Bell or FM I read back several pages.
#24
I think most experienced racers would seriously challenge the idea that the simplest, easiest to install turbo is the best one for the race track. Might substitute "laugh at" for "challenge."
A remote wastegate is more complicated than an integral. Works far better and makes more power.....if properly done. Or same power at less boost. harder to install.
V - clamps work better than studs. (easier to install too.......... opps)
10 mm studs are stronger, by far, than 8 mm's. 10'a are harder to use due to space.
Separated gasses dnpipes make more power..... or same power at less boost. Tighter fit, harder to install.
Metal charge tubes shed more heat, therefore, make more power. Or same power at less boost. harder to install.
Stainless oil/water lines are tops. more difficult to install than rubber hoses.
Better intercoolers make more power. Or same power at less boost. no added difficulty
And.................
Let me ask this; If one purchased a more complicated piece and took another 20 hours to install it, ran a year's worth of trouble free events, no broken studs, no failed rubber hoses, etc, and with a bit more power (or less boost), would you look back on those 20 hours as time miss spent?
Corky
A remote wastegate is more complicated than an integral. Works far better and makes more power.....if properly done. Or same power at less boost. harder to install.
V - clamps work better than studs. (easier to install too.......... opps)
10 mm studs are stronger, by far, than 8 mm's. 10'a are harder to use due to space.
Separated gasses dnpipes make more power..... or same power at less boost. Tighter fit, harder to install.
Metal charge tubes shed more heat, therefore, make more power. Or same power at less boost. harder to install.
Stainless oil/water lines are tops. more difficult to install than rubber hoses.
Better intercoolers make more power. Or same power at less boost. no added difficulty
And.................
Let me ask this; If one purchased a more complicated piece and took another 20 hours to install it, ran a year's worth of trouble free events, no broken studs, no failed rubber hoses, etc, and with a bit more power (or less boost), would you look back on those 20 hours as time miss spent?
Corky
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When I was running all my Begi pipes there were 3 couplers on each side. It would take me less then 2min to figure out which one had blown out when it has happened to me. All of mine were also easily accessible and quick to tighten. You just have to use a little forethought and make sure the the clamps are pointed in an easy to get to direction.
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When I was running all my Begi pipes there were 3 couplers on each side. It would take me less then 2min to figure out which one had blown out when it has happened to me. All of mine were also easily accessible and quick to tighten. You just have to use a little forethought and make sure the the clamps are pointed in an easy to get to direction.
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#29
We have spent considerable time, effort, and engineering to assure that IF a hose ever slips off, it will do so only on a rainy day. Further, one must be entering a freeway into five O'clock traffic. And, one must also be wearing a business suit and neck tie. It is also necessary that the wife, son, or daughter has quietly removed all tools and shop rags from the car. Added to all that, the installer had to neglect the specific instructions regarding how to install ................... a hose and clamp.
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#30
Corky, I appreciate the self-deprecating tone, I really do. That's the way I tend to deal with life's inevitable trials and tribulations - it's a great way to stay sane.
Regardless, I've experienced the inopportune hose pop-off, first and second hand, more times in my life than I have fingers. Seriously. My first kit, a much modified Greddy (which had essentially the same system of metal pipes and 3 hose connections per side), my brother's FM II kit (the original version, which was designed by you), a fellow club member's FM II kit (same vintage), another club member's BEGI 1.5 (almost an FM II), and a few others thrown in for good measure - every single one of us has had to lie on the ground on the side of the road trying to find a hose that has popped off enough to create a massive boost leak, but not quite enough to be obvious at a glance. If it's on the cool side, great. If not, burnt fingers were par for the course when trying to wrestle the parts together again.
Since I've gone to the new style FM II kit, with the formed hoses, I've never had a hose pop off, and I'm running significantly more boost now than I was back in those days.
All I'm saying is that metal pipes may be the last word in efficiency, but they are definitely not all that and a bag of chips with respect to reliability.
Regardless, I've experienced the inopportune hose pop-off, first and second hand, more times in my life than I have fingers. Seriously. My first kit, a much modified Greddy (which had essentially the same system of metal pipes and 3 hose connections per side), my brother's FM II kit (the original version, which was designed by you), a fellow club member's FM II kit (same vintage), another club member's BEGI 1.5 (almost an FM II), and a few others thrown in for good measure - every single one of us has had to lie on the ground on the side of the road trying to find a hose that has popped off enough to create a massive boost leak, but not quite enough to be obvious at a glance. If it's on the cool side, great. If not, burnt fingers were par for the course when trying to wrestle the parts together again.
Since I've gone to the new style FM II kit, with the formed hoses, I've never had a hose pop off, and I'm running significantly more boost now than I was back in those days.
All I'm saying is that metal pipes may be the last word in efficiency, but they are definitely not all that and a bag of chips with respect to reliability.
