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Clifton

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  1. Those are nice looking wheels, good price too. Where did you get them?

     

    I think you are going to rub though, actually I know you will. You are about flush with the outer lip now. That is one rub point, the other is about 1.5" above it on the inside of the fender were it starts to taper in. I would see if you can get those adapter cut down or try them without the spacer. It looks like you have about .75" between the wheel and coil sleeve. I have about 1/8" clearance between my sleeve and wheel and that's after I ground a flat spot on the sleeve and still rub on the fender/body somtimes.

  2. Nevermind. I tapped it again and it came out. Now here is the real question. Should I buy the full rebuild kit or the partial one?

     

    There are atleast two different compressor seals. I don't know which one you need by looking at that kit but if there is a local turbo (diesel) shop near you you can get what you need for less. You don't need some of what is included in that kit.

     

     

    When rebulding' date=' is there any place to buy a new upgraded compressor wheel so that it can go back together as an upgraded turbo? I have looked but could only kind one supplier for wheels but their site doesnt give any guidance as to which flows what.

     

    heres what i have found. http://www.turbocharged.com/catalog/comp_wheels.html[/quote']

     

    IMO it is a waste of money to only upgrade the compressor side. Yes it can flow more air but the turbine is still the restriction. Upgrading the turbine side will gain even more hp over doing just the front. Price wise it is probably best to sell the stocker and buy the right turbo for your power goals.

  3. If you can weld I would do the technotoy style ones. It is much easier for quick adjustment, espcially at autoX between runs. You can change the camber on the weld in style on all 4 corners in less time than you can do one of the msa style ones. May not sound like a big deal but if you drive to the track/corse, have to put your camber in, run the car and then put your street camber back in, you'll see the benifit.

     

    http://www.technotoytuning.com/productlist.php?vehicleid=11

  4. Clifton,

     

    You're right. I just realized that he's not using an SDS ECU for TIMING, only for additional fuel injectors. Therefore the the information I was referring to is incorrect. I was getting the timing curve ideas from:

     

    http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=77085&highlight=SDS+Timing

     

    Sorry to have posted in this at all now. (Crawling back under my rock now)

     

    Warren

     

     

     

    I wouldn't go by what most people do for timing on this board. I've seen some of the worst timing maps on here. Scottie-GNZ's on your list link is a pretty good general safe one though.

     

     

    nosebleedZ, does it occur under cruise and load or just quick throttle openings?

  5. The base timing is set at 5* BTDC with advance unhooked.

     

    Just a stab in the dark here, but on a turbo car, start the base timing at 20 degrees BTDC and increase 1 degree per lb of boost up to a max of 30 degrees BTDC then level it out.

     

    Bet it runs better.

     

    Warren

     

    Sorry but that's the worst idea I've heard of for setting timing on a turbo engine.

     

    nosebleedZ. Does it miss at cruise, light load, and WOT at those revs? You said it was a little better with an n/a afm and it seems to be lean by your narrow band O2. I would try using one of your spare afm's and soften the spring up some. Just mark it before you start messing with the spring tension. You could also connect a voltmeter to the afm and measure the 0-5 v signal while driving. An analog one would be easier to read with the sweep.

  6. I don't know what wheel it is but it's not a T4. You can measure the wheel to be sure. Without knowing what wheel is in it you don't know the flow capabilty of it. Could be smaller than the stock Z wheel. Even if it were a T3/4, there is more to it than that.

  7. Still don't know why people want full boost at low rpms. It's not a diesel.

     

    The answer you aren't going to want to here is that your turbo is poorly matched. You would be better off with a stock turbo for your driving style. Your compressor is too large compared to the turbine side. Having a compressor that flows 500hp but a hotside that's barely good for 300hp is a poor match. Low rpm surge is the result. You can increase the hotsdie a/r, increase the turbine wheel or both. Yes it will add lag but it will also add HP and get you out of the surge area. Then you can floor it at 2k with out having surge. Another option would be a roots type supercharger. Full boost off idle.

  8. Okay Clifton,

    I see the BBQ so when is the party for us to all check out the new garage? Looks great.

     

     

    Ha, ha, that would be a long drive just for a BBQ.

     

    Ya, the rest should go alot faster. I haven't decided on the stucco yet. I may pay someone for that. It would be alot easier thatn dragging around my scaffolding.

     

    The door is 16x8.

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