bernardo

Are you running the stock bottom end and head?

 

Upgraded springs/retainers, that's all. Everything else is stock.

 

nice to see the car I sold you is running good.
looks like she is a blast to drive. I should be doing a similar turbo in the next 2 weeks

 

Yeah man, it's holding up really well!

 

Any plans on trying the boost up a bit in the summer to try and see what she'll do?

 

I have to admit, I'm very curious what this turbo would do on 29-30psi and race gas. I probably won't do it, though. The only reason I would do it would be to find out the limit of the turbo, not to really drive the car around like that.

I honestly don't ever get the chance to open the car up where I live, so having another 75(ish) hp would unfortunately be a waste.

 

Sorry to zombie the thread but great review on this turbo Bernardo! You've helped me seal my fate, i WILL be getting this turbo. Just not sure if i wanno go flash w/meth or AEM standalone. Stoopid numbers!

 

bernardo, how come you stopped with only 25psi? im looking at getting a meth kit, but i wanna be able to break 500 w/o adding race gas

 

Bernie I still need a ride in your car haha

 

I ran a pretty low psi because I wanted a conservative tune that wouldn't risk much. I know I can run more psi and a more aggressive tune, but I'm totally happy with the results at 23-25psi. 500whp is very possible with this turbo on 28-29psi.

 

Yeah, I'll be at Bishop for an alignment in the next month or so, I'll let you know when I'm there, for sure.

 

Are u still on stock ignition & how is it holding up? Any breaking up up top? I have a similar setup going on my 8, just wondering b/c i see many ppl using a twin-fire ignition when pushing close to 500hp range...

 

i would look into the buschur c.o.p system. i had the hks dli2 and it went out on me, which i came to know has happened to quite a few people. im sure there are alot of people that have success with it, but i decided that instead of purchasing another one, id rather have a set up that is definitely reliable, which is why i bought the buschur c.o.p.

 

Thanks, if i get some more insight & decide to upgrade i'll definately look into it.

 

I can't wait to see what this thing's going to do. Should be dropped in this weekend.