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John Urist’s 1000+ HP Ford Mustang Turbo Kit

Posted by admin On August - 24 - 2009

Do You Need 1,000 HP At The Wheels? No, You Don’t, But You Know You Want It Anyway, And John Urist’s Hellion Power Systems Has A Bolt-On Kit To Do It, Plus Make Big Power With The GT500.

Article from HOT ROD Magazine -By Rob Kinnan

On the DynoJet at Motiva Performance Engineering, the Hellion turbo kit made 1,032 hp and 976 lb-ft on pump gas.Driving a car with a legitimate 1,000 hp on the street is nearly impossible without killing yourself and every innocent bystander around, but oh boy is it a lot of fun. Fifteen years ago, making that kind of power meant a 2,000-rpm idle, horrible street manners, and 4-mpg fuel economy. Thanks to the wonders of turbochargers and EFI technology, it’s now fairly easy to make four-digit power–but you still have to use expensive race gas to get there, right? Read the rest of this entry »

Turbonetics Twitter Updates for 2009-08-20

Posted by Turbonetics Tweets On August - 19 - 2009
  • Turbonetics is now offering a huge 25% off discount when shopping at our on-line store http://www.eTurbochargers.com – Use code “wynn” at checkout #
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  • A kid practicing to be like Ken Block or go for his Formula D license, too cute http://bit.ly/iuCgi #
  • A good ABC News short feature on the rare and elusive Brenda Priddy photographing prototype cars & test mules http://bit.ly/153qwK #
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Nelson Racing’s Crazy Sleeper Rx-7

Posted by turbot2 On August - 17 - 2009
Believe me when I tell you that I have seen some pretty crazy stuff in my employment here at Turbonetics. People are always doing something crazy and incredible with their rides. Sometimes it is a combination of both. While we don’t think making 1650HP from a 427HP engine is necessarily crazy, I do think that driving that same engine/vehicle around on the street like its a Honda Civic is another thing entirely. The ability to tame an engine that makes that much power calmly idling and staying cool at street lights is amazing. Major props to Nelson and the incedible engineering behind this cool ride. I still can’t believe that this incredible engine got stuck inside an old hoopty Mazda. Read the rest of this entry »