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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 10:20 AM
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Twin charged lots of questions

1.is it recomended to do twin charged?? if not why?
2.how much power can i get out off stock internals with a bigger IC and 550 injectors
3. is it really hard to tune?? i heard is a pain in the a@# i would like to know why

thanks..!!
 
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 11:12 AM
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1. No its not worth the effort
2. 200-300
3. not that hard
 
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 12:06 PM
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Old school tecnique for mini's...
Was generaly more trouble than it was worth...
Other ways were simply better...simpler..
more relilabile more powerful...cheaper...
Things like just plain turbo..
or sprintex...(sc upgrade)
Want a garage queen project car..to tinker with and spend $$ on, and talk about ....get a twin charge...
Want a driver with more hp, less $$...do something else imo.
 
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 12:53 PM
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1. Didn't we already have this conversation here?
2. An IC and injectors only make a difference if you're pushing more air that requires more fuel and heating it up (aka adding boost.)
3. Depends on your tools and experience. If you use a tuner it's as easy as writing a check.
 
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Old Nov 4, 2011 | 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric_Rowland
1. Didn't we already have this conversation here?
2. An IC and injectors only make a difference if you're pushing more air that requires more fuel and heating it up (aka adding boost.)
3. Depends on your tools and experience. If you use a tuner it's as easy as writing a check.
Funny how folks will ask the same thing...so lets give him the answer he wants..
just go do it...
make a thread on it..ignore the past folks who went down that road, your suberu experance will make it easy to make your little cast iron block into a wrx beating monster. Please post the vid.
PS the statement about just thinking you will get more hp from bigger injectors kinda explains a lot of your failure to grasp how a motor is made and what is needed to make more hp, and the limits and inputs involved.
 
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