Your first turbo project......
 

We all know we see numorous turbo prjects being shown on here. But there is really never any followup on how well they run/pull. post some specs of your first setup and how it turned out. Links to turbo projects would be sweet to. Thanks

Re: Your first turbo project......
 

mine ran. like ass above 4700 rpm's thanks to no management other than stock ----.

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had to search for a minute but.. https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...?topic=58619.0

beside the wierd cold idle bounce, my ---- ran great for 3-4 months, then i took it all out on the hottest day of the year cause i was bored, sold the car, traded the turbo kit (with install help) for this mess

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which i got bored of and am about to HMT while i continue the search for my next car

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Finished my project around late july this summer, had its kinks in the beginning but after I got the tune down I put the ecu away and havent had to mess with anything on the car yet. I beat the living hell out of it every day, until I put it away for winter a coupple weeks ago. Before I put it away I did a few big pulls through 5th gear thinking it would let loose, but it all held together.

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https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...?topic=58242.0

serious hmt love, im still ghost riding the whip :P
tracking it and raping it daily is starting to show wear and tear though lol

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i lost all of my pics of my first setup to the big HMT crash of 06....heres the setup though:
b18 stock daily driver
cast manifold
turbonetics evolution wastegate 9psi spring shimmed
greddy type s knockoff
2.5" I/C Piping
t3/t4 70 trim stage 2 .63 .60
bar & plate front mount
resistor box and 450s
chipped pr4 running crome
full boost by 4500

tuned by fook at around 7psi, was shootin for 10 or more, but had some bad boost leaks, have fixed all but the i/c leaking and been running it pretty good for 2 or 3 months. runs solid and pulls pretty ------- hard for 7psi. Hopefully I can convince fook to finish up the tune! im guessing about 225whp butt dyno wise so far, looking to push it close to 300 in the spring.

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95 civic lx
d15b7/z6 mini me
hf manifold
14b turbo
2.5" charge, 3" downpipe
fluxcore madness.
185/65r14 bald asr's
chipped p06/p28 conversion with crap crome tune... way too much advance

blew at the track after 2 weeks

got me a 14.25 @ 99.xx with a 2.3 60ft

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been a while since my first setup...

stock a6
hf mani
te04h turbo
2.25" dp
2.25" charge pipes
CCA 6" FMIC
DSM bov
chipped pm6 running TE - self tuned
DSM 450s

car ran damn good, didnt hold power too well above 6500 due to the small snail. but for the little money invested, id say it was well worth it

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My very first setup was the following
92 DX hatch w/y7
IHI RHB5
y7 manifold with IHI flange
2.5 dp/straight pipe exhaust
HD couplers
ghetto ass Monza BOV
grdddy bluebox/NGK 1 step colder plugs and she rans like a top
Ran with this setup for a couple months pushing 1 bar everyday. Then I spun a rod bearing but still drove it for a month afterwards just never above 3k. lol
Damn I loved that setup. Cheap, clean looking, drove perfectly. :'( Next is the 280Z...parts are waiting to go on..just need to clean out my garage to start the install.

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This was mine.
https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...?topic=40906.0

with PVC piping and a broken turbo lol