twin or single turbo for everyday driver.

[MintyFresh]

the RX i get is going to be my daily driver, are single turbo cars suited to this?

do u lose a lot of initial acceleration with a single turbo?  i.e. does the 0-60 time decrease?



Thanks

[J4P RX]

Ive only been in two single turbo cars, and I cant say im a fan myself.  Its a totally different feeling.  Maybe it would be different if I drove one.

Thing that concerns me, as I dont think anyone has got an engine with a single turbo to last very long.  Hopefully someone with a big single will come on here and say its been going for ages.

Lee

[muzzyd]

I would have thought a single turbo may kick in later in the rev range than the twins, but that just means you set the revs higher and gear change timing a little different.  If anything the 0-60 should be better if you have the traction.  But I have no experience with single turbo rx\'s, just going by past experience of turbo cars.  Bigger turbo power rating i.e. more than stock twins should have more of a kick and getting speed up should be quicker.  

I like the twins but have nothing to compare it to in terms of another rx single turbo.

[20B_boy]

Out of interest, I went out in Max\'s car the other night, GT35/40. VERY smooth drive, very tractable from low RPM, full boost (only .85bar at the time while he\'s messing about installing and playing about with other stuff) around 3.2K RPM. Even at .85bar it feels loads faster than when it was on twins running 305atw\'s...

Like I said, a very nice drive lumbering about but when its at full boost through the upper half of the rpm range it just flies

I still like jumping into a TT car when things are running perfectly and bounding around town, but given the choice I personally would go for a small-ish single for reliability more than any thing.

[MintyFresh]

would i be right in thinking 450bhp is gonna be a hell of a bitch as an everyday driver?

[muzzyd]

Its also to do with the size of the turbo, compressor wheel/housing etc.  1bar of boost in twins may feel a lot slower than the same in a bigger single turbo.

450bhp thats a fair amount!

[J4P RX]

Id want proof of 450.  Only a handful of cars on here have that much.

Cheers
Lee

[MintyFresh]

its not a definate amount, but even 380-420bhp is a hell of a lot i think for a dalily driver.  plus a triple plate clutch wouldnt be the best in trafic

[Robertio]

If you\'re staying around stock power I\'d say twins, but once you run above stock boost I\'d go with a single being better for a daily drive.  With the stock twins and more boost traction just goes out the window when it is wet, so having a larger range of revs to use when pulling out of junctions would be a benefit.
As for running a triple plate clutch in a daily driver :rollin

[20B_boy]

Originally posted by MintyFresh
its not a definate amount, but even 380-420bhp is a hell of a lot i think for a dalily driver.  plus a triple plate clutch wouldnt be the best in trafic

Whats the spec of the car?

[gsb876]

Hello Mintyfresh dude,

I\'ve had both a twin / single turbo rx mate and would say both feel fine as a daily driver. If you have a 400+bhp single turbo i\'m sure it should have a AVCR on it, if so simply turn it to low boost and lower the boost manually too which should keep the pressure off the engine/turbo somewhat?

The triple plate clutch will be a bit*h in traffic mate as i have a twin plate and thats quite hard going when in traffic.

But i would say if you had a choice the twin would be better for everyday use, i had one for a year and no probs at all, depends how you drive too, if you\'re gonna try racing every dude out there then gonna be hard going and heavy petrol:eek:

Mines running at 460+bhp single T78 turbo bridgeported engine and so far feels fine as a everyday drive, although the boost is off right down to around 300bhp and now feels like its driving alot better. If some fool wishes to race, couple of buttons later 460+bhp and see you later:cool

The purple one

[20B_boy]

When u gonna get this thing dyno\'d and get your printouts in the Dyno figures thread

[MintyFresh]

how easy is it to run a 400bhp car at only 300bhp for everyday use?

would u all say a triple plate clutch is sh*t for everyday?  or is it something i can get used to?


Minty.

[gsb876]

Its quite easy to run a 400bhp at 300bhp, it\'ll feel alot more comfortable mate and smoother too.

The clutch is a case of getting used to, i\'m getting alot better now with the twin plate, but never driven a triple plate b4 so not sure how that feels. Best thing to do is take it for a test drive and see what you think?  You\'ll see what i mean mate, bad in traffic

20 B  - you talking to me? or Mintyfresh?:confused:

[gsb876]

20 BOY,

"You talking to me?"

Best try at de niro impression:D