heres me setup im going for :

berk HFC

pfab manifold

aem ems

aem wideband

aem boost gauge

Greddy blow of valve ( im not sure which one )

and the rest of the parts such as piping and down pipe will be all original from the greddy kit .

and running at 8psi .what you guys think ? how much power u think il have ? and do u think its a reliable setup ? also is boost gauge needed?

 

bump!

 

I dynoed at 271hp @7psi the same setup minus the Pfab manifold.. Hopefully you'll get more. Im getting the Pfab manifold and a retune soon. I'll post up numbers when I get retuned. I've had the setup this setup for almost 30,000 miles and it's been reliable so far. I guess it depends on the tune?

 

I think pfab makes one

 

Yea pfab makes the mani . N il be happy with 280hp . N most likely CFT will be tuningmy car .

 

I finally got the car done!








Specs:

-Greddy Turbo kit
-Fidanza flywheel
-ACT pressure plate & OEM disc
-Berk 3" headerback with HFC
-PORTED WASTEGATE
-BRK8EIX spark plugs
-Castrol Magnatec 5W-40 Full synthetic engine oil

-AEM UEGO gauge
-Autometer 3376 full sweep electric boost gauge

-"European" Octane 98 gas

The Emanage Ultimate was previously tuned by a former owner..

I did some carefull testing on the streets and i got the folowing results from the Boost & wideband gauge:

BOOST: 10-11PSI

-Idling AF 15
-Cruising AF 14/15/16
-Slowly getting on the gas and into boost ( 5 PSI ) AF 12/13
-Full boost 3500-5000RPM AF 11-12.5
-Full boost highway 5000-6000RPM AF 10-10.5

The thing is, the AEM uego CANNOT read lower than AF 10! so i might be hitting AF 9.5 or something... way to RICH!


But it looks like that i can drive around pretty safely on this "old" tune.. I do have an appointment to get a NEW tune..



What do you guys think?

 

^ i would not boost until the retune if i were you, if your running too lean.

also if our planning to boost over 10psi, your gonna need a new map sensor.

i was looking at the berk 3" as well, im interested in seeing how you do on the tune with creep/spiking issues.

 

I made a mistake, its running to RICH!

I have not gone over 7500 rpm's and i've not seen the boost going over 11PSI..

I set the autometer boos gauge warning at 11.5 and memory shows it has not passed that mark..

i DO however have ported the wastegate!

 

What oil cooler do you guys reccommend?

What about a 13 row, 13"long oil cooler.. or do i need to get a bigger one?

 

Has anyone heat wrapped their IC piping? I bought extra adhesive backed wrapping for the a/c lines and wanted to gauge the crowd. Thanks.