again, that's the obvious decision

 

I get what you are saying. I plan on upgrading to a real turbo but not at this moment for various reasons, school being one of them. Esmeril replaces these for 550? I found a new one for 200.

 

<- Punches self in face...

 

punch harder.

 

here let me help kane...

 

Wow that sucks remixlp!!! Any idea what happened to bust it up?

 

How many things are you going to break on your kit?? lol

 

Im trying to figure that out lol.

I think i have to fry electronics and engine next, then call it a day.

 

something went throught it . Have you had a good look at your filter ?

 

No but i threw it away. It had the bits and pieces from the blades in there.

 

you had turbo blade fragments on the backside of the air filter ? How would they get there ?

 

Thats what im thinking??
I did talk to him and told him to check his cold side pipes/cooler cause them shards WILL damage his engine.

 

Nonesense, razor sharp metal pieces are totally fine flying through the engine.

 

Maybe there was a nut or washer or something hanging out on the inside of the air filter that went through the fins. I mean you can bash the turbo as much as you want, but the fins wouldn't just spontaneously disintegrate right? Looks like something went through it. Though perhaps a turbo component came loose and did the damage, but I don't know enough about the innards of a turbo to know what could do that.

 

Yeah, there is no way the fins just vaporized. They look like some piece of metal went flying through them. I would find out what piece of metal that was before you get a new turbo... it had to come from somewhere and I can't think of anything inside the turbo that would do that. Also, check for damage from all those jagged pieces of metal...

 

FYI - I just finished tuning the Esmeril Kit - I will do the BC next weekend prolly... but for now it moves pretty nice.

No low end though - kinda suprising - maybe the BC will help.

 

^cuz the turbo is gigantic

 

That it is...

 

That's what happens when you shoot for all top end power and a turbo isn't properly sized for your engine.

 

which is why a Greddy is better than most give it credit for . People stick this huge as turbo on to make huge hp forgetting about the fact that for daily driving mid range punch is what you actually use 90% of the time .....

 

I agree.... the goal is now to bring back as much as we can of the low end.... I have a few tricks up my sleeve.

Think - what can be done with tuning to spool the turbo faster????

 

You might get a few hundred rpm but can't see how you would do any better than that ?

 

What if your goal is the high end power?? When you race track or any sort of racing, you usually between 5-9k. SO to me i think i rather have the top end since im building mine for track use. But having both would be nice.
Though i will get a better turbo this summer.

Do you guys know if you can blow out spark plugs cause of flooding issues?? cause i think that's what happen to mine. I had upgraded plugs too.

 

I had issues tuning the Int-X idle areas - with the load from AC/Lights/Fans or turning the wheel caused it to stall - best I could do was 13.5-14 at idle... but it was more reliable at about 12.9 no load.

 

yep - totally agree .
I friend of mine recently bought an 8 (for street use) with a big turbo in it and sold it just as quickly . Totally impractical and downright dangerous were his words as i recall .