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Old Nov 8, 2007 | 09:46 PM
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this is just cool.

just a testament to the capabilities of the tpi. go to wikipedia and look up the vector w8. they have an engine pic in there. its a tpi motor. i thought this was cool as he##. now granite it was twin turbo, but it pushed the car passed the 200 mph mark. made 625 hp at 5700 rpm. here the link.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_W8 yeah i know this isnt a technical thread or anything. just figured it cool to see a tpi engine in a supercar! ok now back to my boring job.
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 10:40 PM
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Re: this is just cool.

Originally Posted by grove
just a testament to the capabilities of the tpi. go to wikipedia and look up the vector w8. they have an engine pic in there. its a tpi motor. i thought this was cool as he##. now granite it was twin turbo, but it pushed the car passed the 200 mph mark. made 625 hp at 5700 rpm. here the link.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_W8 yeah i know this isnt a technical thread or anything. just figured it cool to see a tpi engine in a supercar! ok now back to my boring job.
That looks suspeciously like a F.I.R.S.T. TPI setup.
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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 07:55 AM
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yeah your right after lookin at the f.i.r.s.t. tpi setup and that tpi setup they look the same. but hey it still looks really cool.
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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 10:04 AM
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And they were Chevrolet motors.

Yay!
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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 10:23 AM
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The W8 has been a great influence in auto design for me. Very swoopy and elongated, plus, supercar power, muahaha!
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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 11:16 AM
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Re: this is just cool.

Originally Posted by grove
just a testament to the capabilities of the tpi.
No this is Running 9.2's with twin turbos. on a Junkyard 350
http://www.theturboforums.com/smf/in...?topic=61219.0
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