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Old 08-21-2006, 05:22 PM
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Talking Mystery Custom Turbo Thread
What do we have here...eager to hop into the RX-8 sitting 5 feet away

And thus begins the Great Minnesota Custom Turbo Thread.

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Old 08-21-2006, 05:33 PM
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set up looks familiar.......good luck with your project......
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Old 08-21-2006, 05:45 PM
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explain yourself magellan!
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Cool. That is one gi-normous intercooler! What size turbo is that? EMS?
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looks like the turbo could be a T04R.........maybe a 60-1 trim T4....... rather large FMIC, possibly perrin or somethin along those lines........looks like a "custom" made exhaust manifold, like a turbonetics knockoff wastegate, n rather large ricey blowoff valve lol
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this is going to be interesting
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this is fun

it is a T70

I have many more pics of construction of the header and CNCed flanges but I cant find them atm
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Keep us posted and give more details!
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That manifold turned out good.

Turbo is huge. Should be interesting.

Seeing the pics makes me want to go over there and see them in person.

More importantly this will likely hasten my interest to go FI
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What's your goal with this setup? 300 easy? 400?
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^^^ You just beat me to it.
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all i can say is that if it's more than 350whp, you should consider changing the final drive as first gear becomes just about useless otherwise.
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I can get all the FEED parts now so the final drive is definitely an option I just haven't put the FEED parts online since it has been so busy lately

One more clue

it will be mounted in the front of the engine bay
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you sir, are a bastard.
what's the ratio on the FEED final drive?
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Will it look similar to this?

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you sir, are a bastard.
what's the ratio on the FEED final drive?
I have met his Dad so I can say he is definitely not a bastard

4.777 is the ratio for the final gear.
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I have met his Dad so I can say he is definitely not a bastard

4.777 is the ratio for the final gear.
LOL.

Oh dear. 4.777, isnt that kind of a bad idea? I'm honestly thinking you need to go LOWER, like 4.10 or 3.90 (stock is 4.44), otherwise, you'll suffer the same problems as PTP does with their 330whp kit. Lots of first gear wheelspin w/o drag tires.
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That big of a turbo should have some lag so it shouldn't be too bad.
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Originally Posted by 4 years to Supercharge
That big of a turbo should have some lag so it shouldn't be too bad.
It isn't the big shaft T60 and exhaust manifold as you can see is huge so we should see a small lag
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Originally Posted by truemagellen
It isn't the big shaft T60 and exhaust manifold as you can see is huge so we should see a small lag
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check your pm.... and i know you are to busy to reply...

cool cool stuff.

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I got your PM...still researching a bit more, Japan just came back from vacation
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Originally Posted by truemagellen
I got your PM...still researching a bit more, Japan just came back from vacation
hks...

my pm ? is simple, but not!!!

get back to me when you can.... your plate is full.

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sorry,

it was a stupid audio pm... dont think you got that one yet..

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i'd swap in an fd tranny before i changed the final drive on the thing.
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Originally Posted by guitarjunkie28
i'd swap in an fd tranny before i changed the final drive on the thing.
It isn't going to be pushed to full potential out of the box. The creator's thoughts are to build it up.

I could see the internal stock parts being beefed up before a swap as the stock transmission can handle the power if driven correctly.
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