dont you have a b16? what kind of compression are you running?Quote:
Originally Posted by ProECU
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dont you have a b16? what kind of compression are you running?Quote:
Originally Posted by ProECU
yeah, stock everything, including stock exhaust.
and your choice of turbo? Im just curious because 4.5psi is pretty low boost for such a decent power figure.
its a T3 off a VL commodore
I know the thread is OLD, but just shows you the kind of rubbish floating around the internet about what power is attainable.
And all this crap about top of the line turbos and top of the line manifolds is all a ploy for people to sell you shit you dont need.
As a guide, my turbo is a rebuilt VL T3 cost me $300 in the Trading post.
You don't need $5k to do a turbo conversion if you can source parts yourself and turn a wrench on your own...
stock everything? everything as in compression and internals?Quote:
Originally Posted by ProECU
so basically you have sourced all bolt on & custom goodies, pumped the engine to 160kwafw on 4.5psi on a bloody good tune...
Hmmm... congrats...
Any tips for us del-sol people that need a turbo to get us to the hairdresser's faster?
yeah,
47.5% RESEARCH
47.5% TUNE
5% DOING THE MECHANICAL WORK
Get someone to tune it who knows what the hell they're doing.
exactly
WAY too many people are in too much of a hurry, do no research at all, buy a set up they can't tune, and wonder why their engine blew up and/or they made pathetic power
if you're going to have someone turbo your car for you, research it to the point of where you could do it all yourself.
if you're going to do it yourself, you need to go way way further than that before ever even thinking about picking up a wrench or purchasing anything.
This is what i tell all the guys who msg me about doing a cheap turbo setup. in the end i have given up because a good 9 out of 10 want to be hand feed, which isnt going to work. SO i just quote 5-10k now. its much easier that way :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ProECU
yeah I know what you mean.
Nothing gets up my nose more than people asking..
"How much for a ......."
that phrase should be banned on this site.
175fwkw @ 6psi only reving to 7000rpm
would getting the cyl head ported and goin bigger valves, upgrading cams and valve gear be a better way of making more power when the motor gets boosted later on??
i was told a while ago that PnP a cyl head is not worth it if your planning on boosting a motor is that a myth???
im sure PnP the head and goin bigger cams will for sure get the turbo spooling quicker and letting it hold power all the way to the redline.