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      04-25-2012, 09:47 AM   #23
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why does it take so long for a turbo upgrade to be made... the new mustang gt 5.0 had a aftermarket supercharger upgrade the day it came out.
1. They've been making SCs for Mustangs for 25 years now, and not that much has changed.
2. This is a lot more complicated.
3. This is for a much smaller market, so there will never be enough money in it to put a whole team of engineers on it long before most potential customers are ready to buy.
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      04-25-2012, 10:25 AM   #24
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One day it will be a bigger market. That is when we will start seeing the efforts I believe.
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      04-25-2012, 03:49 PM   #25
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One day it will be a bigger market. That is when we will start seeing the efforts I believe.
I don't think that has anything to do with it. My point was that RB turbo came on here and said that the complexity and limitations of the engine are really hurting the likelihood that they will ever develop a turbo for it. Initial observations are key, and its not sounding good for our platform if one turbo maker doesn't sound optimistic then others will probably follow suit.
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I think there are dozens of companies who could have (and still could) solve the hardware problems any time they wanted. But what I think happened is that they realized that it would require a serious software effort as well, and that wasn't their area of expertise. So here we are...and luckily it appears at least one shop has reached critical mass on the software side so that an acceptable product can actually be delivered. It'll just get better from here...
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      04-25-2012, 05:52 PM   #27
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Let's be honest with ourselves. Will there ever be a turbo upgrade for the N55? RB turbo has already said that it is not likely they will ever make a turbo upgrade for our cars. Too much complexity and maybe not even feasibly possible. BMW has fucked us real good by building a restricting engine. Are we all just standing around with our dicks in our left hands and waiting for the wonder?
ur a lefty?

eventually it'll cum.
the big turbo.


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I would love to see how far this engine will go.. A couple have blown over in germany due to crank shafts failing.

Im only running 14 psi and my internal bov seems to be failing and sticking open under high boost as well as my valve tronic turning off randomly. Thank god for the back up throttle body.

i like to see the n55 max'd out too.
- couple have blown?..
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Andrew have u guys test'd for the F30 N55?


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I posted it up here before, but I got an email from Shiv a month or two ago saying their 135 was being test fitted
-that single on the n54 was development for the n55 till
their n55 sat out in the dugout. --
in due time, the n55 will have some fun.

i'm confident Shiv will have some results this year for
the big single for the n55.
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Havent tested an f30 n55 yet.

They said they broke the cranks but until I see it I don't believe it .
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