PVC on a turbo: you guys might like this

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No BS I read a thread awhile ago where this guy was running a Twin Turbo set up using PVC Piping for all his cold side. The car actually ran really strong and he said it only cost him $20.00 or so. He has built alot of turbo cars using PVC for the cold side, he paints the pipe black. I will try and find it.
 
It would serve as a good template to build something real after the car is sorted out.
Permanent? That's awful.
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Yeah I think the PVC end is ok.....looks like sheeot. But man, no exhaust, no waste gate tie in, and look at that turbo oil drain. LMAO. Poor alternator. I'm sure that car has burned by now. Hope nobody got hurt.
 
I had a PVC setup almost 17 years ago. Way before the aftermarket had turbo parts available. Turboing was expensive back then. Twins on a slant six. It held up fine. Also had the carb in a box with a 1/2" lexan lid and two toilet flanges. Enjoy!!

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When I was at Famoso a couple years back for Pinks, there was a guy there with a Chevy truck with a PVC twin turbo setup. Tried to get a pic but never got next to it when I had my camera.
 
Had an air powered spud gun. Used a portable compressor hooked to a generator in the desert, 110 psi max. I hooked it up to my garage compressor, turned the regulator all the way up and opened the valve, held with 160 with no trouble........I also have a propane powered one and have never had any trouble with it coming apart.....
 
Any one see the Corvette Hot Rod Magazine had cut all the body off to see how much they could improve the performance with a weight reduction.

They then took to gas powered leaf blowers and made a Hillbilly forced induction. Funny thing it actually worked. They picked up a few tenths with it.
 
dgc333 said:
Any one see the Corvette Hot Rod Magazine had cut all the body off to see how much they could improve the performance with a weight reduction.

They then took to gas powered leaf blowers and made a Hillbilly forced induction. Funny thing it actually worked. They picked up a few tenths with it.
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Hey, watch it with that "hillbilly" stuff.... :cussing: LOL!!!
 
my first turbo setup was a draw through using pvc tubing on a suzuki samuria ran awsome for years
 
Mad Dart said:
No BS I read a thread awhile ago where this guy was running a Twin Turbo set up using PVC Piping for all his cold side. The car actually ran really strong and he said it only cost him $20.00 or so. He has built alot of turbo cars using PVC for the cold side, he paints the pipe black. I will try and find it.
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have seen a couple of ford 2.3 turbos with pvc on the cold side. one ran 11 0s real fast for a 4 cyl. but now he has metal tubing on it. and his didnt stick thru the hood lol
 
Plumbing parts do work... Ive done it, UGLY but work lol.
 
A friend of mine built a cold air intake for his Hemi truck. He ground down some of the connections, so that the intake looked factory, and he gained .02 in the 1/4!:D You read that right, his Hemi Ram ran 14.70 before, and 14.50 after he put the PVC on. There is nothing wrong with using this stuff. I had a cold air intake on a Neon that was made of thin plastic. I didn't buy it but I think it was an Ice Man that would cost aroud 150. new. Thin, cheap plastic, no where near as durable as PVC. Even the stock intake on the Neon is made of thin plastic. How many of you ever stopped and laughed at the factory cheapo, plastic set up? :hello2:
 
gremlin said:
A friend of mine built a cold air intake for his Hemi truck. He ground down some of the connections, so that the intake looked factory, and he gained .02 in the 1/4!:D You read that right, his Hemi Ram ran 14.70 before, and 14.50 after he put the PVC on. There is nothing wrong with using this stuff. I had a cold air intake on a Neon that was made of thin plastic. I didn't buy it but I think it was an Ice Man that would cost aroud 150. new. Thin, cheap plastic, no where near as durable as PVC. Even the stock intake on the Neon is made of thin plastic. How many of you ever stopped and laughed at the factory cheapo, plastic set up? :hello2:
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There is a difference between a cold air intake on a N/A car and a turbo'd car. Turbos create a little heat.:bball:
 
I can see where pvc would be good for mock up,but actually running it?
 
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