I8A4RE Turbo thread: Questions and Comments

J · Post by J » Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:48 pm

congrats mate! At least you can say your one of a few owners of a turbo, sxy lookn fto

Post by **I8A4RE** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:20 pm

yano28 wrote:FKN FINALLY!! Yeah, tell us what'd it put out atw's? Can't wait to see this tomorrow!!

Ok i cant be bothered posting the pic ill do it tomorrow.

But she achieve a 50% increase in power which is pretty f&*ken good, i reckon.

So she hit 134kw's ATW, now if you live in brisbane you know how f&*ken hot it was today plus the pod filter is completly uncovered so sucking in heaps of hot air.

Anyway I am extremely happy, if it had of been a manual i reckon it would of hit 150kw.

@ tippin, the response is unreal. the best upgrade ever and i dont care what anyone says.....that psfffffttttt from a fto is just sex.

Aza, are you serious

I had to line everything up with my eye then take into work and weld it and then do that over and over again with all the intercooler piping and then the exhaust

I think the whole project from the time i took the car off the road till it was finished, was only about 3 months. Pretty good i reckon, compared to most.

I will do up all prices in the next couple of days and highlight, where there are savings to be made.

sublime19 · Post by **sublime19** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:02 pm

I think with FTO's it's not so much about top end power but the increased torque by putting in the turbo so you can enjoy those take offs and going through the gears quick

Tippin · Post by **Tippin** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:18 pm

wow, 134 kw is a a huge increase from a T28 running 5 pounds, that is pretty impressing. I cant wait to see what figures you get when increasing boost

sublime19 wrote:I think with FTO's it's not so much about top end power but the increased torque by putting in the turbo so you can enjoy those take offs and going through the gears quick

yeh, unfortunately fto's kinda die in the arse in top end

AMACHA · Post by **AMACHA** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 11:54 pm

I8A4RE wrote:
yano28 wrote:FKN FINALLY!! Yeah, tell us what'd it put out atw's? Can't wait to see this tomorrow!!
Ok i cant be bothered posting the pic ill do it tomorrow.

But she achieve a 50% increase in power which is pretty f&*ken good, i reckon.

So she hit 134kw's ATW, now if you live in brisbane you know how f&*ken hot it was today plus the pod filter is completly uncovered so sucking in heaps of hot air.

Anyway I am extremely happy, if it had of been a manual i reckon it would of hit 150kw.

@ tippin, the response is unreal. the best upgrade ever and i dont care what anyone says.....that psfffffttttt from a fto is just sex.

Aza, are you serious I had to line everything up with my eye then take into work and weld it and then do that over and over again with all the intercooler piping and then the exhaust I think the whole project from the time i took the car off the road till it was finished, was only about 3 months. Pretty good i reckon, compared to most.

I will do up all prices in the next couple of days and highlight, where there are savings to be made.

i want hte frikn BOV noise, should i jsut frikn turbo the gpx?

koolio1234 · Post by **koolio1234** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:18 am

Congratulations on the project Simon, sounds like it was a worthy investment. Can't wait for some pics and video or better yet see this thing in real life.

yano · Post by **yano** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:57 am

sublime19 wrote:I think with FTO's it's not so much about top end power but the increased torque by putting in the turbo so you can enjoy those take offs and going through the gears quick

Completly agree with you. The gain in torque that forced induction brings is where you're going to be feeling the increase in power the most. 134 atw kws is pretty damn good i.m.o. for only 5psi, standard internal and tiptronic. Fkn sweet

Post by **I8A4RE** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:13 am

Subbie and yano your both spot on. I couldnt agree more. Its soo how the fto should have been made, in the first place. I really want to push it out 7 pound but a) have no money right now and b) just want to let everything settle in.

Koolio, your welcome to come have look any time or maybe my next ttrip might be down there.

