Sliding Turbo

[ducki]

is it me or the slide turbo doesn't feel like it pulls hard at all? it felt like my stock turbo goes harder than this one... also i can hear a "tick tick tick" sound... when i turn off my engine.. it sounded like its from the turbo... any idea what this could be?? oh.. and i'm using stock actuator.

[Slide]

What boost are you running?

These turbo's are designed to run between atleast 14 up to 19psi which is the optimal range for unleashing the performance from them.

Without the airflow the shaft speed will be quite slow and you will not feel the performance gain from an after market turbo.

If you are running the turbo on an un-tuned or standard computer you will also not see too much of a performance gain from an after market turbocharger.

The standard turbo's are quite a lot smaller then the highflows and we do not advertise them to be close in response as a larger turbo cannot provide the same response as a smaller (without nitrous)

The ticking is more then likely the exhaust gasket.

Being over sized the exhaust gasket and the dump pipe poke into the the exhaust cavity and the exhaust effectively runs into the gasket and vibrates the gasket against the exhaust.

This is quite common as most people install the turbo themselves and it is overlooked.

If you have any concerns about your turbocharger contact us.

[Simon-S14]

What Aaron said sums it up perfectally. I run a Slide turbo on my rb20 and make around 225 rwkw normally running 1.1 bar. However i have taken my boost controller off atm because i have a roadworthy on monday and its running around 0.4 bar or just over... needless to say its pretty slow compared to 1.1 bar

All in all, the Sliding range of turbos are awesome!! With massive power and torque gains to be expected, PROVIDING you have retuned the ecu to suit....

[CEF11E]

I concur...

my car makes 241rwkw and pulls like a cut bastard...

it scares the SH*T out of people. it is all in the tune and the setup a turbo on its own is not a performance upgrade without all the supporting mods.

[SECURITY]

i have no problems running mine on 10psi (i wont turn it up till i get a tune). it still hauls ass but i have an safc that is tuned. if you're running the stock ecu then you'll be running mega rich so it may feel sluggish but i bet as soon as you hit 4500 you wheelspin all the way home

[BAMR33]

Ummm... the ticking could just be the metal cooling. That's if it's not audible while idling.

[ducki]

that explains it.. as i'm running a stock ecu ... just fmic .. and full exhaust..

somestimes i can here the tick tick noise while idling... inside the car.... is that bad?

does the turbo also make a high whistle sound? cause i keep thinking its a boost leak or something..

[Slide]

LOL it is just the air sucking in your pod filter and is completely normal.

It sounds much better with an Apexi pod

[NYTSKY]

LOL it is just the air sucking in your pod filter and is completely normal.

It sounds much better with an Apexi pod

I have an apexi pod on my stock turbo(soon to be Vg highflow )and sounds great.

[ducki]

thing is... i got stock airbox... not pod

[BAMR33]

The wastegate may not be flush up against the housing surface. To test this get pliers and pull the actuator rod towards the front of the car. If the rattling stops you'll know it's the wastegate. This can be fixed with an adjustable wastegate actuator.