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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 02:50 PM
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i was just wondering why you cant twin turbo a 4 cylinder or i shuld say how come it doesnt work properly?
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 02:57 PM
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your asking the wrong question..



why would you want to TT a 4cyl?
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 03:00 PM
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A) complexity of doing sequential, not worth it
B) cost
C) hard to properly size two turbos for a 1 liter (perhaps more or less) 2 cylinder motor
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 03:13 PM
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no i dont want to do it i just wanted to know why you couldnt thats all it always buggedme
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 03:14 PM
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well john basically summed it up for ya..
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 03:21 PM
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It has been done, I have seen a couple TT sr20's.

Other than that, I haven't really heard much about TT.

Aren't some Porsches TT and 4 cylinder?
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 03:23 PM
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no the porches tat are tt are a six
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 07:26 PM
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plus porsches are dual banked not a inline like most 4 cylinders are.
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Mars_302
plus porsches are dual banked not a inline like most 4 cylinders are.

Yes, but still a 4 cylinder.
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Ronald Mcdonald
Yes, but still a 4 cylinder.
Read a couple of posts up, the turbo'd Porche's are 6's...
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