears Ade

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04-01-2009, 11:18 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ade

Anyone ever tried the likes of these....... on a YB in particular?

I photographed a YB Mk1 Escort in Malta that was running an equally huge mofo...... (T76 IIRC) ....on a standard bottom end too!
It put out 600+BHP and did a 9.9 sec quarter in full road trim

Those turbos are pisch ebay 'specials' doubt they'd last very long!

600bhp on a standard bottom end?

Thats all i have to say to that!

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04-01-2009, 11:19 PM

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Here we go......

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04-01-2009, 11:24 PM

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600bhp on a standard bottom end?

Thats all i have to say to that!

It worked though! 9.9 sec quarter

The Maltese do like to think out the box and not conform with traditional tuning...... for example that car and many others were running English axles with Fiat 131 shafts!
I'm sure the very notion of such an idea would be laughed at by many in the UK, but in Malta they were happy to do hugely aggressive launches on slicks with that spec!

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04-01-2009, 11:25 PM

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How long does the standard bottom end last at 600bhp though, i'd guess minutes at most!

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04-01-2009, 11:28 PM

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....on a standard bottom end too!
It put out 600+BHP and did a 9.9 sec quarter in full road trim

What was the bepm figure?

Or bottom end's per mile

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04-01-2009, 11:35 PM

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just go to youtube and type "hal far" or "malta drag racing"
you'll find a lot of Mk1 cosworths

Also i once so that mk1 being driven on the road :P

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04-01-2009, 11:39 PM

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Quote from Stu below, i not sure on the limit of the pistons tho

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a Std YB cranks and Rods will do in excess of 600 and probably 700bhp onwards...

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04-01-2009, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by NoGutsNoGlory

just go to youtube and type "hal far" or "malta drag racing"
you'll find a lot of Mk1 cosworths

Also i once so that mk1 being driven on the road :P

I saw it being driven on the road too that night, and it with no mercy! Gareth the CF writer was a passenger in it, and I'm sure had the stained underwear to prove how quick it was too....

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How long does the standard bottom end last at 600bhp though, i'd guess minutes at most!

They'd had it in a good while with no problems!
They also said it was coming out soon though but only as they were going to replace it with a huge specced motor with low 8 sec runs in mind!

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04-01-2009, 11:46 PM

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i should probaly start promoting abit this site in malta and get these guys on here....

if the mk1 is fast, than what to you call the capri. (full album)

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04-01-2009, 11:54 PM

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What's in the Capri?

I had a blast in Malta, a lot of great cars and people you've got out there...

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05-01-2009, 07:22 AM

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There's a HUGE difference between a proper Turbonetics turbo (as shown on the red car) and some cheap £200 chinese piece of shit on ebay

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05-01-2009, 10:22 AM

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Stavros used to bang on about these XS turbos being as good as the real deal...shame he's not here to defend himself but I always thought they were scrap anyway.

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05-01-2009, 10:26 AM

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my mate runs a t38 type xs turbo on his cossie and has done for 2 years done 17k hard use aswell and pulls just over 400bhp aswell but i wont take the risk

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05-01-2009, 10:48 AM

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Think that the XS power ones might be made in Brazil (where all good turbos seem to be made) rather than China. The Honda boys from the pond seem to use them alot and have had some great results.

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