Looking back at my Begi Churbo/1.6/2.5" exhaust plot it was making 175wtq @ 4000 so I guess 150 isn't so far off. Just crazy that the identical turbo would look THAT much different on any 1.8 (Was it a 99+?)

 

If you ran the t3 instead of the shitty begi churbo you'd of been able to bend rods at 4,000 if you so desired, probably with a 2.5 exhaust too.

 

When I got that Begi setup I didn't know squat about fitting turbo parts together, so it was the best turbo+mani+dp solution I knew of for $1200. But we don't really need to spark up this argument again. Besides, the 2554R hasn't even bent anything yet making 200wtq @ 3400.

 

I'm not calling you an idiot or anything, I'm just saying that the best and cheapest way is t3 although it requires welding a custom downpipe for the 1.6 taco manifold or straight buying mkturbo from lars. Because of your experience, anything else on a budget 1.6 doesn't really make much sense.

 

no. a '94 motor with Begi parts.

 

This is relevant to my interest

 

Had I known better then, I would have gone with the MKTurbo setup in a hearbeat. Between the performance of that turbo and the.... iffy... customer service; I steer people away from that turbo like it's the plague. I have datalogs of the worst spoolup characteristics I've ever seen with that thing, 3.5psi @ 3000, then down to 3.0psi @ 3200 before spooling all the way up........ how does that even work?

 

here's another 1.6L with that same SR20 turbo on a begi manifold, but this was a 2.25" exhaust and running MS1:





the begi chrubo is probably the worst turbo ever made on the planet. horrible spool coupled with horrible output.

 

here's the actual plot of Shuiend's:



i can plot this against better 1.8L setups and put it to shame. but those turbos werent $100...

like:

from the same dynoday.

 

Do you think this is just because of the mismatch of wheels? Would a Garrett GT2854R be just as **** on a Miata engine?

 

I think it's just a poor copy from china. There's other churbos people have tried that paled in comparison to the real thing. My T3 50 trim, however, performed very well, so good in fact i never put my Garrett back on.


The 2854 is very similar to the T3 50 trim.

slightly larger turbine, but very similar wheel as far as output (even though it's physically bigger).

 

To go slightly off topic, it seems like both boost threshold and transient response are affected more by the turbine wheel and housing, and less by the size/weight of the compressor wheel, would you say compressor wheel selection is more about efficiency for the boost level/CFM range you're going to be in? (i.e. even though a 2871 might spool similar to a 2860, if you're running a boost level that's more efficient with the 60, it's a better choice?)

 

I think it all comes into play; but a 71mm wheel is just inherently going to have slower spool compared to a 54mm one.

But the 71mm wheel could technically make more power per PSI during spool up so it doesn't even matter:





look at boost plots compared to output.

71 vs 60mm turbos.

 

That's another thing I'm trying to understand, a bigger compressor wheel should make more power at a lower speed, so how much does it really affect the engine response? This is why I bought another turbo for my car (can't tell you what it is or I'd get banned), just to drive it, dyno it back to back, give feedback, and do it all over again with another turbo. The car will probably perform worse overall, but I want to experience it for myself and get some real world results instead of looking at dynos/compressor maps/ videos all day.

 

mass weight force science stuff.

 

Okay so looking at that plot, assuming all other variables were the same or reasonably close, why would anyone choose a 60mm over a 71mm with the same hotside? It makes 5 more psi @ 3700, but almost no extra power. Then an extra 60wtq at 4700 at only 2psi more... that sounds awesome.

 

it was my t3 super 60 vs my friends 2871.

 

Unless you live in CA, land of the rust-free, clean $1500 NA6 and insanely high-priced NB2.

 

Not sure if you mean my car, but I would say that Deezums 1.6 is just as fast as my NB1, I might spool a few rpms sooner but not much. I am spooling 1k rpm later with the larger cold side but my car is just as fast in the 1/4 mile.