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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Troux
In that case, there's pretty much zero information on Turbo V8 reliability, as they are either custom, big-dollar custom jobs without a touch of OEM involved, and are rarely driven, or they are high end exotics, which are also rarely driven.
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Dont get me wrong, I love the LSx's. But as you simply put, there just isnt enough data on forced induction V8's, hence I simply said it shortens the life span in either case. I know both sides of the swap argument very well, it is only when engine longevity is brought up that I get frustrated because there just simply isnt enough wide spread information. Turbo V8's arent done very often due to cost. High end turbo rotarys usually fail because someone wanted to skimp out on the most important part, tuning. The only high end turbo V8 applications I know of are rebuilt after every event.

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Originally Posted by JustMiata
It's like this: The toadstool juice fires through the unicorn injector into the fairy dust chamber, where the tiny wizard does his secret work...Then a gang of keebler elves get hopped up on the crystalline byproduct of the wizard's tinkering, (they smoke it) and then the elves push the spinning triangle through a series of dimensional portals to a final realm codenamed the "exhaust port..." At least that's my undersanding of rotary sorcery...
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