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PARAGON and CHARRIS
STS has a snorkel for the offroaders who will encounter water and for every day driving if it is wet they have a K@N dry sock to put on it. The lag is .05 seconds he said power is instant and kicks in way low in the RPM ranges to get the Beast moving. The guy I'm working with has been installing it primarily on LS1 engines on Camaro and Firebirds as well as Transam. He said to date not a single car has used a dry filter on thier setup and water is no problem. He has 2 cars and a SUV that his wife drives and they have never had dry cover on. He said unless You offroad do not worry about it as turbo is installed up high where the mufflers would be and You would have to be deep enough then for water to run into the cab He mounts it so high up under the body. I would not be running mufflers anymore. He says it will not be loud but catch attention when waste gate blows off. It remind Him of a small jet just alot quieter. He has been working with STS I think He said since 2003 before they won the 2004 SEMA award for most inventive new product I think is what it is called. There are still alot of questions to be answered and that is why I decided to look into this situation. The guy doing the R@D said we will not do it if they do not furnish everything. Injector, pumps, tuning, etc. I told Him if they would not cover His labor I would do that. He said if thier marketing will do what they have done in the past with Him that i would not need to do that as once they put pictures and article in mags He gets swamped. I hope it all works out. I should know more maybe tommorrow as I'm to call Him to see what they want to do. In the mean time I have arranged for a Magna Charger just in case they will not come thru. The Dallas guy said if I can come and let Him get it on a dyno on a early friday morning where He can have it by noon that He would be ready to let Me take it home on Monday and he as well as STS would warranty thier product and work. That would work great as My best friend lives in Carroltin and maybe I can get together with some H2 guys while in Dallas. Hopeful I could buy Hummertech lunch or diner and any other H2 guys that wants to come along on a lunch or diner I'll cover them also as long as we do not have 20 guys going to eat but, then again I guess I really do not care I'll just get a credit card limit raise and feed everybody.. The only thing worrying Me is he said they want Him to design a single turbo setup and go up in size of turbo for the h2 but they want Him to put a twin turbo kit on My H2 using a little smaller turbo as they would like to offer both to H2 owners and that means i will have to do something to tranny as it will most likely not last long. Can you guys tell Me what i need to be looking into doing to tranny if they go dual turbo, install a kit and new converter or what? I would really appreciate some input on this to prevent a catostrophic tranny failure before it can happen. I have little experience with automatic tranny in high HP situation as I always ran manual. Please let me now what I need to be getting started looking for or lining up the tranny beef up if this project get approved. He said that I would like even the single turbo setup with this system over a supercharger. He said it spools up real quick with alot more low end torque. But C You are right it could get very expense with them not coming with injectors etc. with kit. Guys I'm told that by putting the turbo back under the rig it reduces turbo temp by roughly 700 degrees and that the cooling is so good in pipes You do not need an after cooler. Now that is with single turbo so i wonder if a twin setup would need a cooler. He is telling Me that We can get 1000 HP if i want to run aproximately 20 pounds of boost. Sort of scary but i have driven rail dragster with that much or a little more. So help Me decide what to do about tranny for this setup and that HP. I may even have rearend problems not sure so anything you guys can think of will be appreciated as I'm sure I have over looked somethng else that would need up grade with the twin setup.
Thanks For Any Help With This.

TAZ (Rick)