BoostedAce Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 Im doing a senoir project and I need to interview some people. So if you have the extra time to fill this out I would greatly appreciate it. (Please try to be serious, its for school) my project was on Hp gain with Turbos/Superchargers. 1. What is your favorite way to gain horsepower? A: 2. What cars have you worked on with Turbos and Superchargers? A: 3. Do you enjoy working on Turbo's and Superchargers? A: 4. Have you ever owned a car with a Turbo or a Supercharger? A: 5. Whats the most boost you have seen run on a car? A: 6. What Automotive experience do you have? A: 7. What % of the cars you work on have Turbo's or Supercharger's? A: 8. What is the wierdest car you have seen with a Turbo or Supercharger? A: 9. What is the worst problem you have had with a car? A: 10. Have you ever got injuried by a car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Akula Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 1. What is your favorite way to gain horsepower? A: Displacement (there is no replacement) 2. What cars have you worked on with Turbos and Superchargers? A: Nick Willis' Dragster, 632 with a buzzard catcher 3. Do you enjoy working on Turbo's and Superchargers? A:No, Supercharged motors are just too amped up 4. Have you ever owned a car with a Turbo or a Supercharger? A:no 5. Whats the most boost you have seen run on a car? A:Not sure, had a pretty big sprocket on the dragster. 6. What Automotive experience do you have? A:work on my own cars, engine replacement etc... 7. What % of the cars you work on have Turbo's or Supercharger's? A:very small 2% 8. What is the wierdest car you have seen with a Turbo or Supercharger? A:Diesel Dragster, turbo diesel. 9. What is the worst problem you have had with a car? A:Engine needed replaced 10. Have you ever got injuried by a car? A: busted knuckles working on them, had a backfire on the starting line that lit my hand on fire during startup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tbutera2112 Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 1. What is your favorite way to gain horsepower? A: nitrous 2. What cars have you worked on with Turbos and Superchargers? A: 2003 harley edition f150 (sc) 3. Do you enjoy working on Turbo's and Superchargers? A: i dont enjoy working on anything...but the supercharger was roots type and made it a pain to change the spark plugs...disliked it very much 4. Have you ever owned a car with a Turbo or a Supercharger? A: 2003 f150 with s/c...04 saab 9-3 aero with turbo 5. Whats the most boost you have seen run on a car? A: i saw a car running 46lbs once 6. What Automotive experience do you have? A: maintenance and light repair certified...i havent done more than maintenance, brakes, a little suspension, and minor rear end work 7. What % of the cars you work on have Turbo's or Supercharger's? A: 2/5 8. What is the wierdest car you have seen with a Turbo or Supercharger? A: 2004 saab 9-3 aero is the oddest i have owned...not sure about the weirdest i have seen 9. What is the worst problem you have had with a car? A: blown head gaskets (mustang, NA car) 10. Have you ever got injuried by a car? A: no...i hurt my knee in an accident once...but the car hasnt ever hurt me, like something backfiring or exploding or whatever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoostedAce Posted October 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 Thanks guys I appreciate it, Had to push myself to do my school work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex L. Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 1. What is your favorite way to gain horsepower? A: Turbo. 2. What cars have you worked on with Turbos and Superchargers? A: 1982 Toyota Supra, 1992 Lexus SC300, 1994 Toyota Supra 3. Do you enjoy working on Turbo's and Superchargers? A: Yes. 4. Have you ever owned a car with a Turbo or a Supercharger? A: Yes. 5. Whats the most boost you have seen run on a car? A: Gas powered cars, 40psi+ through DSM's would be close to the top. 6. What Automotive experience do you have? A: I have built and/or worked on three turbocharged Toyota vehicles 7. What % of the cars you work on have Turbo's or Supercharger's? A: Close to 100% 8. What is the wierdest car you have seen with a Turbo or Supercharger? A: T6 turbo LSX RX-7 9. What is the worst problem you have had with a car? A: Not having enough space to work on them. 10. Have you ever got injuried by a car? A: Just cuts and bruises...there was that whole dirtbike vs. curb incident, however... See above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 Sweet Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 1. What is your favorite way to gain horsepower? A: Best "bang for the buck" 2. What cars have you worked on with Turbos and Superchargers? A: Pontiac Grand Prix GTP, Pontiac Bonneville SSE (supercharged) 3. Do you enjoy working on Turbo's and Superchargers? A: Yes 4. Have you ever owned a car with a Turbo or a Supercharger? A: Yes, '97 GTP 5. Whats the most boost you have seen run on a car? A: In person? low/mid 20 PSI 6. What Automotive experience do you have? A: Working on my own cars, friends' cars, etc. I'm no mechanic though. 