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Location: Newcastle
Registered: June 2004
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Cranking up the boost with my 3SGTE
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Tue, 15 March 2005 03:15
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Hi everyone,
I have an idea of what i want to do with my beast but i wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions or saw any potential problems with my suggested setup.
(See signiture for my car's specs)
Currently it runs at around 11psi and i want more. So i was gonna get a turbosmart bleed valve from a fellow toymodder, a fuel cut defender from ebay (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&a mp;rd=1&item=7961236453&ssPageName=STRK:ME WA:IT) and a Holley water injection kit.
I was hoping to get up to about 14psi, anymore and i'm told that my ceramic turbo will explode.
Does this all sound like a good idea? Any perceivable problems with what i have mentioned?
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Location: Newcastle
Registered: June 2004
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Re: Cranking up the boost with my 3SGTE
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Tue, 15 March 2005 03:19
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Also i've read something about water injection allowing for more timing? Now i'm certainly no expert on timing. Will me ecu automatically advance the timing or does this require a tune? I will be getting a new timing belt in the next few months, should that be setup differently to allow advanced timing?
I feel like a bit of a n00b
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Location: Colac, Victoria
Registered: May 2002
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Location: brisbane
Registered: December 2004
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Re: Cranking up the boost with my 3SGTE
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Tue, 15 March 2005 08:05
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dont think all the money ur gunna spend tryin to suport this 3psi is gunna be worth it...
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Location: Newcastle
Registered: June 2004
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Re: Cranking up the boost with my 3SGTE
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Tue, 15 March 2005 10:18
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Well im only doing it coz its gonna be cheap, all up i think it will be under $300. Also, i was thinking maybe a little while down the track i would get my turbo hi-flowed and up the boost more, which i could only do with the proposed mods.
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Location: Colac, Victoria
Registered: May 2002
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Re: Cranking up the boost with my 3SGTE
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Wed, 16 March 2005 01:53
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Still think youd be better off with a frontmount swap - heatsoak = not your friend for any power
Pick up a cheap EVo lancer core or a JZA70 core ( 2 times as big as your topmount ) pipe it up with some stainless - and enjoy the cool night air
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Location: Newcastle
Registered: June 2004
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Re: Cranking up the boost with my 3SGTE
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Wed, 16 March 2005 03:20
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Eventually i will get a front mount, when i get a real job and some real income. I was thinking that i would be able to use the water injection with the front mount when it happens for even better cooling.
Do know how much a front mount would cost? Considering i could get a decent intercooler for about $300.
It's all a work in progress.
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Location: Newcastle
Registered: June 2004
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Re: Cranking up the boost with my 3SGTE
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Fri, 18 March 2005 05:57
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Well i'm gonna do it, i reckon it will be fine. It the most it looks like it will cost a little over $300, at the least just over $200. Plus plenty of hours labour by myself.
Thanks to everyone for their advice tho.
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I Supported Toymods
Location: Sydney
Registered: December 2002
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Re: Cranking up the boost with my 3SGTE
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Fri, 18 March 2005 06:31
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Classique71 wrote on Tue, 15 March 2005 18:07 | ive also heard the ceramic linings will start to " delaminate " at higher speeds + youll have lovely little fragments being sucked into your motor
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Wouldn't the IC end up taking the majority of the ceramic shards out?
I also have "heard" a lot of "stories" about such things but have never actually known anyone who has had it happen to them.
I assume that the problem would be mainly with non intercooled vehicles and that most other people who claim they had the problem are mistakenly thinking that the fact that their engine and turbo died simulatenously was because of shards off the compressor wheel not just because they tried to get 30PSI out of their stock turbo and motor.
Thoughts?
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Location: Newcastle
Registered: June 2004
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Re: Cranking up the boost with my 3SGTE
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Sat, 19 March 2005 01:38
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Yeah fair enough, but i'm not willing to take the risk just in case for a few extra psi. 14 will do for now.
The boost controller is in the mail and i'm about to order the water injection kit.
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