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For those of you who have been following along with my progress, today I picked up my car after doing many many things to it. As you know, I had a "ghetto" prototype turbo setup but the problem was it wasn't running right. I was using an Apexi SAFCII for fuel management and the car would run like crap until it warmed up, in fact it was so hard just to keep the engine from dying on cold starts. And the boost was unreliable, half the time, the engine would sputter instead of accelerating at full boost. So I set out to fix the problem by replacing the SAFC with a stand alone (Haltech), putting in a return fuel line, Perrin fuel rail, and fuel regulator plus since the clutch was slipping so badly I decided to get a Clutch Masters Stage 3 while I was at it. Well as the tuning shop was working on my car more problems arose, specifically, the manifold was cracked like crazy (I'll post a pic later), the fuel pump died at high temps so that had to be replaced, one of the ignition coils was bad, most likely because of the top mounted turbo's heat, plus a couple of other miscellaneous things. The best solution was to replace the prototype with a new Greddy kit which would mean I would get a new manifold and new turbo plus being able to use the piping that came with the Greddy kit.
So now FINALLY it's done! I'm sure there is still more to do, performance wise, if I wanted, but after spending over $7000 I think I will stop! (Before my wife kills me!!
) A good chunk of that money went into diagnosing my old setup as well as removing its components to make way for the greddy kit.
I have attached two pics, one is a dyno comparison (the two dynos don't have the same scale and I'm too lazy to replot each one) and the other is an engine bay pic comparison.
The turbo is currently maxing out at 135 hp with a max boost of 5 psi.
As a final word, for those in the DFW area who want to turbocharge your car, I highly recommend Alamo Autosports. As for the people who originally made the prototype, Real Performance Motorsports in Lewisville, I can't say much.
BTW, I'll be putting my old Apexi SAFCII and the unused Emanage that came with the Greddy kit for sale, probably on ebay. Let me know if you're interested.
So now FINALLY it's done! I'm sure there is still more to do, performance wise, if I wanted, but after spending over $7000 I think I will stop! (Before my wife kills me!!
I have attached two pics, one is a dyno comparison (the two dynos don't have the same scale and I'm too lazy to replot each one) and the other is an engine bay pic comparison.
The turbo is currently maxing out at 135 hp with a max boost of 5 psi.
As a final word, for those in the DFW area who want to turbocharge your car, I highly recommend Alamo Autosports. As for the people who originally made the prototype, Real Performance Motorsports in Lewisville, I can't say much.
BTW, I'll be putting my old Apexi SAFCII and the unused Emanage that came with the Greddy kit for sale, probably on ebay. Let me know if you're interested.
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