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Rkesh88 06-11-2019 07:33 AM

I’m also interested to see people running the renesis with an efr 7670/8374/8474. I haven’t seen any at all. I’m on my way with a 7670 but I’m in baby stages getting a motor built but have the turbo. Backwards I know but such is life

Brettus 06-11-2019 07:20 PM


Originally Posted by Rkesh88 (Post 4890217)
I’m also interested to see people running the renesis with an efr 7670/8374/8474. I haven’t seen any at all. I’m on my way with a 7670 but I’m in baby stages getting a motor built but have the turbo. Backwards I know but such is life

I know of at least two 8374 installs going on at the moment but it seems to take forever. Turblown was doing one of them.

I initially thought the 7670 would be on the small side , but I've changed my mind on that. It's probably the best possible turbo for the Renesis ...... look forward to see how you get on with it . I presume it will be top mount . Custom manifold or ?

Brettus 06-12-2019 06:34 PM

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...6253e6e975.jpg
Intercooler welded up and installed
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...2c1c45e7a9.jpg
Divider in place

Brettus 06-12-2019 06:38 PM

Interesting design diference between these two turbine housings : the larger 1.06 has a much smaller nozzle size where it directs air onto the turbine .The smaller 1.01 directs air to the entire width of the inducer diameter where as the 1.06 only to about half that width. My thought was it could be something to do with getting the air to enter all around the circumference.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...ddbb908ec6.jpg
1.06 hosing
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...59844a1caf.jpg
1.01 housing


Good news is ...it is looking like I can make the 1.06 fit with some minor modifications. Here is the flow chart. It will be operating in the 2.0-2.25 area of this chart which is showing a significant difference vs higher in the PR range.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...69d9d8b3e6.jpg

Rkesh88 06-12-2019 07:33 PM


Originally Posted by Brettus (Post 4890299)
I know of at least two 8374 installs going on at the moment but it seems to take forever. Turblown was doing one of them.

I initially thought the 7670 would be on the small side , but I've changed my mind on that. It's probably the best possible turbo for the Renesis ...... look forward to see how you get on with it . I presume it will be top mount . Custom manifold or ?

Sorry to threadjack but looking to be custom. I don’t have many options but there the turblown top Mount, mazdazoomzoomstore claims they can sell me a mount but I don’t have any pics or info on it (their kit was testing or has been testing; good pricing tho), last option is to buy the build2apex exhaust flange and a t4 flange and find someone to make a manifold. I’ve reached out to gleaseman, but he doesn’t have a mock up car, zerek fab I emailed him today, I can’t seem to find anyone willing to make a mani. Maybe the zoom zoom store will pull through

Brettus 06-12-2019 11:04 PM

The Turblown one has been tested and is a known quantity . I'd lean towards that .

Brettus 06-17-2019 10:26 PM

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...5546c2e61e.png

Old core with temporary baffle in place best result: IAT rise and RPM (at 13psi and 22C ambient) Vs Time .

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...646114a56f.png
New core temp rise (13.5psi and 14C Ambient)

A nice improvement (6deg.C reduction) although ambient temp is lower so perhaps not apples to apples comparison.

Brettus 06-17-2019 10:48 PM

Results of 1.06 housing - again very difficult for accurate comparison as logs on 1.01 were done at higher ambient temp (21C vs 14C)
*Turbine backpressure down slightly to 21psi at 13.5psi boost
*Lost about 250rpm of spoolup 14psi in 3rd now at 4150
*Low down torque about the same despite loss of spoolup
*Midrange torque is very impressive now at this boost cracking 300lbft
*Peak maf rpm didn't change at all (sits at around 7300rpm)
*Can now hold 6psi all the way to 8000rpm on 6psi WG spring. Previously it would jump to over 9 from about 7000rpm



https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...6f65dfeb6d.png

TeamRX8 06-18-2019 01:32 AM

Interesting. What do you think causes the power-band to trail off slightly from 5400 - 6400 and then resume again

Brettus 06-18-2019 01:42 AM

Most of my logs have the same dip . It's just the apv opening . Virtual dyno smooths it out so it looks like it's happening before the valve actually opens.

TeamRX8 06-18-2019 02:31 AM

well we know they need to open for maximum total airflow potential, but I can’t help but wonder if there’s any advantage to restricting them some?

Brettus 06-18-2019 02:48 AM

Maybe there would be less of a dip if they opened even slower than they do already ...............

Brettus 06-22-2019 05:22 PM

Took a decent drive on some twisty roads yesterday . The changes have worked really well . IATs are well under control now. Didn't see anymore than 11 degrees above ambient on the logs after 20 mins of hard driving under boost. Response feels just as good as it was with the 1.01 , midrange is def. improved . Top end .... maybe a few hp but nothing exciting.

