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Old 25 November 2010, 08:22 PM
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Hi.
Ive got a quick question is there any benefits of having a twin turbo over a good single turbo set up?
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Twin turbo's may be both smaller than a single turbo giving same power so possibly faster spool up? This would be a turbo for each pair of cylinders...

Sequential turbos as seen in Legacy B4 have a bit of a flat spot where the small one runs out and larger one takes over.


Wonder if anyone has done a twin turbo ( 1 per 2 cylinders ) on an Impreza!
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soooo, i think single turbo is better
Old 25 November 2010, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by vulnax999
Twin turbo's may be both smaller than a single turbo giving same power so possibly faster spool up? This would be a turbo for each pair of cylinders...

Sequential turbos as seen in Legacy B4 have a bit of a flat spot where the small one runs out and larger one takes over.


Wonder if anyone has done a twin turbo ( 1 per 2 cylinders ) on an Impreza!
Thats what i was thinking but im just not sure if it would be worth the hassle?
I was thinking more along the lines of how the GTO works with both turbos spinning up at the same time but would this cause you to have almighty lag?
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Twin scroll turbo's and avcs pretty much eliminate the use of twin turbo engines which use a smaller turbo and a bigger turbo, plus the legacy that used the twin turbo setup was not exactly the best....

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