remote turbos. ha
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couple things:
1. I have heard (not any personal experience though) that flapper type AFM's arent any good for blow through. (inacurrate readings).
2. Why put the BOV all the way in the engine compartment. If you put it right after the compressor, the recirc pipe would only need to be a few inches long rather than many feet long.
1. I have heard (not any personal experience though) that flapper type AFM's arent any good for blow through. (inacurrate readings).
2. Why put the BOV all the way in the engine compartment. If you put it right after the compressor, the recirc pipe would only need to be a few inches long rather than many feet long.
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Well Slo, BOV does actually need to go near the throttle body for good response, however, if you get a engine management I would just Vent to atmosphere...soooo much easier with your system.
Dude seriously congrats on getting this running. Some of the great benefits are now you can get some quality headers on the car that flow well, just keep a smaller diameter, and the engine bay looks less cluttered, and no one would know. I think for intercooler you should run water to air, but maybe instead a vertically mounted IC so that you don't have to run pipes to the opposite side of the car?
Dude seriously congrats on getting this running. Some of the great benefits are now you can get some quality headers on the car that flow well, just keep a smaller diameter, and the engine bay looks less cluttered, and no one would know. I think for intercooler you should run water to air, but maybe instead a vertically mounted IC so that you don't have to run pipes to the opposite side of the car?
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When the STS kit came out it was a joke and I still think it's so so so stupid. But they seem to work 'ok' for people. Which is actually disappointing to me. When they came out I'd hoped they wouldn't work worth a **** so I could say, "ha, told you so!" But that didn't end up happening. I believe they work ok, but they are the utter definition of a compromise.
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well Kurt, in your defense I challenge doubters to take a look at a Subaru WRX/STi exhaust setup. After a few minutes, you will realize that it is basically a remote mounted turbo. From what I remember a few years ago when I was messing with my subaru, i seem to recall around 3 feet of piping from the exhaust port to the turbo on the side closest to the turbo and likely 5 or more on the other side of the motor. On the 2.0 w/ the td04-13 turboed wagon I owned, it was able to give me usable spoolup (a second or less before seeing boost) starting at 2500rpm with only a downpipe, gutted cat uppipe, and a reflashed ecu. At 3k, it was pretty much instant response which is better than my current 1.6/gt2554 setup.
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akaryrye, (thank you) and yup and the mazda exhaust length as we all have seen is just over 4 feet from the collector. so the impact of an additional foot is negligble where thermal losses are concerned. and i am VERY sure subaru did their homework.
your gt2554 is very similar in size to my 2556, how do you like the top end power output? (i didn't measure mine yet)
your gt2554 is very similar in size to my 2556, how do you like the top end power output? (i didn't measure mine yet)
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+$300 for a MEGAsquirt
-$200 for Bipes
and you could have simplified this installation 10-fold.
and +1 for the crankcase not enjoying boost.
-$200 for Bipes
and you could have simplified this installation 10-fold.
and +1 for the crankcase not enjoying boost.
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