Amacha, mate do it if you want to do it. But get things organised before hand eg get a another car to drive while its happening. If there was enough interest i would pull my turbo off and make some bolt on kits. plus kermut has a kit for sale.

tippin, cheers mate. I did actually change the turbo from a t28 to a t25 ball bearing turbo. But i do have 2 x t28 turbo's in my garage that are a straight fit in

But they are not B/B and i dont think would be as good as the t25

Post by **I8A4RE** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:38 am

As requested:

Post by **I8A4RE** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:40 am

oh and for those of you that dont know. the two red lines are the before and the blue lines are the after.

nvr2low · Post by **nvr2low** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:07 pm

fuckn sweet simon mate next time i am down your way you have to take me for a drive mate. very proud of ya buddy great looking car now it is a monster to

Post by **aza013** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:18 pm

All I will say simon you did a great job on it all A1+ in my books

and the power lines are great

all we need now is a 1/4 run time, it should be good.

Post by **I8A4RE** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:20 pm

nvr2low wrote:fuckn sweet simon mate next time i am down your way you have to take me for a drive mate. very proud of ya buddy great looking car now it is a monster to

cheers man, yeah you can come for a drive anytime

Also, i just remembered, that the starting kw was 81 not 91kw. 91kw was with the emanage installed. SO really from a stock fto its more like a 60-65% increase in power (if my maths is correct

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yano · Post by **yano** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:46 pm

Power curve looks great. Lol, i love the difference in the steepness....

Post by **I8A4RE** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:21 pm

aza013 wrote:All I will say simon you did a great job on it all A1+ in my books
and the power lines are great
all we need now is a 1/4 run time, it should be good.

CHeers mate, yeah ill try and get to a track ASAP.

Power curve looks great. Lol, i love the difference in the steepness....

lol, same

AMACHA · Post by **AMACHA** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:36 pm

I8A4RE wrote:Subbie and yano your both spot on. I couldnt agree more. Its soo how the fto should have been made, in the first place. I really want to push it out 7 pound but a) have no money right now and be) just want to let everything settle in.

Koolio, your welcome to come have look any time or maybe my next ttrip might be down there.

Amacha, mate do it if you want to do it. But get things organised before hand eg get a another car to drive while its happening. If there was enough interest i would pull my turbo off and make some bolt on kits. plus kermut has a kit for sale.

tippin, cheers mate. I did actually change the turbo from a t28 to a t25 ball bearing turbo. But i do have 2 x t28 turbo's in my garage that are a straight fit in But they are not be/be and i dont think would be as good as the t25

by any chacne did you get the piping blue printed? id love to start turboing it. I know theres so man problems with gpx's but ah well only live once and i want the psst noise

So yeh if you ever do makea kit or have blueprints, id lvoe to buya set of blueprints off you. I know someone in melbourne that would make SS piping extremely cheap.

FTO King

Gw simon proud of ya

Post by **I8A4RE** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:54 pm

Cheers amacha, no mate i didnt blue print the pipes but my up and down pipes probably wouldnt have been any good to you, cause yours is a manual isnt it?

However sam has his out at the moment and i could definitly make a set off his, if you asked him nicely

I also have an article you might like to read

Post by **I8A4RE** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:58 pm

and some pics

AMACHA · Post by **AMACHA** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:22 pm

I8A4RE wrote:Cheers amacha, no mate i didnt blue print the pipes but my up and down pipes probably wouldnt have been any good to you, cause yours is a manual isnt it?

However sam has his out at the moment and i could definitly make a set off his, if you asked him nicely

I also have an article you might like to read

yeh mate mine is a manual, that owuld be great if you ould make some blueprints of sams pipes, id love that, coudl you contact him for me or can i leave it up to you? oh and whats the article mate?

oh and can you makea video of you dosing it pleaseeee with the BOV in the extremely loud MUZTEK setting

and the intercooler at the front makes me want to f**k your cars brains out

Tippin · Post by **Tippin** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:46 pm

the front end is looking mean with the FMIC man, how is the number plate sitting?