Not content to leave well enough alone , I fitted larger injectors and converted to E66 which I have calculated is the most ethanol I can run with current injectors/pump to support 450whp ish. Initial test show some minor gain from doing this.
Going to try out my dump pipe later as well.

slash128 06-22-2019 05:48 PM


Originally Posted by Brettus (Post 4890829)
Most of my logs have the same dip . It's just the apv opening . Virtual dyno smooths it out so it looks like it's happening before the valve actually opens.

Curious, do you see any ignition timing pulled in that dip? I also see that dip in my logs at times and it seems to correlate with timing getting pulled...

Brettus 06-22-2019 05:55 PM

No , I haven't seen that . I did alter my knock table a while back to make it less sensitive though ....

Brettus 06-23-2019 08:11 PM

@15psi This is the limit for the injectors on E66 as it was starting to lean out at top end.

Blue/UCY/UCY (4652cc petrol)

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...a903cf80e9.png

Brettus 06-26-2019 12:15 AM

Tried out the screamer pipe . Looks like it makes same power at 14psi as without at 15 so a step in the right direction. Well into 400s now. Sound is ridiculous though so it def. wont be permanent.
Also dropped ethanol content back to E60 to give a bit of headroom on the injectors .

madrotor 06-26-2019 12:53 AM

We spoke about it a couple of days ago didn't we, but like you said not a detrimental difference to justify the obnoxious exhaust noise associated with it.

JimmyBlack 06-26-2019 02:02 AM

I like where you're heading with this. So here's a question, is the performance increase because:
1. the WG sees less back pressure?
2. the down pipe sees less back pressure because there's no WG exhaust in the exhaust pipe to contend with?

If it's 1, then a bigger waste gate to reduce the pressure drop from manifold into dump pipe.

Starting to wish I'd persisted with getting my greddy manifold working properly with the eWG welded on. I didn't spend the time getting the manifold to seal correctly so didn't see the potential benefits of the t25 housing with and without the eWG. Could have been some good performance improvement.

Brettus 06-26-2019 03:03 AM

I would normally say 2 ....... but I didn't notice any decrease in turbine backpressure . What I did see was more air flow for the same boost pressure though so somewhere in the system there has to be a backpressure improvement.

Brettus 06-26-2019 11:52 PM

This is at a tad over 14psi ... dmp pipe def. makes a difference! See 15psi log above . Low down is less torque but big improvement up top . Same mass flow numbers .


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...da6eb92c7a.png

Strange thing is .....with all the noise from the dump pipe .....it feels slower ! Something about that damn awful noise dulls the other sensations .

Boost log for above:
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...cad41e803c.png

0-TO-100_Real_Quick 06-27-2019 08:33 AM


Originally Posted by Brettus (Post 4886401)
Haven't been able to get motivated to do it yet .
The dynamics of my manifold design work in mysterious ways and it took me a long time to understand it . When I tried the smaller AR the minimal effect on spoolup was offset by lower torque , so I got less power per psi at both low rpm and high rpm.
With the larger AR I'm hoping for a small reduction in spoolup (14psi by 4000rpm vs current 3800) without a corresponding drop in torque. Up top I'm hoping to see the maf peak rpm go up 200-300 rpm which should give me an extra 20-30whp. All the other 'upgrades' I've done have had the effect of putting more air through the wastegate and moving the maf peak rpm down (producing the same whp but at a lower rpm) . Getting more air through the turbine SHOULD have the opposite effect . Fingers crossed.

As to why that happens ..... my theory is that the path through the manifold tubes that feed the turbine is way less restrictive/turbulent than that through the wastegate , so more air through the turbine is always going to be more efficient and make more power than more through the wastegate.

So going back to an older post you made, to me, seeing this data it seems like your hypothesis was correct. You said the MAF numbers were the same, but did the peak shift at all?

Brettus 06-27-2019 03:04 PM


Originally Posted by 0-TO-100_Real_Quick (Post 4891697)
So going back to an older post you made, to me, seeing this data it seems like your hypothesis was correct. You said the MAF numbers were the same, but did the peak shift at all?

No , the peak maf rpm didn't change at all. It seems like I'm playing a balancing game ....dancing around the point where the engine can take no more. Hence the reason why I'm dumping boost shortly after peak maf rpm.

Brettus 06-29-2019 02:35 AM

@15psi with dynojet correction.............. just for the lols :

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...c979234be4.png

skc 06-29-2019 04:56 AM

Awesome figures


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