I think Turkey is good......

GA_MZDASPEED

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Ever since I heard the "turkey" , I loved it...then I registered here and read all the threads about how bad the "turkey" was. They all theorized that the sound was bad. I have not this point responded to these threads as I'm new and did not want to say something stupid (wrong, insulting, already said)....so I kept my mouth shut. I always felt a major auto maker would not let a specialty vehicle like ours leave the development stage if a flaw as glaring as the "evil turkey" was in fact, bad. :confused: (shocked) (shocked)

I used to live in Connecticut....home of Callaway Cars. I have been to and toured their entire facility. They are not ordinary tuners. There is a reason that Mazda chose them to develope our cars. They been building WORLD CLASS turbo and non-turbo engines since 1973 (officially) and even earlier. These guys have been paid buy super-car manufacturers to develope and build engines for LeMans(crazy). If they build and engine with no budget limit that can run at near red-line for the better part of 24 hrs......then I trust them to build a reliable street engine at the lowest cost (that wont grenade a turbo under above average abuse).....sorry I digress

I know they mainly appear as American Muscle folks but check this link out : http://www.callawaycars.com/From_creating/milestones.html

Back to the turkey..........Callaway would just NOT allow the turkey if it was bad........I Think they did better then the major manufacturers would and the turkey is sign of that.

Has anyone heard a rally car (350+ hp, 2-liter, 25+psi boosted) psyco rides.......THEY ALL HAVE THE TURKEY......EVERY LAST ONE. Watch them on SPEED. Even the weak-ass american rally cars have it .......I just watched it on t.v.

IF the turkey is bad no race tean would allow it in a race car


There i said it .....the floor is open to all......go ahead rip me a new one.......i'm just looking to see what every one else thinks..or am i just having a bad acid trip when i watch FIA world rally.

Please don't take this as arrogance .... I'm letting my thoughs out after reading the threads about the calls to Callaway
 
if anyone dislikes the turkey i'd take their msp turbokit off their hands for free
 
hey i blew my turbo on my spicy orange and prior to that i had the turkey and at 12 lbs I had a super turkey but know i have nothing.....i now have a brand new turbo and no turkey at all.... any1 know y?
 
I love the turkey. It makes me laugh. As long as no one can prove that it is harming the engine or performance I'm keeping it.
 
I'm not saying that you're wrong, but there has not been a satisfactory explanation to this situation as of yet. My curiousity is what's really driving me here. I'm convinced that even if it is surge, then it's not going to hurt the turbo...however...a question of performace can be involved here. Most of us don't notice boost lag...there is VERY LITTLE...but, that can be caused by the compressor surge. That's why the faster you shift the less turkey you get...if it's surge that is. If it's resonation, then as soon as you start blowing again you alter the flow pattern that caused that resonance...so it's really down to these two explanations. With more research we'll find out what it really is in the end.
 
14LBS said:
hey i blew my turbo on my spicy orange and prior to that i had the turkey and at 12 lbs I had a super turkey but know i have nothing.....i now have a brand new turbo and no turkey at all.... any1 know y?

What turbo do you have now? A larger turbo will be harder to get to surge...the T25 is small, rolls on ball bearings, and the Bypass really is inadequate. At least that's how it seems...if you have the same turbo, then that's strange and throws another factor into the mix.
 
yeah same t25 pea shooter...lol but i cant figure out y i have no turkey......can the bpv go out?
 
the turkey is not on high power well tuned race cars, that is just the distinct sound of their BOV or even wastegate I think
 

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