<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;">I gotta chime in here. Maybe I got lucky, but VE didn't exist when I turbo'ed my DE and drove it for 90K. Any turbo will need more attention (cool down & vigilant oil changes), but that is how you avoid downtime. Had I pulled off the turbo after 50-60K and had it rebuilt, I would still have it.<br><br>Pat<br><br> <blockquote webmail="1" style="border-left: 2px solid blue; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: verdana;"> <div> -------- Original Message --------<br> Subject: RE: Lightened Flywheel and New Life<br> From: "Kieran A. Lavin" <kieran@kieranlavin.com><br> Date: Wed, July 22, 2009 8:54 pm<br> To: Chris Scarpulla <sr20de@optonline.net>, "se-r@se-r-list.org"<br> <se-r@se-r-list.org><br> <br> Chris, you wrote:<br> <br> > I'll be fine with a 2.5" exhaust instead of a 3" NA, and I think<br> > it'll have a broader power band.<br> <br> And more downtime<br> <br> <br> kieran<br> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+<br> The mailing list home page is <a href="http://www.se-r-list.org/" target="_blank" mce_href="http://www.se-r-list.org/">http://www.se-r-list.org/</a><br> To modify your subscription, go to <a href="http://www.se-r-list.org/mailman/listinfo/se-r" target="_blank" mce_href="http://www.se-r-list.org/mailman/listinfo/se-r">http://www.se-r-list.org/mailman/listinfo/se-r</a><br> </div> </blockquote> </span></body></html>