Just thought you might be interested to see some pics of the turbo on my car! I couldn't change the subject of the original post to reflect more progress

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....0&goto=newpost

It's still work in progress, but it's getting there!

 

holy shi*t hehe looks pretty nice what kind of HP u think that thing can put out?

 

300HP at the wheels to start with

 

AHHHH DAMN THE SERVER IS BUSY! but anyway 300 at the wheels for that kind of an increase, 4-5k$ i would glady dish out...isnt 300 at the wheels almost 500 Hp?????

 

300+ what you had or total 300?

 

More like 350 assuming a 15% drivetrain loss. 500hp at the crank would be about 425hp at the wheels.

 

How many PSI are you running to get 300 FWHP?

 

Thats so cool It looks great. Congrats on the 300 hp.

 

i was very sceptic about a turbo for the max, but that looks very nice. only thing is, what amount of boost will that put out? considering we have a 10:1 compression, i wouldn't wanna be pushing too high...

 

Let me see if I can answer a couple of questions:
1. We are hoping to see 300 HP at the wheels. No you don't lose 200HP from the tranny.
2. I am running about 7psi of boost, about 1 psi more than the S/C from Stillen run "stock"
3. The S/C run 280HP I believe, but there are losses due to S/C itself taking power from the engine. This has been estimated to be 30-50HP. (sounds a little high but this is from other people)
4. 10:1 compression is high, that is correct, but the S/C people have run as high as 11 psi running smaller pullies, so I am not worried running at 7 psi WITH intercooler.

The intercooler part of the piping is not done yet but will run in front of the engine between the engine and the radiator (I think) I will post more pics when more progress is made!

 

nigelcmf - Thanks for including us in this install. I'll probably never get the turbo but am very interested in the process. The pics are awesome!

 

YummmY!!


Keep us posted please...


Time to start saving the $$$

 

Your turbo looks awesome! You might want to take a look at my post on the general forum at http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?threadid=100321 This is about the electric ramcharger. One of the testimonials on their site is from a guy running a Toyota MR2 Turbo. Here's what he got from adding this mod:

"There has been a noticable low-end power increase. I use a turbo boost controller depending on my driving mood, On for kicking-butt or off for normal "stock" mode. When it's off, I usually show a boost level of 5 or 6 PSI. When it's on and I'm set to 1.0 bar I show 14-15PSI. After installing the e-Ram and running with the boost controller off, I'm registering 9PSI. With the controller on and set at 1 bar I register 20PSI. The really cool thing about this is that I'm not increasing my EGT's (exhaust gas temp). Usually at 19PSI I reach close to 900c. Now I'm reaching high boost, lower EGT's and more power. It's almost like I've upgraded my intercooler! (I'm still running a stock I/C too!)"

 

 

make sure tilleys99 sees this..

 

The turbo aint as pretty as I thought it would be

Am I jealous as hell ? Yes.

 

Hehe! I had the same thought, but it isn't finished yet. I think that the other pipework for intercooler and stuff will make it look better overall. Powercoating will help a lot!

Anyway, the hood's down when I drive. .

Credit to my tuner on this, but the design that he made makes it very easy to work on other stuff in the enginebay. I don't want to give too much information away cos I know there are other turbo kits in the works and don't want to take anything away from my tuner since he thought of most of it.

The only thing I am a little concerned about, I think he may have forgotten is the fact that Auto trannies are bigger. This one runs pretty close to the transmission. I asked him to make extra clearance, but couldn't tell him exactly how much clearance to leave. It IS actually pretty much bolt-on except for oil line. Can't wait till it's all done! Tomorrow, if I am lucky!

 

Hey what kind of intake you gonna be running? Just curious because from the pic it looks like after the TB there is a whole lot less room now. Maybe it is not that way in person but just wondering.

SuDZ

 

Waiting to see...

Three orders more in Co? There will be four turbo maxs running around! The boost won't be as bad being we're at altitude.

 

6.5 PSI on a Stilen SC gives 230 hp at the wheels

 

And when your blowing by other cars nobody is gonna say "Yeah but I bet under his hood looks dirty"

SuDZ

 

What shop in Ft Collins did you go to? I wanna check this place out and see what they might have! And I wanna see this thing when its done....I PM'ed ya about that maybe!

 

Turbos work better for power at altitude than anything else. That's why they put them on airplanes.

 

Great progress. Looks like your tuner is on top of things. How much labor $$ are you expecting?

 

I'm expecting $0 ... will I get it ... NO! Hehehe! Estimate $500-1000 depending on how much tuning needs to be done also. He has put a quite a number of man hours into this already. Unfortunately, he has been screwed over by suppliers and pipeworkers which is why it has taken so long to get just this far.

I called today and there were problems just getting the car from one place to another. With all these slips I am estimating mid-next week before he's done.

I go to on business trip next sat instead of this ...get to play with my new toy for a bit (hopefully) before I go.