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would like to put a turbo in my vl but what

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Guest		#1 Posted : Monday, 14 February 2005 9:46:32 PM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		what kind of turbo do i get for my 1986 vl commodore can someone help me thanks

Guest		#2 Posted : Tuesday, 15 February 2005 6:48:21 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Ditch the turbo and go for a sweet 5.0lt, nothing like a V8. There's no replacement for Displacement

Guest		#3 Posted : Tuesday, 15 February 2005 8:06:11 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		How long is a piece of string? How much HP do you want? How much money can you spend? How much work do you plan to do? To just put a turbo on a stock RB30E is asking for trouble. The factory turbo motor was decompressed to cope wi

Guest		#4 Posted : Saturday, 5 March 2005 4:55:52 PM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Hi boys, V8's are fine, yet if your VL came with a RB30e, then the GM boys obviously felt it was a good engine, so give it more HP and you will blow off the V8 crowd, do this...; Put a RB25 twin cam head and a GT35R turbo, fit them and get the tuned in, a

HK1837		#5 Posted : Sunday, 6 March 2005 9:03:39 PM(UTC)
Rank: Veteran Reputation: Groups: Moderator, Registered, Veteran Joined: 1/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 14,735 Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 513 time(s) in 489 post(s)		Holden only fitted the turbo as they had planned to kill the V8. This is also why they made the EFI 202 VK, but it was the 253 killed for it. You are correct that big hp can be made - of course. The trade off is how long the engine lasts. If I was chasin
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