7. What % of the cars you work on have Turbo's or Supercharger's? A: ~20% 8. What is the wierdest car you have seen with a Turbo or Supercharger? A: Honda Odyssey 9. What is the worst problem you have had with a car? A: Not having the right tools to get the job done 10. Have you ever got injuried by a car? Nothing serious, just cuts and bruises Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmw330is Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 1. What is your favorite way to gain horsepower? A:Turbo 2. What cars have you worked on with Turbos and Superchargers? A: BMW E36 M3 S/C, Mercedes e55 AMG, Mini Cooper S, Porsche 964 Turbo, 996 Turbo, 997 Turbo 3. Do you enjoy working on Turbo's and Superchargers? A: Not really, but I dont enjoy working on anything per se. 4. Have you ever owned a car with a Turbo or a Supercharger? A:Nope 5. Whats the most boost you have seen run on a car? A:20 and some change on the 997. 6. What Automotive experience do you have? A: Independent Euro technician, specializing in Mercedes, Porsche and BMW. 7. What % of the cars you work on have Turbo's or Supercharger's? A:Low, probably around 10% 8. What is the wierdest car you have seen with a Turbo or Supercharger? A:Ford Festivia with a 1.6L Turbo engine swap from a Mercury Capri XR2 9. What is the worst problem you have had with a car? A:Connecting rod exiting engine block for shear destruction. Random electrical problems that take days to diagnose. 10. Have you ever got injuried by a car? Just cuts and scrapes. see above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Im doing a senoir project and I need to interview some people. So if you have the extra time to fill this out I would greatly appreciate it. (Please try to be serious, its for school) my project was on Hp gain with Turbos/Superchargers. 1. What is your favorite way to gain horsepower? A: Turbo. 2. What cars have you worked on with Turbos and Superchargers? A:turbo hondas, srt4, built a turbo fox 3. Do you enjoy working on Turbo's and Superchargers? A: I have never worked ona turbo or supercharger itself, but have put on a bolt on kit for my mustang. 4. Have you ever owned a car with a Turbo or a Supercharger? A:93 mustang. 5. Whats the most boost you have seen run on a car? A: 30's on a honda 6. What Automotive experience do you have? A: just basic home garage stuff 7. What % of the cars you work on have Turbo's or Supercharger's? A: 10% 8. What is the wierdest car you have seen with a Turbo or Supercharger? A: idk, every car should have boost. 9. What is the worst problem you have had with a car? A: headgaskets/clutches 10. Have you ever got injuried by a car? been shocked, cut; but hurt mostly by working on cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 1. What is your favorite way to gain horsepower? A: Turn the boost up, cams, a good quiet exhaust. 2. What cars have you worked on with Turbos and Superchargers? A: 1987 Supra, 1991 Galant VR4, 1985 Dodge Omni GLHT, 1986 Starion 3. Do you enjoy working on Turbo's and Superchargers? A: They're not bad. 4. Have you ever owned a car with a Turbo or a Supercharger? A: Yes. 1986 Mitsubishi Starion, 1991 Galant VR4, 1985 Dodge Omni GLHT 5. Whats the most boost you have seen run on a car? A: In person? 15 is the most I can recall. 6. What Automotive experience do you have? A: Some classes, driveway learning, some racing. 7. What % of the cars you work on have Turbo's or Supercharger's? A: 15%~ 8. What is the wierdest car you have seen with a Turbo or Supercharger? A: An older Bel-Air, or a Chrysler minivan 9. What is the worst problem you have had with a car? A: The transmission went kaput. 10. Have you ever got injuried by a car? A: Besides cuts and scrapes, bruising from an accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagner Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 1. What is your favorite way to gain horsepower? A: Big Cubes 2. What cars have you worked on with Turbos and Superchargers? A: Yes 3. Do you enjoy working on Turbo's and Superchargers? A: Yes 4. Have you ever owned a car with a Turbo or a Supercharger? A: No 5. Whats the most boost you have seen run on a car? A: 30+ pounds 6. What Automotive experience do you have? A: Working on family's 67 Nova race car and other projects including my 4th gen's 7. What % of the cars you work on have Turbo's or Supercharger's? A: 1% 8. What is the wierdest car you have seen with a Turbo or Supercharger? A: Colt 9. What is the worst problem you have had with a car? A: Small block chevy that spit out rods 10. Have you ever got injuried by a car? Yes been in a roll over, rear ended, and center punched Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 1. What is your favorite way to gain horsepower? A:Air intake, cheap and everyone does it. 2. What cars have you worked on with Turbos and Superchargers? A:2007 GMC 6500, 2007 Ford 450 3. Do you enjoy working on Turbo's and Superchargers? A:Havent worked on many 4. Have you ever owned a car with a Turbo or a Supercharger? A:No 5. Whats the most boost you have seen run on a car? A:Honestly couldnt tell you 6. What Automotive experience do you have? A:Work on 99% of my vehicles, light fabrication, fix trucks and equipment as needed in the field at work. Assist friends with their projects. Rebuilt a few chevy 350's back in the day. 7. What % of the cars you work on have Turbo's or Supercharger's? A:1% if 8. What is the wierdest car you have seen with a Turbo or Supercharger? A:No answer 9. What is the worst problem you have had with a car? A:Engine blew while on vacation leaving us stranded hrs away from home. A fear of mine at the time 10. Have you ever got injuried by a car? A: Oh the Irony here. I had an engine hoist tip over landing the engine across both my ankles at the time I thought they were crushed. Severely bruised. The engine was at full height and the