this friday at the dyno day where jeff will be doing the tuning

would you suggest i dont drive it at all til then?

where does boost start climbiing with the greddy kit?

 

god i want a turbo... i envy you haha... btw sexy car too

 

Sux when you first OPEN it up and whoosh....... engine dies....... loss of power steering.....CRAP DID I BLOW MY ENGINE??? No, it's just a coupler that lost a worm clamp. reinstall while burning hands on Hot as FU@# engine, embarrassed cos it's on the side of the road..... Check and double check the clamps for couplers.

That turbo seems like the SR20 turb (or turd) can only push 5 PSI and could really use some ceramic ball bearings. I guess the boost bug will bite.

 

wat.

 

Glad to see this project come along nicely

 

LOL sorry, my last project was a budget S14 KA24DET turb was from SR20, plumbing sucked. As did the T25 Turb, tho the T28 internals make for better boost while ultimately it's nice going with a T3 setup to eliminate the desire to upgrade later. Hence the boost bug, when the greddy just dont cut it anymore.

just wish the greddy could perform through redline... happily

 

you can run it to redline, it doesn't drop that much. it's still fun in my book

 

Thats fantastic, I figure a turbo will drop a psi or two when "outside it's sweet spot" still though, at the point of using a T3/T4 setup, the need to replace injectors and fuel pump, plumbing and adapters, apex seals, will have the wallet and beer supply thinned in a hurry! For an extra 60 RWHP the Greddy/Cobb AP seemingly becomes a great choice! One that makes us without it cry "me too"

 

greddy will take you to 6500 rpm at 9psi no problem and taper off from there as the aux ports open . Fit the blocking plate and you get to 7500 with good power .
In practically all driving bar full on track or drag racing the Greddy will not dissapoint you one bit .

 

^just installed my blocking plate today. that UIM was kind of a bitch to take off. stupid bolts underneath the intake....I don't know how many times I dropped them trying to get them back in

 

but running the stock greddy snail to redline won't give you a intake charge (heat) that will actually hurt performance?

 

just don't keep it there very long, lol

 

Notice any difference in the 6500 - 7500 range ?
You may need to readjust your boost controller and lean it out a little ...

 

actually it was running incredibly lean. i did one WOT run, and it felt good...but I was getting some datalogs for MM's calibration process for the AP...so it's not completely tuned yet.

 

so out of boost AFRs should be around 14-15's correct?

 

yeah...cruising

 

yeah like less than 20% on the accelerator pedal

 

yeah, you will be fine as long as you stay out of boost. it's hard though

 

Just take it eassssssy...and you should be ok.

I wouldn't drive it; but I am ****.

 

yeah i am taking it verrryy easy

i say if anything goes wrong with the way im driving it right now then it was destined to fail

thanks =)

 

Not trying to be a dick man; just being honest.

But as log as you stay out of boost; you will be fine.

 

no its fine, honest is good =) or wait, was i being a dick? sorry!

 

I'm getting tuned this weekend too. Til then I keep it garaged as much as I can. When I do drive it, I keep it under 3k (closer to 2k) with as little load as possible.

 

yeah i just drove it a little while ago, last time i will be driving it until it gets tuned (besides to fill up on gas tomorrow)

i kept it under 3.7k rpm with super light load as well. i dont think i out-accelerated ANY car today haha.

 

I want a greddy so BAD!... if every member on rx8club mailed me 12 CENTS i could buy one.