What To Do Before Turbo Upgrade

[wayde]

i just want to know what to do before i can upgrade to a high mount turbo. Hopefully keeping stock internals if possible.

Fmic, 3 inch hks exhaust tyrbo back, upgraded suspension and slotted hd brakes. Boost controller, turbo timer, bosch 550 hp fuel pump. I know this car had a 500 hp engine before i got it now has half cut engine new stock turbo and gear box. I think the heads from old engine but not sure.

Cheers

Wayde

[wayde]

sorry computers funny please delete extra post

[ONE-VIA]

i just want to know what to do before i can upgrade to a high mount turbo. Hopefully keeping stock internals if possible.

Fmic, 3 inch hks exhaust tyrbo back, upgraded suspension and slotted hd brakes. Boost controller, turbo timer, bosch 550 hp fuel pump. I know this car had a 500 hp engine before i got it now has half cut engine new stock turbo and gear box. I think the heads from old engine but not sure.

Cheers

Wayde

is that what you have or did you just answer your own question

[wayde]

sorry yea thats what i have.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

high mount manifold

injectors

fuel pump

afm

custom dump

fmic

ecu

[EeLeYe]

Make sure you uprade the AFM with a new turbo. They tend to suck just that tad extra air lol. After my turbo upgrade when I had a PFC, I had to get a Z32 AFM to manage the extra volume of air.

[HEKT1K]

clutch??

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

clutch and diff will need to be done, but depends on power.... there are actually some dipsets out there that will highmount a 200rwkw turbo setup just for looks...

[Turbz RB-25]

clutch and diff will need to be done, but depends on power.... there are actually some dipsets out there that will highmount a 200rwkw turbo setup just for looks...

Wrong....

I have 312rwkw my diff is fine. A mate with the exact setup as mine has 364 rwkw and his diff is fine and has lasted 3 years now and still going.

Why would you get an upgraded diff for 200rwkw?

[Kwyjibo]

If its a street driven car then standard diff will usually be fine. With any kind of track/drift work it will not be though. I have almost ruined a recoed diff with standard engine in about 3 drift days. It already single spins occasionally.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

ok, so you are going to tell me that a stock diff is as good as a mechanical one for hi-power applications....

looks like every serious race car in the world has just wasted a bunch of money.... what idiots

have you ever driven a car with a mechanical diff? i'd guess not if you think that the stocker is fine for close to 400rwkw

i have the same power level you do and my diff was probably the best non power upgrade i have ever done

[Turbz RB-25]

ok, so you are going to tell me that a stock diff is as good as a mechanical one for hi-power applications....

looks like every serious race car in the world has just wasted a bunch of money.... what idiots

have you ever driven a car with a mechanical diff? i'd guess not if you think that the stocker is fine for close to 400rwkw

i have the same power level you do and my diff was probably the best non power upgrade i have ever done

200rwkw is hardly a "high power application".

Don't go off tangents.

The person on this thread asked "what should I do prior to upgrading my turbo?"

At around 200rwkw (what a stock turbo is usually capable of pulling reasonabley safely), it WOULD be a waste of money to upgrade the diff. Standard diff is more than sufficient to support 200rwkw....

Unless you can prove otherwise?

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

Wrong....

I have 312rwkw my diff is fine. A mate with the exact setup as mine has 364 rwkw and his diff is fine and has lasted 3 years now and still going.

Why would you get an upgraded diff for 200rwkw?

no to mention... if you actually READ my post you'd realise that i said the clutch and diff will need to be done depending on power level.....

the turbo is not mentioned, thus the power is at this point an unknown quantity... and at no point did i say a diff was needed for 200rwkw

what i said was that some people are stupid enough to highmount a 20rwkw setup for looks only....

also fwiw i personally would definately get a diff/weldy for 200rwkw... my rolla is currently having a 150rwkw build and it already has a welded diff

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

and a diff is never a waste of money... a weldy can be had for virtually nothing.

with the 4ac in my rolla putting out an epic 40rwkw you can STILL notice the difference with a locked diff

[jezza boii]

Exactly right Hamish.

[Turbz RB-25]

the turbo is not mentioned, thus the power is at this point an unknown quantity...

If you read his first post, you will notice he has the stock turbo on it............

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

he only mentioned keeping stock internals, and the thread is called:

"what to do before a turbo upgrade"

[jezza boii]

LOL!

[ONE-VIA]

what to do when you have a fairly basic question?

dont ask on sau

[mad082]

If you read his first post, you will notice he has the stock turbo on it............

so the point of this thread is what should he do before he upgrades his turbo to a stock on is it?

LOL

back on topic,

clutch

injectors

ecu

AFM