Lets just make things clear, When guys drop there rides off at UGR or Heffner, 90% of the time they arent getting twins bolted on and driving away. Most are getting extensive 1000+hp cars. Im in the process of building one myself and it by no means is a quick or cheap project, at least to do it the right way...Add on multiple cars in the shop, parts being on back order, ect ect time goes away QUICK.
I have over 5K in just my FUEL system...So i can see where people arise questions with such a cheap price tag, corners need to be cut somewhere. Before I got into working on the viper I also thought places like underground were a total rip off with prices, until I realized what actually goes into a fully built 100% top notch 1000+ HP car. Now im not hating on steves turbo system by any means, but if you can come on here and compair it to a UGR, Heffner, VSP, or CNC engine dynamics system, you obviously havent seen anymore to those systems then the intake tubes in the engine bay. There is a reason those systems cost mad money to obtain.
Heres a waste gate set up for Aries ( Forum member ) Viper...Yes thats Nasa Gold Lining rated to hold up to a Constant tempurate of 850 degrees.
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Hey Matt,
Nice pics of Aries Turbo system, I originally sold that system to Aries and he had it modified at CNC.
Every system is developed to meet a certain end.
Some are to make 1600 horsepower and run the mile events,
Some are to go to the strip and run 9's
Some are to have lots of USEABLE POWER and be everyday driveable.... This is what mine is for, everyday, competent at the strip.
This system had a few certain parameters to be hit, it was to meet a price point, basically Turbo system for the price of a Paxton system (with the add ons that a Paxton requires, i.e. headers etc)
Every thing on this system has been designed to "keep it simple" as the less to go wrong the better and it had certain horsepower goals. The goals were to be 650 at 6psi and 750-775 at ~8PSI. The system hit those goals.
My tuning has been done by Michael Brito at Britospeed, an expert at tuning and developing turbo systems.
I consulted endlessly with Michael as he had a system on his own car that at 770rwhp (MUSTANG DYNO RWHP) that has lasted 19000 miles in Florida heat with the same approximate fuel system/cooling system/turbo sizing etc.
I went one step further and used Oilless Turbos to eliminate the dreaded Oiling problems that Viper turbo cars run into.
19000 miles is more than the life of most Vipers altogether, and it is a hell of a lot more miles than a lot of turbo vipers ever end up with (if you combine them all). I would like to see the lifespan of the 1600Hp systems out there, a lot of them end up being sold within a few hundred miles of being finished.
When it comes to cosmetics, that is the next step, could I have used an air to air LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE and run 2 2.5 inch pipe with a blow off welded to each and run them to the throttle body or throttle bodies (LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE)
YES I COULD HAVE, it would have been a lot easier to do than what I have done.
I have those systems in the works as we type.
