Turbo specs

[robertisaar]

my bench is loaded with 20 year old auto paint and broken tools... lucky me because i have a bunch of 2x4 and particle board lying around.

i'll have to make sure my other vehicles are working properly to use as daily drivers, in case i need to go the hardware/auto store for something i don't have.

[ForcedFirebird]

i'd do it in my driveway but its 150 foot long and 100% gravel, so i think i'll stick it in my garage.

how long did it take to fab the piping?

Couple of days of actual working probably. I have four kids and a construction company so time is a high commodity here.

My garage is packed with tools so only the welding was done in there on my bench.

[robertisaar]

That's the attitude I had . Got my parts for around $1000 and did it in my driveway...

Here's a pictoral of most of the install...

http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t...ojectfirebird/

i'd do it in my driveway but its 150 foot long and 100% gravel, so i think i'll stick it in my garage.

how long did it take to fab the piping?

[ForcedFirebird]

i'm just looking to start small, and when its ready to be upgraded i'll stick it on a fuel injected, 60* dune buggy project. and i don't have the money to be sticking a garrett turbo on my car, but i do have enough to buy a cheap, inefficient turbo that'll get the job done that i want it to do.

That's the attitude I had . Got my parts for around $1000 and did it in my driveway...

Here's a pictoral of most of the install...

http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t87/forcedfirebird/projectfirebird/

[robertisaar]

i'm just looking to start small, and when its ready to be upgraded i'll stick it on a fuel injected, 60* dune buggy project. and i don't have the money to be sticking a garrett turbo on my car, but i do have enough to buy a cheap, inefficient turbo that'll get the job done that i want it to do.

[ForcedFirebird]

i'm sure it is less efficient but i'm not looking to build a 600hp motor, but when it comes to a 3100: turbo, centrifugal or nitrous are about our only options for getting our underpowered motors to do anything.

The problem with a less efficient turbo is that you are actually pushing less air. boostedrs had good results with the xs power turbo, but actually maxed it out. Had he changed it for a real .57 trim , I believe he might have gotten more out of his set up.

If you can spring the dough, look into the Gt series from Garrett. I have seen an article where nothing was changed on the car except for going from a t3/t4 hybrid to a GT hybrid and results were shocking.

[robertisaar]

i'm sure it is less efficient but i'm not looking to build a 600hp motor, but when it comes to a 3100: turbo, centrifugal or nitrous are about our only options for getting our underpowered motors to do anything.

[ForcedFirebird]

Garrett 60 trim left..cheap ebay one right..ebay one isnt going back on for the new setup im doing..both are t3/t4

Again, the ebay turbos do not have the trim as advertised. That ebay is probably a .46 or even a .40 trim (the less efficient, the cheaper ).

[IsaacHayes]

hey loner are those kumho AST tires? That ebay turbo does look a lot smaller than the garret.

[loner666]

Garrett 60 trim left..cheap ebay one right..ebay one isnt going back on for the new setup im doing..both are t3/t4

[ForcedFirebird]

w-body.com: mullet1
60degreev6.com: robertisaar
fullthrottlev6.com: robertisaar
thirdgen.org: saar

turbos seem compicated until you actually see them work, then its like a brick wall. if everybody would see one work, goodbye centrifugal SC and Roots will only be for top fuel

I'm ForcedFirebird or Forced_Firebird at those same sites, except TGO - firstfirebird .

As far as turbos being any better than a S/C could be argued until blue in the face - there are pros and cons to both systems.

A centrifical works alot like a turbo, except with the benifit of almost instant response and can be easily adapted to an intercooler.

To answer your question about the intercooler: Absolutely the turbos you selected will benifit from an intercooler. If you plan on pushing any significant amount of air into the motor (more than 5-6psi), you are going to need to cool the charge enough to run on pump gas. You have to remember the compression of gasses is going to cause heat which is a major enemy when taking detonation into consideration.

[robertisaar]

You do realize we are also memebers on many boards? lol.

It's not actually a .46 trim, its even less effecient. I am the one who made the discovery about the fraudulant advertising and could dig up the actual measurements of the compressor wheel. I bought the same one as boosted, dissasembled it, measured it, and had to calculate the actual trim.

Glad to see some more faces in the world of turbos .

w-body.com: mullet1
60degreev6.com: robertisaar
fullthrottlev6.com: robertisaar
thirdgen.org: saar

turbos seem compicated until you actually see them work, then its like a brick wall. if everybody would see one work, goodbye centrifugal SC and Roots will only be for top fuel

[robertisaar]

ever heard of camden, mi?

[ForcedFirebird]

Where are you located?

[ForcedFirebird]

so the small one might overrev and the big one wouldn't make full boost. how would an intercooler effect the small one?

btw, boosted89rs from the fullthrottlev6 forum said this about the "T3/T4":
"the actual specs are t40e .63/50 46 trim and is good for 18 psi on a 3100"

http://www.fullthrottlev6.com/forums/showthread.php?p=405167&posted=1#post405167

if you want to read all of it

and what exactly are you using to calculate this? i've tried googling for information about turbos but didn't get much out of it

You do realize we are also memebers on many boards? lol.

It's not actually a .46 trim, its even less effecient. I am the one who made the discovery about the fraudulant advertising and could dig up the actual measurements of the compressor wheel. I bought the same one as boosted, dissasembled it, measured it, and had to calculate the actual trim.

Glad to see some more faces in the world of turbos .