#32
Doesn't it boil down to this:
The kit maker must supply a proper bead roll (or other such feature).
A T- bolt clamp.
A tough, high temp resistant and hydrocarbon proof hose.
Instructions regarding assembly.
If the kit maker does that, then the responsibility shifts to the assembler.
Having never lost a hose off my own vehicle (since 1973), I would find it most difficult to argue that four hose connections, rather than six, are a good trade off for all the features of: etc, etc, etc ............ I'd rather have just one metal braid oil line....
corky
The kit maker must supply a proper bead roll (or other such feature).
A T- bolt clamp.
A tough, high temp resistant and hydrocarbon proof hose.
Instructions regarding assembly.
If the kit maker does that, then the responsibility shifts to the assembler.
Having never lost a hose off my own vehicle (since 1973), I would find it most difficult to argue that four hose connections, rather than six, are a good trade off for all the features of: etc, etc, etc ............ I'd rather have just one metal braid oil line....
corky
#33
Doesn't it boil down to this:
The kit maker must supply a proper bead roll (or other such feature).
A T- bolt clamp.
A tough, high temp resistant and hydrocarbon proof hose.
Instructions regarding assembly.
If the kit maker does that, then the responsibility shifts to the assembler.
Having never lost a hose off my own vehicle (since 1973), I would find it most difficult to argue that four hose connections, rather than six, are a good trade off for all the features of: etc, etc, etc ............ I'd rather have just one metal braid oil line....
corky
The kit maker must supply a proper bead roll (or other such feature).
A T- bolt clamp.
A tough, high temp resistant and hydrocarbon proof hose.
Instructions regarding assembly.
If the kit maker does that, then the responsibility shifts to the assembler.
Having never lost a hose off my own vehicle (since 1973), I would find it most difficult to argue that four hose connections, rather than six, are a good trade off for all the features of: etc, etc, etc ............ I'd rather have just one metal braid oil line....
corky
To the OP, I would build a kit based on absurdflow/artech hot parts, rotrex, or wait for Savingtons kit.
Edit: So it doesn't seem that I'm bashing I like your intercoolers, Corky.
#34
Goodness, I sure thought my efforts at building a piece with a four into one weld el header with wall thickness of 3/16, V-clamp turbo, V-clamp remote wastegate, and V-clamp downpipe connections, straighter dnpipe exit and straighter compressor inlet was a decent attempt a creating race worthy hardware. Available today...
Regarding "test," maybe I should name the cars running our stuff on tracks. We get the feedback, the do's and don't's, the encouragements and the criticisms.
Should it be that I need to do the testing myself? You can't imagine how much I would love to be doing exactly that. It would seem that I have the credentials.
Thanks for the comment on IC's. Even better things are coming.....
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Goodness, I sure thought my efforts at building a piece with a four into one weld el header with wall thickness of 3/16, V-clamp turbo, V-clamp remote wastegate, and V-clamp downpipe connections, straighter dnpipe exit and straighter compressor inlet was a decent attempt a creating race worthy hardware. Available today...
#36
Corky, please link me to your pnp track kit. Next please explain what testing was completed to call it a track kit. If you make it this far then please have any of your customers running that kit post their lap times for whatever track they are running. We should be able to get to the bottom of this and hopefully welcome a new track ready kit to the community.
#37
Goodness, I sure thought my efforts at building a piece with a four into one weld el header with wall thickness of 3/16, V-clamp turbo, V-clamp remote wastegate, and V-clamp downpipe connections, straighter dnpipe exit and straighter compressor inlet was a decent attempt a creating race worthy hardware. Available today...
Regarding "test," maybe I should name the cars running our stuff on tracks. We get the feedback, the do's and don't's, the encouragements and the criticisms.
Should it be that I need to do the testing myself? You can't imagine how much I would love to be doing exactly that. It would seem that I have the credentials.
Thanks for the comment on IC's. Even better things are coming.....
Corky
Regarding "test," maybe I should name the cars running our stuff on tracks. We get the feedback, the do's and don't's, the encouragements and the criticisms.
Should it be that I need to do the testing myself? You can't imagine how much I would love to be doing exactly that. It would seem that I have the credentials.
Thanks for the comment on IC's. Even better things are coming.....
Corky
Speaking of this, any ETA on details of the new kit?
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Edit: I wonder about it, but then I realize that if there were, we would have captured and ground them into a hallucinogenic powder by now.
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Should it be that I need to do the testing myself? You can't imagine how much I would love to be doing exactly that. It would seem that I have the credentials.
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If someone else is testing their stuff on competitive cars with competitive drivers, why not tell us about it? Additionally, if there is someone in Texas driving the hell out of a Miata while testing BEGi parts, why aren't they running TXMC? We really aren't that scary. We are drunk and armed, but pretty friendly.