Just finished sideblaasting my GF focus (3 pics)
04-18-2007, 11:02 AM
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Just finished sideblaasting my GF focus (3 pics)
in between daily turbo work, i decided to revamp my GF's focus in a HMT fashion, that is, using all kinds of parts laying around in the shop.
I decided to try an internally gated, watercooled gt2860R 55 trim and used a brand new XSP header that i cut up in pieces without any remorse to salvage flanges and piping from it.
i tried to do a 4-2-1 header to isolate cyl 1&4 from 2&3 all the way to the turbo but because it's not quite equal lenght, it makes the car sound like a wrx with all 3 cats removed. I love it.
Luckily, I have no story of install problems to tell. I basically started it and drove away with no leaks, vibrations or smoke. Once more, I'am lucky *** on this build.
performance wise, it's similar to the t3 6o trim at the same boost. Maybe the power gains would start showing up at higher boost? not sure. This turbo is rated for 310 HP max... pretty close to a t3 60 trim.
Still, it does make the zetec pull very hard to redline, which it desperately lacks when atmospheric!
Spoolup: SLOWER than the most basic t3 60 trim. Why? dead simple: Because the lowest turbine a/r available on these GT turbos is .64 a/r. as a result, you can throw all the ball bearings in the world at it, it won't outspool a .48 a/r t3. That, with the lack of rebuilding possibility, makes this turbo absolutely not worth it's 1000$ tag IMO.
here's some pictures. forgive the getthoness, it was not built to impress anyone, just to make the car faster (that's a success) and my GF happy, which i will measure tonight if you know what i mean.
I decided to try an internally gated, watercooled gt2860R 55 trim and used a brand new XSP header that i cut up in pieces without any remorse to salvage flanges and piping from it.
i tried to do a 4-2-1 header to isolate cyl 1&4 from 2&3 all the way to the turbo but because it's not quite equal lenght, it makes the car sound like a wrx with all 3 cats removed. I love it.
Luckily, I have no story of install problems to tell. I basically started it and drove away with no leaks, vibrations or smoke. Once more, I'am lucky *** on this build.
performance wise, it's similar to the t3 6o trim at the same boost. Maybe the power gains would start showing up at higher boost? not sure. This turbo is rated for 310 HP max... pretty close to a t3 60 trim.
Still, it does make the zetec pull very hard to redline, which it desperately lacks when atmospheric!
Spoolup: SLOWER than the most basic t3 60 trim. Why? dead simple: Because the lowest turbine a/r available on these GT turbos is .64 a/r. as a result, you can throw all the ball bearings in the world at it, it won't outspool a .48 a/r t3. That, with the lack of rebuilding possibility, makes this turbo absolutely not worth it's 1000$ tag IMO.
here's some pictures. forgive the getthoness, it was not built to impress anyone, just to make the car faster (that's a success) and my GF happy, which i will measure tonight if you know what i mean.
Just lose the mesh ---- in the front bumper.
04-18-2007, 12:32 PM
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Re: Just finished sideblaasting my GF focus (3 pics)
Insert Quote cberman
haha stuff "lying around" includes a $1000 bb turbo
Yeah, the gt bb WAS in fact laying around for over a year because the stupid customer who ordered it, once he had received it, called to ask for a return/refund and threathened of forums bashing if i refused. Not sure why I accepted to take it back and bite the bullet at the time but I would never accept such craziness again. Summit racing does? I don't! You order it, you keep it. I don't ship stuff all accross america just for people to look at it and change their mind. My stuff is warrantied, returns for store credit only and that's all.
OTher than that, yes, the setup is made bunch of junk, notably, rubber couplers that are pretty thick, but not reinforced on the TB and on the comp inlet, comp inlet housing from a thunderbird, comp outlet from an EVO, old couplers and clamps and made only the top IC pipe from polished stainless because it'S the one that snows, and the other pipes are aluminized mild steel with a bit of chrome paint that I'm sure will flake off in no time.
Insert Quote kamilk69
who does your tunning on the sct, did you buy the proracer software
sct Tuned by steeda. But the tune hasn't been reviewed for this gt28R just yet. They developped a working base map for my focus t3 60 kit with 42# inj and mustang GT maf and I am still running this map right now.
haha stuff "lying around" includes a $1000 bb turbo
Yeah, the gt bb WAS in fact laying around for over a year because the stupid customer who ordered it, once he had received it, called to ask for a return/refund and threathened of forums bashing if i refused. Not sure why I accepted to take it back and bite the bullet at the time but I would never accept such craziness again. Summit racing does? I don't! You order it, you keep it. I don't ship stuff all accross america just for people to look at it and change their mind. My stuff is warrantied, returns for store credit only and that's all.
OTher than that, yes, the setup is made bunch of junk, notably, rubber couplers that are pretty thick, but not reinforced on the TB and on the comp inlet, comp inlet housing from a thunderbird, comp outlet from an EVO, old couplers and clamps and made only the top IC pipe from polished stainless because it'S the one that snows, and the other pipes are aluminized mild steel with a bit of chrome paint that I'm sure will flake off in no time.
Insert Quote kamilk69
who does your tunning on the sct, did you buy the proracer software
sct Tuned by steeda. But the tune hasn't been reviewed for this gt28R just yet. They developped a working base map for my focus t3 60 kit with 42# inj and mustang GT maf and I am still running this map right now.
04-18-2007, 02:50 PM
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Re: Just finished sideblaasting my GF focus (3 pics)
Originally Posted by ososlohatch
that manifold doesnt look like it will last long
Originally Posted by ososlohatch
. nice body kit by the way i dont car if it is your girls car, a focus with a jap crap kit looks homo
