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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IceMan" data-source="post: 680124" data-attributes="member: 8832">Re: In Response to Javi's Post....It all depends what you are trying to do and what results you want to see... The turbo kit that I had on the car was the very first On3Performance turbo kit that Chad made for the 5.0L. There was NOTHING that was cut from the car... The turbo was the Ebay special China job business 70mm, made full boost at 3200 RPM and all the way to 5600 RPM and the car made more power than I could have ever made with a blower on a BONE STOCK intake to oil pan 302... It made 527 RWHP and 654 RWTQ @ 15.1psi and a daily driven 389 RWHP and 424 RWTQ @ 6.8 PSI... At 14 psi 3200 RPM car made 427 RWHP and I had over 500 RWHP from 4300 RPM all the way to 5600 RPM where the power started dropping... Power under the curve was unmatched compared to any blower that the car could have had on a stock cam, stock 89 302 shortblock 70K miles, stock unported E7's, stock unported intake, 65mm throttle body, 42lb injectors, 255 intank and a 255 pusher pump. The only thing that the shortblock had was ARP headstuds and Felpro headgaskets... We could have made more power but we maxed out the injectors... The only problem I was having was that the car kept running hot (underhood temps are huge with a turbo), but dual fans in the front and the back of the radiator (one pushing one pulling) and a 160* thermostat fixed the problem... I never had a problem with the turbo and I liked the way it made power... I have had a supercharged car that made 100+ RWHP more than my turbo car and it didnt pull as hard... But it took a lot more to instal a turbo than a Vortech and at the end IT WILL COST MORE to build a turbo car rather than a supercharged car... I LOVED my Vortech and if I had to do it again I would without a shadow of a doubt go Vortech because if you want to work on the car it is EASY... Less parts to take off and less parts to put back on, and trust me you will break stuff and stuff will need to be replaced, upgraded and so on, and it is a lot easier to take 1 or 2 tubes off rather than 5 or 6, and than make sure you put them back on and blah blah blah... For the simlicity and the great power they make and how easy is to work around them, Vortech is the way to go...</blockquote>