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MarkRobinson MarkRobinson is offline
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Austin, Texas
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Turbo928 update: after 5 months of play time...weeee

I've been getting a few emails here/there on how the car's doing.

I have not been under my car (hood or chassis) since I installed the turbo kit May 11 (the day before dyno day). I mostly drive the car to events on the weekends, as there's always something going on in Austin.

I average 17mpg city when shifting conservatively.

The car's temperature runs at about the 1/3 tick, same as stock (I see a longer time to heat up to the 1/3 tick mark now).

I passed emissions with flying colors a few weeks back, both idle and the 2000rpm cruise...with no cats & 30# injectors.

I'm running the Stage 1 928turbosports kit with the following options:
T67 DBB (dual ballbearing) turbocharger, which is water cooled & added to the installation complexity, but worth it. Also, I have the Intimidator exhaust that people hate in photos but love in person: and it sounds incredible! Other than the boost controller conservatively set at 5.5psi, no other changes have been done.

I'll install an intercooler over the fall/winter, just ran out of time this summer...it was hot as hell too.

Mark

...now with Black-centered Fikse's


I'll be at ThirdCoast in Mid November for the Sunday show...will be happy to show/give drives, let people drive her....I should have 20,500 miles on her by then!
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