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How long will a 3.8 stand up to 20psi of turbo boost??

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Old Apr 28, 2001 | 11:23 PM
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How long will a 3.8 stand up to 20psi of turbo boost??

No, I'm not going to do it, just wondering.
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Old Apr 29, 2001 | 12:36 AM
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depends on how hard you run it. I'm going thru my second motor rebuild. the first rebuild was at 89K and the second was at 104K. The car is still down almost 3 years.

Pete
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Old Apr 29, 2001 | 03:56 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by 20-psi:
The car is still down almost 3 years.

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I'll be glad to see it hit the streets again! There is some butt out there that you need to kick!
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Old Apr 29, 2001 | 09:59 PM
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I forgot to mention that I meant a stock bottem end...
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Old Apr 30, 2001 | 02:15 PM
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Mine is coming out now, 106K miles, over 500 TimeSlips mostly in the 11s, Raced 3 times a week.

I use it as a "Fun" Car and It has had Racegas, Racechip and 20-21psi in it for well over 2 years. The car almost never saw Pumpgas until recently.

They basically Last forever if you dont go crazy with the boost.

With a Stock Turbo and 20psi I would bet it would go 150K miles.



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Old May 1, 2001 | 01:38 PM
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Old May 1, 2001 | 02:51 PM
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16.5

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1989 Turbo Trans-Am
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1998 Trans-Am LS1 6 Speed
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Slow POS sitting in the Driveway awaiting repairs and then its For Sale. No More V8 Cars for me.
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