8 Turbo 57 Chevy Bel Air..... yes 8 seriously

[Sweet Sol]

This car was featured in the current hot rod issue. Take 8 GT15 turbos (mostly used on small 4cyl diesel engines), Add 286 feet of induction piping (250-300lbs weight on front end) and one Red on Red 57 Chevy Bel Air show car and this is what you end up with. My practical side thinks its a stupid idea but its just so well done. That is a crazy plumbing job. The engine did make 730hp 710lb/ft at 13lb of boost On the Dyno and the turbos were all getting the same ammount of air. It must sound like a jet engine going down the road. You can check the site here




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[hjr]

ummm, that motor has a fair capacity to move air, so im thinking that this may be a somewhat inefficient mannor of boosting?

[LamE]

eeehhh.... 8 turbos and making around 700 hp....kinda weird, was expecting at least 1000 hp lol :o

Amazing project though wow.

[david394]

[brncojay]

that is by far one of the stupidest wastes of turbos i have ever seen

[Ryan@DerdallDesigns]

Take out the tubos and bolton one supercharger. then ya got a sweet car

[roopi]

Damn there is still alot of room under that hood.

[chichin0]

Originally posted by brncojay
that is by far one of the stupidest wastes of turbos i have ever seen

You have to admire the ingenuity and effort though. That had to have taken a ton of time to make all that tubing and 700ish horsepower is a lot... granted it probably isnt all that efficient, but still .

[AllGoNoShow]

That car is tight, and only on 13psi too nto to bad.

[GQBalla]

i think its pretty cool !

[///M3]

i saw this a while ago during its build up.

can you say turbo lag?

[AllMotr]

730hp 710lb/ft at 13lb of boost, sorry to say but that SUX big time

[gorillam]

Originally posted by AllMotr
730hp 710lb/ft at 13lb of boost, sorry to say but that SUX big time

And you think that's the max it can do?

[Idratherbsidewayz]

Originally posted by AllMotr
730hp 710lb/ft at 13lb of boost, sorry to say but that SUX big time

It isn't something practical. You don't get more power by adding more than one turbo (usually). It is inefficient because the same amount of exhaust is coming out but instead of spinning one turbo, it has to spin 8...

[rice_eater]

all that money and they go for those cheap ass gauges, and do a shitty job of mounting them. otherwise that's a really sweet car

[AllMotr]

Originally posted by gorillam




And you think that's the max it can do?

????????????? read again

[NateRAM]

they didnt build the car for the drag strip

[90_Shelby]

IT'S A FUCKING SHOW CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



And a very cool one at that, I saw it at the SEMA show in Vegas last week.