anyone have the cb hideaway turbo kit?

bugN66 · Post by **bugN66** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 3:37 pm

I'm at the design stage of my motor build up and I was planning on going all motor...........Untill I sawa turbo bug rock the hell out of a drag 5.0.

I'm new to bugs and aircooled motors so I was wondering if you all could help me out.

I was planning on going 1915cc all motor but what about with the turbo? Can I get away with a 1776 or a well built 1600cc? The car is going to be daily driven and I want it to be somewhat reliable. Is this kit any good? What about it being non- intercooled? What kinda HP should I expect from a 1600cc and 1776 w/ the kit?

Thanks all.

turboGhia13 · Post by **turboGhia13** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 9:48 pm

Hey man Sorry, but i am looking for the same thing, called CB performance and they are price as all hell. 2400 for one and 4500 for another. and that dousnt even come with anything ese (if im not mistakin) but! they make hella good products

Matt Davis · Post by **Matt Davis** » Sat Jan 11, 2003 10:38 pm

The 1915 with a blow through setup could be as reliable as you want it to be. My first turbo setup in HS was a CB blow through on a 1776. EFI is always better but the carb blow through works real good too.

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bugN66 · Post by **bugN66** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 7:17 am

what kinda HP were you making with the 1776 Matt? Also how was the reliability?

I want to go turbo but if I will get more HP by going with a 1915 non turbo then I will go with that.

I just think a turbo beetle would be cool and diff. No one around here has one so I would be it

Matt Davis · Post by **Matt Davis** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 8:32 am

I don't really know how much hp out of the 1776. Probobly somewhere around 130-140hp. The reliablity of the motor wasn't the issue it was me keeping my fingers off the boost knob.

If I was going to do it all over again I would go 1915cc. No differance in price for machine work or P&C's also no differance in reliability between the 94 and the 90.5.

What's going to make more power you ask? The 1915 turbo. Don't waste your time with 90.5's. In a mild state of tune with an FK-7 or FK-8 and some decent heads (044-40x35.5 on up) you should have no problem making 160+hp with low boost. And with that 160+hp you can take it to the strip, long distance, commute, etc.

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Matt Davis
www.davis-racing.org