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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 12:36 PM
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so im experiencing serious turbo surge, and i figured if im going to spend 500 for a ported housing i might as well spend a couple thousand and never have to worry about it again. what is the best aftermarket turbo for me to get? it says below i run superchips, do right now when i get the turbo im switchin to ts. i was thinkin ats but any opinions are welcome thanks
 
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 12:59 PM
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Id prolly go with the garett gt38r turbo. It will be a good turbo for just a chip but with a mild set of street or towing injectors and that thing would run good.
 
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 01:26 PM
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Local guy has a 99 with a DP Tuner Chip, Mild Injectors and a ATS Aurora 3000 Turbo and it runs very strong.

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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 01:48 PM
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What's your end goal?
 
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 02:56 PM
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Would not touch anything ATS... If it comes from the purple palace its junk and over priced.

38R will take you to about 400-450hp, A T4 or T4i type mid frame kit will take you anywhere you want to go.
 
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 09:59 PM
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joe bob: id like to still have a daily driver, but be able to show off alot an smoke them little rice burners when they wanna race, and i occasionally pull loads weighing around 20000-25000 lbs. so around 400-500 horse.. and why not the aurora 3000 system csipsd?

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what kind of garrett do i have now?
 

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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 10:06 PM
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You have a gt38 now. If your not going over 500 a 38r should be fine for you. If you want bigger go with a t4 mount kit and a turbo to match.
 
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 10:12 PM
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do you know whats wrong with the 3000 joebob?
 
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Old Jul 13, 2011 | 11:40 PM
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im sure they are a fine turbo but like joe said i will never buy anything from them. they are way over priced and have some of the worst worrenty i have ever heard of. they are just not a good company to deal with.
 
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Old Jul 14, 2011 | 08:26 AM
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There is some information here that may be misconstrued.

A turbocharger alone will not give you 400-450 horsepower.
 
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