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Discussion in 'Canada' started by brim, Jan 1, 2005.

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  1. Dino Martini

    Dino Martini F1 Rookie

    Dec 21, 2004
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    lol?

    Nice Porsche 996 Turbo sitting outside the dealer..out in the rain..
     
  2. rmk

    rmk Formula 3

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    I just saw the same Gallardo on Macleod in the rain. It looked HOT.
     
  3. mikemechanic

    mikemechanic Karting

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    HAHAHA No it was in the evening. I havent been up at 5:00 AM for years.
     
  4. Prancing 12

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    The long way home

    I think it may have been an SL600 with those pieces. I know the owner and with the RennTech pieces, it eats 65s!
     
  5. Sheldon

    Sheldon Formula 3

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  6. Prancing 12

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  7. Sheldon

    Sheldon Formula 3

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    Maybe they do, but i've never seen under that hood. To me, it's like slapping a Type R on your standard civic. Even if it has the engine...It's just silly.
     
  8. brim

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    That picture that Sheldon posted was of a Highline modified SL600 from the import tuner car show. My car is in the background, and as such I had to attend. The Highline guys were pretty nice.

    From what I recall, SL600s, stock, are V12 twin-turbos, not bi-turbos. Small differentiation, but important nonetheless.
     
  9. Dino Martini

    Dino Martini F1 Rookie

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    Correct. The SL600 are V-12 twin turbo, intercooled. 0 - 100km in 4.5 seconds. Not bad.
     
  10. tanner07

    tanner07 Formula Junior

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    So what exactly is the difference between a twin-turbo setup and a bi-turbo?
     
  11. ffeverd

    ffeverd F1 Rookie

    Jan 24, 2005
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    I think in twin turbo setup, turbochargers are the same, size and performance wise. But Biturbo has different Turbchargers, one is bigger than the other.
     
  12. tanner07

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    To eliminate turbo lag? Is this not what the F40 has?
     
  13. rmk

    rmk Formula 3

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    Nothing, bi-turbo is a twin turbo. That car = fast as hell lol.
     
  14. Dino Martini

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    I thought the smaller one was for the lower rev's..giving performance and allowing the larger one to spool up for the higher revs..I swear I saw this on motor week..but it may have been a differant car/turbo set up.
     
  15. rmk

    rmk Formula 3

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  16. brim

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    I guess I was confusing in my original comment. The point I was trying to make was this:

    Sheldon stated that the vehicle had V12-Biturbo badges on it, and questioned why the owner would do that if it's only a 600?

    My response was meant to indicate that SL600s already come with twin or bi-turbos, stock. Thus, rebadging it as a V12-Biturbo was a bit goofy, since that's what the car originally comes with.



    As an aside, I'm aware of the differences (and confusion) surrounding the nomenclature for biturbos, twin-turbos, sequential, two-stage, hyper-bar, etc. I believe there are differences in naming convention also in Euro versus US. However, my initial comment wasn't directed at these issues.

    For clarification though, the setup you are describing sounds like a sequential biturbo.
     
  17. NHeerDesign

    NHeerDesign Formula Junior

    Jan 25, 2006
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    That's the one...

    Yesterday, couldn't make it to my computer. But I saw 2 M6s...
    First one was black with silver Hamann rims on it... downtown by the Nexen building.
    Second was red and had the (wonderful) default M6 rims on it. It was exiting the Petro Canada station on 14th ave and Kensington Rd. Nice noise!
     
  18. Sheldon

    Sheldon Formula 3

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    Also, the V-12 Biturbo badges he put on the 600, are AMG badges.
     
  19. Dino Martini

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    Maserati Spyder in the Canadian Tire parking lot at Richmond road.
     
  20. rmk

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  21. Carrera_gtcrazy

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    Beautiful Diablo 6.0VT!
     
  22. rush109

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    DROOOOOOOOOL...more pics?
     
  23. rmk

    rmk Formula 3

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    Negative..

    I'm way too impatient to take more than two pictures at a time lol.
     
  24. Dino Martini

    Dino Martini F1 Rookie

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    Ford GT going down Glenmore..turned off at Elbow. Red with White stripes. Manitoba plates.
     
  25. Sheldon

    Sheldon Formula 3

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    Yellow 360/430 (couldn't tell, too far away) spider, 17th.
     

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