1978 Suzuki GS1000 w/ Magnum Turbo Kit

[Gregory]

How effective are these at boosting performance?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCpmr28t-Og

[Big T]

Very effective, after you spend about $1,500 beefing up the motor and driveline. THat's without the turbo itself

[twodogs58]

Turbo effectiveness

I had a 1978 GS750 with 850 lo compression pistons water injection and a Mr Turbo turbo kit what when crank up to 18-20 pounds of boost would pull 130+ in the quarter mile whether I ran an 11.sec et or 13 sec et. The et's were all over the place because it had a stock swingarm and I spent most of the 1/4 recovering 1st 2nd and 3rd gear wheelies. It was one of the hardest accelerating bike I have ever ridden. It was a real pain in the @ss because if the air temperature was below about 72 degrees I would have to start it up let it run on two cylinders till the head warmed up and the pull the plugs clean them and then it would run ok. What a rush when it ran right! it was probably 3 weeks before I saw the boost gauge move because my saucer wide eyes were glued on the millenium falcon jump to light speed blur the road was doing in front of me.

[Gregory]

LOL, that description made my morning. Good write up !

[twodogs58]

Smile on my face

Glad you enjoyed it Gregory. It still puts a smile on my face when I think about it. When I work out how I may post a pic of it for my sig.

[Gregory]

Bottom line on the turbo is that it is not really practical for a daily driver.... i was just surprised when i ran across that because i didnt know they made those for the gs.