Automotive News, Media & Press - LS1 with 8-Turbos....wow....

Seen it around before but think it's worth repeating :D

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Overkill
With '57 Chevys Now Packing Eight Turbos, Has the 28-Inch-Chrome-Rims Mentality Corrupted the World of Hot Rodding?


By Stephen Kim
Photography: Wes Allison

Article Here: http://hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/113_0411_turbo/index.html

Count 'em. Eight turbos! Surely, there are legitimate virtues of multiple-turbo arrangements, namely dividends in responsiveness and low-end grunt. In the mid-'90s, cars such as the Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4, Porsche 993 Turbo, Toyota Supra, and Mazda RX-7 utilized this philosophy successfully, but come on, those were OE applications with girly displacement. Our redneck-sized V-8s can easily spool single 88mm turbos, good for over 1,000 hp, quickly enough to deliver near-uncontrollable off-idle torque. So what's the point of cramming in eight turbos and the accompanying pipe organ of convoluted tubing to get it all to work? Simple: It's all about image.
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I remember reading that article in the magazine.......oh wait, I just passed it by without reading it. The pics said enough.... :barf:

I think they have way too much time on their hands, that's definatly overkill.

Anyone else notice he's using connecting rods to hold the Exhaust manifold to the Engine Cradle? Funny.

PS Overkill or not I personally find this rather cool ....but then I'm a freak like that :D

PS Overkill or not I personally find this rather cool ....but then I'm a freak like that :D

Agreed.
















About the freak part anyway. J/K

I kinda think it's neat that someone would take on the project. I'd rather someone put their time into this than wasting time producing another Britney Spears album or a remake of Lentil :eek2:

Saw it in person, I spent a little time trying to figure where all the tubing was going ;)

Think someone said the turbo and setup actually weight more than the motor itself..

Think someone said the turbo and setup actually weight more than the motor itself..[/QUOTE]

Its only puting 700 somthing HP too, lol, can get alot more with just two, but he did it just to see if he could do it