Someone's putting in a big turbo

Post by **Fuse** » 23 Jan 2006 10:16 am

Found this at 300power.com

http://www.300power.com/forum/attachmen ... lektor.jpg

Nice.

Post by **SteveP** » 23 Jan 2006 10:27 am

Oh...my...

Post by **d3k4y0** » 23 Jan 2006 10:35 am

I want two!

Post by **foggyjames** » 23 Jan 2006 02:27 pm

Holsets are obscenely cheap...and it's pretty much got to be done

cheers

James

Post by **n xntrx volvo** » 23 Jan 2006 03:30 pm

going to lag abit w/ that long of runners. holsets arent that big.

Post by **grizlyadams** » 23 Jan 2006 07:18 pm

n xntrx volvo wrote:going to lag abit w/ that long of runners. holsets arent that big.

what he said...real men have volvo truck turbos, GT42 for teh win!!
Griz

Post by **Fuse** » 23 Jan 2006 07:24 pm

Nah.. Real men run custom designed turbos.

When building a serious race engine, truck turbos aren't so good because pressure maps are designed for huge diesels.

Best situation would be when turbo is made for engine and not just picked from somewhere. There are many shops which will build such turbo as you want when you give them detailed engine specs and aimed power figures etc...

Of course in normal use those are not so important but with HiPo-engines custom turbo is the way to go.

Post by **n xntrx volvo** » 23 Jan 2006 07:33 pm

Fuse wrote:Nah.. Real men run custom designed turbos. When building a serious race engine, truck turbos aren't so good because pressure maps are designed for huge diesels. Best situation would be when turbo is made for engine and not just picked from somewhere. There are many shops which will build such turbo as you want when you give them detailed engine specs and aimed power figures etc...

Of course in normal use those are not so important but with HiPo-engines custom turbo is the way to go.

i think my engine and griz's build up qualify for hi-po status.
hey griz, bet ya that guys trying to spool that on a tiny little 2.3 or smaller.

Post by **foggyjames** » 23 Jan 2006 07:42 pm

I'm sure a custom turbo would be better....possibly much better...but would it be 10x the price better...?

cheers

James

Post by **grizlyadams** » 23 Jan 2006 07:53 pm

n xntrx volvo wrote:
Fuse wrote:Nah.. Real men run custom designed turbos. When building a serious race engine, truck turbos aren't so good because pressure maps are designed for huge diesels. Best situation would be when turbo is made for engine and not just picked from somewhere. There are many shops which will build such turbo as you want when you give them detailed engine specs and aimed power figures etc...

Of course in normal use those are not so important but with HiPo-engines custom turbo is the way to go.
i think my engine and griz's build up qualify for hi-po status.
hey griz, bet ya that guys trying to spool that on a tiny little 2.3 or smaller.

probly a wimpy little 2.3l 8v build yea
and yea...custom turbo for like £700+ or £120 of ebay...hmmm.....yea, i think our builds count as hi-po

Griz

Post by **n xntrx volvo** » 23 Jan 2006 07:54 pm

foggyjames wrote:I'm sure a custom turbo would be better....possibly much better...but would it be 10x the price better...?

cheers

James

ebay is great, most t3 and t4 stuff will swap (about 75% of it). so its just a metter of the right auction, and putting it together. my cold side was a diesel t4 (6.5l) but the map was right for my taget hp(ebay 45 usd, cracked ex housing). bolted that onto a ported water cooled volvo 63 trim (50 bux at the scrappy), and voila, perfect maps, cheap, and cool.

Post by **Fuse** » 23 Jan 2006 08:53 pm

Well it's not always about engine size either.

http://www.oksanentuning.com/id639.htm

That's a B200ET block with stronger rods and some minor stuff but nearly stock. It pushed out near 400hp and it was his temporary engine in his daily driver.

There are different ways of creating power.

Foggy yeah I was talking about race engines or some streets engines with too much cash invested in them...

I wouldn't choose custom turbo either because I couldn't currently afford one.

It makes me sad to look those pics in that page because there's so much fun stuff which I can't afford...

http://www.oksanentuning.com/id713.htm

That's a Quarter Master multiplate racing clutch. 1220nm is specified max torque handling.. It is going in his 242L which will handle his daily drives if not in winter but in summer at least.