operator didnt know what he was doing. Wrong place wrong time again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoostedAce Posted October 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Thank you guys so much for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybye Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 1. What is your favorite way to gain horsepower? A: Any type of forced induction 2. What cars have you worked on with Turbos and Superchargers? A: Srt-4's, GTP, honda's 3. Do you enjoy working on Turbo's and Superchargers? A: For the most part....yes. Financially...no 4. Have you ever owned a car with a Turbo or a Supercharger? A: Yes, Srt-4, GTP and turbo mustang in the works 5. Whats the most boost you have seen run on a car? A: 40+ on diesel trucks 6. What Automotive experience do you have? A: Grew up around circle track cars and grew to love all motorsports 7. What % of the cars you work on have Turbo's or Supercharger's? A: 75% 8. What is the wierdest car you have seen with a Turbo or Supercharger? A: The oldschool caravans always seem to make me laugh 9. What is the worst problem you have had with a car? A: Blown headgasket and transmission problems 10. Have you ever got injuried by a car? A: some good cuts and busted knuckles is about it, but many close calls for more serious injuries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limitedslip7 Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 1. What is your favorite way to gain horsepower? A: The most complicated way I can think up... 2. What cars have you worked on with Turbos and Superchargers? A: RX-7s, Hondas, Mitsus 3. Do you enjoy working on Turbo's and Superchargers? A: The compressors themselves or the vehicles they are on? The compressors make me nervous, so easy to fuck up. The vehicles? Depends on design of the system. 4. Have you ever owned a car with a Turbo or a Supercharger? A: RX-7 with both a turbo and a supercharger 5. Whats the most boost you have seen run on a car? A: I dunno, 19psi on my own; 30+ on other cars. 6. What Automotive experience do you have? A: Design and fab most of my own parts, engine rebuilds/machining/swaps, etc 7. What % of the cars you work on have Turbo's or Supercharger's? A: 70% 8. What is the wierdest car you have seen with a Turbo or Supercharger? A: A turbocharged riding lawnmower? A custom motorcycle powered by a SRT-4 motor with twin factory stage-3 turbos? Probably an Nova powered by a big turbo Wankel. 9. What is the worst problem you have had with a car? A: Cracked front iron 10. Have you ever got injuried by a car? A: busted knuckles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripleskate Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 1. What is your favorite way to gain horsepower? A: Tie: Boost + Chip/Tune 2. What cars have you worked on with Turbos and Superchargers? A: I may have fiddled once or twice with an LSJ (Cobalt SuperCharged), that and I'm around Mazdaspeed3's enough to explain anatomy. 3. Do you enjoy working on Turbo's and Superchargers? A: Yes, the gains are very worthwhile as turbochargers make engines much more efficient. 4. Have you ever owned a car with a Turbo or a Supercharger? A: Not yet. 5. Whats the most boost you have seen run on a car? A: I've seen cars with stock baby turbo's running ~28psi, then blowing after a few passes. 6. What Automotive experience do you have? A: I'm the Master Tech of my Garage. 7. What % of the cars you work on have Turbo's or Supercharger's? A: ~1% 8. What is the wierdest car you have seen with a Turbo or Supercharger? A: A Mazda3 with a turbo. I know the bottom ends are more reliable on my car than a Speed3 but why go to all the effort when it can be had in stock trim from the factory by Mazda? 9. What is the worst problem you have had with a car? A: Me breaking it. Two-way tie; Electronics meltdown had my windshield wipers going off whenever the car was on and working on my suspension (droping the front subframe multiple times, it's miserable) 10. Have you ever got injuried by a car? A: burned/sliced and ripped up hands Here ya go, Boss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordell Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Im doing a senoir project and I need to interview some people. So if you have the extra time to fill this out I would greatly appreciate it. (Please try to be serious, its for school) my project was on Hp gain with Turbos/Superchargers. 1. What is your favorite way to gain horsepower? A: Spray nitrous. 2. What cars have you worked on with Turbos and Superchargers? A: SRT4, Buick Park Avenue, Pontiac GP GTP, Procharged Formula ect 3. Do you enjoy working on Turbo's and Superchargers? A: They're okay but have more parts to deal with. 4. Have you ever owned a car with a Turbo or a Supercharger? A: Yes a Supercharged Buick Park Avenue 5. Whats the most boost you have seen run on a car? A: 22 psi 6. What Automotive experience do you have? A: ASE certified Technician 7. What % of the cars you work on have Turbo's or Supercharger's? A: about 1% or less 8. What is the wierdest car you have seen with a Turbo or Supercharger? A: I thought it was strange to see a turbo on an ATV 9. What is the worst problem you have had with a car? A: Between blowing them up, breaking transmissions, rearends, and totaling a few cars I'm not sure what's worse 10. Have you ever got injuried by a car? A: just cuts and bruses Hope this helps you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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