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Sep 16, 2015 | 04:15 PM

Vanover

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Turbo??

Does anybody put turbos on a vette,over some of the other mods. PROS VS. CONS?i don't think I've ever seen or heard anyone talk about this..

Sep 16, 2015 | 04:18 PM

Johnny wangwang

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Sep 16, 2015 | 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanover

Does anybody put turbos on a vette,over some of the other mods. PROS VS. CONS?i don't think I've ever seen or heard anyone talk about this..

The link posted to the Forced Induction section of this forum will give you a very significant amount of information regarding turbos on C5's and LS engines in general. There are a lot out there and have been for a long time. Remember the forum has more than just this General section to get information from.

Sep 17, 2015 | 06:09 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Vanover

Does anybody put turbos on a vette

Yes.

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i don't think I've ever seen or heard anyone talk about this..

Google? YouTube? Many people own turbocharged Corvettes.

Sep 17, 2015 | 06:38 PM

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Go to forced induction section in C5. There are always build threads going on

Sep 17, 2015 | 11:08 PM

73Corvette

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Vanover

Does anybody put turbos on a vette,over some of the other mods.

http://www.lingenfelter.com/page/c5-corvette-turbo

PROS VS. CONS?

Pros... lots of horse power for the dollars you spend.
Cons... Horse power to a performance vette guy, is like crack to a drug addict...it is NEVER enough.
you'll probably swap some performance for engine longevity...
you are probably going to start tearing up other parts if you don't upgrade them as well... clutch, rear end, torque tube couplings.. etc.
but, that may depend on how you drive it... but, what's the point of turbos or superchargers if you aren't going to USE it every now and then?

i don't think I've ever seen or heard anyone talk about this..

Use the google search function and you can find LOTS of info on turbo and supercharged C5 corvettes

Last edited by 73Corvette; Sep 17, 2015 at 11:12 PM.

Sep 18, 2015 | 10:14 AM

IMXCITD

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sure....f/I works great on a C5. Take a look over in the f/I section of C5 and C6....a lot of reading you can do to get info.

Sep 19, 2015 | 03:36 AM

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there are several different options you can with F/I turbo's will cost more to do in the end as compared to a supercharger setup imo, i went with a supercharger setup and could not be happier with my current setup