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I was advised by visitors to place a disclaimer page up, this was to protect me from the average Joe who can't tell a wrench from a screwdriver and blows their engine following stuff off my site. I am not telling you to do anything in any way, if you decide to follow any information on this site it will be at your own risk so don't come whining when you blow your engine unless it's for others to learn from your mistake (which you obviously made to destroy the engine in the first place).

This was the info I was told to put up:

Keep in mind that I did considerable research before I undertook this project and invested many hours to see it through. If you have built your own engines before and have a firm foundation of mechanical knowledge, then have at it and save some cash. First check your local emissions laws if you plan to drive your turbo car on the street and check your local drag strip's safety regulations if you plan to race it. However, if you are not well versed in working on your own car and fabricating parts when needed, then this may not be the project for you. By making changes to your vehicle, you must realize that you are taking on the responsibility of any possible consequences of these modifications. If done correctly, these methods have proven safe, but you need a general knowledge about how engines work and a degree of moderation. Every vehicle is different and the results can't be predicted absolutely. Some modifications are "hands off" because they take care of themselves, while others need frequent or even constant attention. I will make mention of the risk of each modification listed here. The best advice you can get is to work your way up slowly and think through every step. No one else is responsible for any consequences of your actions, whether you use any of this information or not. (Obviously the greatest risk is a blown engine or personal injury)

Note: Make sure you up rate the suspension and brakes before beginning engine modifications. Also change all suspension bushings.

One major problem I've noticed over all of my years as a car nut is that the average person has no clue how to properly interpret data. If anybody shows a dyno and proclaims, "Look, our special brand X makes Y more horsepower compared to brand Z!", that people will generally believe it to be true. Now, maybe it's the trained idiot in me, but it really offends me that people would post such nonsense. This is perpetuated by the bozos at car magazines who do a SINGLE baseline run and a SINGLE post-mod run and claim that the 2 hp difference seen is a significant difference. These charlatan-like assertions are just plain laughable... any number of things could cause these miniscule differences (car cooled off while installing part, original part being replaced was dirty/malfunctioning, etc.) If you want to truly make claims that are at least somewhat reasonable, you need to have MULTIPLE runs with the same condition to find averages and trends. This problem rears its ugly head again when people make speculations here and there about how these turbos compare to those turbos. As usual I always make multiple runs before posting my dyno sheets and hp numbers. As an example I have two dyno sheets that show the 999cc fire turbo producing over 200hp, but this was a mistake on my part caused by the wastegate being disconnected that forced the turbo to push 24psi of boost into the little engine. I was lucky the engine did not fly apart, the calculated maximum stress this engine can take is 290hp (this was according to my calculations using F1 data from books I have around). This number only means a stock block will not break before that, I should also say it'll cost a lot of time/MONEY to get past the sweet spot on this engines, not to mention reliability issues to get around.

No-one here has anything to prove - we're all car enthusiasts and know what our cars can do. This is not a boyracer site or forum.

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A word about projects: The policy adopted regarding projects, licenses, and the posts made. New projects from this point forward that are discussed on this site will either be released under the GNU GPL or LGPL, or will fall into the category of "commercial products". Projects that are stored on this site must be released under a GNU license. By projects I refer to custom parts or adaptations of OEM/Aftermarket parts for other specific uses, this excludes engine setups and others items. Authors are still allowed to have copyrights over their own posts made on this site or forum directly related.

3rd party commercial products: Discussing commercially available products that are of use to other users is explicitly acceptable as long as the discussion is focused on merits and drawbacks. By saying this I mean NO ADVERTISING, if you want to advertise something on this site send me and email with a pic of the info to be advertised and I will post it up one of the parts sections for free. All advertisements MUST be related to the topic of this site, if there is any doubt I will poll the site to get other's views on it, most of the time I judge things myself. Pics are to be no larger then 640X480 and/or 4"X8" to save space and to prevent distortion of other site material (I will resize if it does not comply to these rules). If all info is correct your advertisement will be up by the next site revision which usually occurs monthly, usually I notify the sender that their info is up. There may come a time at which I will charge for advertisement space, all advertisements on the site at that time will remain free of charge, they will be charged when changed however.

List member commercial products: Site members who are able to provide goods or services to other site members are encouraged to do so. Discussion of these goods and services is desirable as long as the site is not used for free advertising. In this regard, the policy regarding goods and services provided by site members is that when a new product or service is available, or a new version is available, then an announcement to the site is acceptable. Discussion by users of these products or services is explicitly acceptable as long as it is focused on merits and drawbacks. Vendors can participate in these discussions but please do not initiate them, other than simple announcements as noted above.

Warning: The information presented on this site is presented for educational purposes only. Use this information at your own risk. Be aware of your emissions laws and be aware that changes to the car's Horsepower can cause your car to no longer be compliant with State and Federal emissions guidelines. Furthermore, be aware that changes to increase a car's power output can have very serious detrimental consequences to both your car and those individuals in the car as well as innocent bystanders outside the car.

The information is provided purely as informational and is not meant to endorse a product or company nor is it meant to provide direct instruction.

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