Turbo 4AGE (now with 50% more porn!)
12-04-2008, 07:56 PM
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Re: Turbo 4AGE
Originally Posted by liam75
Well originally this was going to be a $500 joke, then i thought id attempt to do it right on absolutely zero budget. What im trying to say is i spent everything on the kit, now i have my car apart and want to go out to an event on the 14th of December.
As you can see im an idiot to think i could even get the car to fire up let alone make boost without having something go boom.
I came on this site because i was told people here knew there stuff and im sure as hell glad i did. After reading through the 20v silvertop thread quickly i will now be doing it properly even if it takes me, well forever. You definitely sound like you have some experience to back up your facts.
My original plan was to back the timing way off and go from there, hope the stock fuel system could feed the engine enough fuel without flooding at idle and pray that all the stock internals would not melt. I had nothing but crazy ideas in my head and like normal i started ripping and tearing everything apart before i had a clue what was going on.
12-04-2008, 08:48 PM
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Re: Turbo 4AGE
Ya HP numbers arent in my goals list, a reliable DAILY driver that i can take out to the track is. I have a 1990 Dodge Dakota which is my reliable vehicle, but i still think if you wouldnt drive it daily its not reliable enough to be on the track. Kinda weird i guess, but it makes sense to me. Hell my biggest goal is for the thing to run and drive under its own power when i done haha.
As for removing the wastegate spring, ill see if i can even get the car done for the 14th. On tuesday i woke up with a real nice fever and headache. Its getting better, but im not sure if ill be good to go for the weekend.
Thanks again to everyone whos put in their two cents, i appreciate it.
As for removing the wastegate spring, ill see if i can even get the car done for the 14th. On tuesday i woke up with a real nice fever and headache. Its getting better, but im not sure if ill be good to go for the weekend.
Thanks again to everyone whos put in their two cents, i appreciate it.
12-04-2008, 09:36 PM
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Re: Turbo 4AGE
Reliability is relative. I used to work on APBA Offshore Race Boats and some of our engines had a service life of 12 hours. Our Stock Race engines had to be freshened up after 50. My Wife's car is a weekend warrior and built for the track. Then there are what you call Purpose Built cars, Those see little or NO street time, some get towed to and from the lane at the track. on those cars, the only reliability they need is one pass at a time.
12-05-2008, 10:23 AM
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Re: Turbo 4AGE
Originally Posted by Conceptz-X
You could assemble it and remove the wstegate spring and just run no boost for now. Nothing like trying to make a deadline.
12-07-2008, 06:06 AM
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Re: Turbo 4AGE
I got a little more done yesterday and today. Took a few pictures with everything mocked up again, this is roughly what it will look like with everything done. As it sits right now i have no fitment issues with everything in place, so ill start actually putting things together once I get the manifold surface smooth.
Now before anyone says anything about where the wastegate is i know i may have boost creep issues. I made the extension because i thought i was going to have fitment issues, so if i do run into a problem ill change it. That and no one explained boost creep too me until I showed them the manifold.
Ohh and thanks to Gold DA9 for telling me about moving the housing. Saved me a bunch of work, with it pointed roughly down its going to make pipe routing so much easier.
Now before anyone says anything about where the wastegate is i know i may have boost creep issues. I made the extension because i thought i was going to have fitment issues, so if i do run into a problem ill change it. That and no one explained boost creep too me until I showed them the manifold.
Ohh and thanks to Gold DA9 for telling me about moving the housing. Saved me a bunch of work, with it pointed roughly down its going to make pipe routing so much easier.
12-07-2008, 06:43 PM
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Re: Turbo 4AGE
I have a high flow AFM on ebay right now that will help you a little.
is that a dual cone filter? I had one where the center chrome disc came loose and jammed up in the throttle body. Scared the **** out of me when it stuck the throttle open going down a long steep hill with the engine revving at 4500
Any bets on how long his turbo lives?
is that a dual cone filter? I had one where the center chrome disc came loose and jammed up in the throttle body. Scared the **** out of me when it stuck the throttle open going down a long steep hill with the engine revving at 4500
Any bets on how long his turbo lives?
12-07-2008, 07:22 PM
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Re: Turbo 4AGE
Haha that air filter came with the car and ive cleaned it waaayy to many times. I HATE buying ---- off the internet and cant get proper filter in town, so ive been running it for now. Not sure if its a dual cone filter, but ive had no issues with it.
As for my turbo, im going to say 1000km. I honestly dont know turbos and have no clue what is right for my application. Right now i just want to get it done so i can see how this is going to work. I have a buddy with a full megasquirt setup i may be getting for one hell of a good deal. If that goes as planned ill use this turbo for a bit then source a better one. I figured since im running low boost the turbo shouldnt have to work that hard and give me no issues long enough to sort the bugs out. Let me know if that statement is wrong and if anyone has suggestions on another turbo for a low boost application with a t3/t4 flange let me know.
As for my turbo, im going to say 1000km. I honestly dont know turbos and have no clue what is right for my application. Right now i just want to get it done so i can see how this is going to work. I have a buddy with a full megasquirt setup i may be getting for one hell of a good deal. If that goes as planned ill use this turbo for a bit then source a better one. I figured since im running low boost the turbo shouldnt have to work that hard and give me no issues long enough to sort the bugs out. Let me know if that statement is wrong and if anyone has suggestions on another turbo for a low boost application with a t3/t4 flange let me know.
