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turbo or supercharged?

Postby nick viner » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:12 pm

HI guys. I have a 2002 titanium LE. Vic rego.
Question is, which is the best way to go. Turbo or S/Charge/ and how hard is it to get engineered in Victoria?
Your comments would be appreciated. Cheers Nick.

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turbo or supercharged?

Postby Boyracer » Sat Jul 18, 2009 7:46 pm

My standard answer to this question is...

"Sell it and buy a SE..."
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turbo or supercharged?

Postby Red Dragon » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:30 pm

Nick won't let his Camel go.

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turbo or supercharged?

Postby timk » Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:39 pm

I'm in the blower camp.

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Postby mhj » Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:08 pm

i love my supercharged mx5...but i bought it fully engineered..

was looking at adding forced induction with the previous car...both turbo or sc are very good things

but to do it properly is really really expensive!!!!!!!

get one already done properly.... an aftermarket construction is good if you can get it, but even then...is it well done ????

in lieu of a lovely miracle ( ie , well constructed f1 modified available for purchase)

GET AN SE( then add bigger turbo and intercooler ) ( or SP)... they're set up properly, legal...and cheaper in the end

good luck with your choice

enjoy
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turbo or supercharged?

Postby nick viner » Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:17 pm

Hi Dennis. You got that right.

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Postby Boyracer » Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:52 am

Option 2...Buy Titanium SE..fit camel trim.
NC Roadie, NC Racey, ND Racey….and a 30AE

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Postby d-mag » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:45 am

Nick, I've spoken to 3 engineers and offered an 'open cheque book' to get my car engineered.
All 3 basically said the same thing; "Don't waste your money, it's never going to happen in Victoria"

2 options:

1. Do it anyway (with out engineering approval).

2. Buy an SE.
MX5 Wanted. SE or NC (forced induction preferred :twisted: )

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turbo or supercharged?

Postby nick viner » Sun Jul 19, 2009 12:30 pm

Ok you guys know the ropes.
Just means the camel stays the way it is.
Thanks for the advice. Cheers Nick.

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Postby matt9111 » Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:50 pm

Just turbo it......go on you know you wanna ;)
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Postby Craig » Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:02 pm

I still miss my Camel, but I sold it to buy a Titanium SE...it's just not worth the hassle legality, reliability and insurance wise to go down that route! :shock:

I pained over the AVO Turbo route as well, and settled on the SE...it's got the LSD, bodykit, Bilstein suspension and it's newer, is piss easy to insure and 100% modifiable! :twisted:

That and it olny cost me $2600 to make the jump inc transfers! 8)

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turbo or supercharged?

Postby nick viner » Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:19 pm

Get thee behind me Matt9111!!!!!!!!!!

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turbo or supercharged?

Postby zoomzoom » Thu Jul 23, 2009 1:15 pm

Well as far as I can tell, if you still can't make up your mind, the perfectly logical thing is to just do both...

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turbo or supercharged?

Postby mhj » Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:06 pm

zoomzoom wrote:Well as far as I can tell, if you still can't make up your mind, the perfectly logical thing is to just do both...


i like the mans thinking!!
mhj

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turbo or supercharged?

Postby OVERDRAWN » Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:11 pm

Like all problems the solution is easy,move to QLD


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