hey when you guys rev your car in neutral and spool the turbo does it sound something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vozqddUZZw

this is what I first heard when I put my turbo car together. But now it doesnt make this sound anymore it just sounds like a metal sound

 

That sounds so sick...my turbo also has a metal sound instead of a nice whistle...like somethings loose or rattling! How do i make it sound so sick like that dude?

**EDIT- hearing that vid again tempted me to just unbolt my exhaust and run the 3'' downpipe, It sounds pretty sick! you can hear a spool but not as loud as the SRT-4, prob cuz mine's only at 5 PSI

 

bro he's running a bigger turbo thats why it sounds so loud. im probably just going to get the complete rebuild done

 

I thought the SRT-4's come with 16g's? Even stock you can hear the turbo through the exhaust, just not as loud as that one, that sounds so sick..A rebuild kit? Like i did? if you get a rebuild kit, make sure you get it balanced..i didnt balance my turbo and i think thats why it blew again, ether that or the shaft is just way out of wack by now. And whats the biggest size turbo we can put on the 16G turbo setup? Is there any other size turbo that will bolt up to the setup i have now (megan mani w/ 4g94 flange, 16g setup) or do i have to get a new manifold and stuff?

 

the only turbo that is a direct swap from what I seen are the td05h turbos, and the fp black, red and green turbos because they use the same flange

 

Gotcha

 

So my parents came to me today and told me news that made me worry I just got the full news and my parents need 3000 dollars by Nov 3rd or they loose the house so I'm probably going to tear down the car and sell the parts so they don't loose the house I wish there was another option but I have to help them there going to talk to the bank and see if they can pay half if not my project has came to an end I will let everyone know the final scoop tomorrow

 

Aw man dude, that sucks glad to see your helping your parents out tho . Are you going to do another build once things get sorted out??

 

I really hate to hear this. When I was younger, I did the same thing though. I had a Jeep that I got for "free 99" and then proceeded to re-upholster it, re-carpet it, fixed the A/C, got tires, repaired steering, learned to weld to get the doors back on....I mean the list went on and on. I poured my soul into that car....and then my dad goes into the hospital, we're in debt like a mill and a half, and can't afford to stay afloat. We move to texas, sell everything, start fresh near the grandparents.

Anyhow, long story short, my dad got better, he started his own company, we got back on our feet, and now I'm turbo'ing a lancer. So, the same will happen for you. The "recession" that is freaking everyone out will be over in a year or so, life will go back to normal (or close enough), and you'll be putting FP Blacks on Evo 11's...keep your spirits up and know it's just one speedbump in the road that is life.

 

IM not sure bro maybe maybe not, im just waiting for my dads money to come in but he keeps saying next month next month, its not his fault we jus have to keep waiting.

thanks for your support, the bank said they will take 2,000 we will have enough money for that but we are still going to be 900 short + the mortgage for next month. So i'll probably take the parts off or try to sell the car as is by the end of november so I can at least pay for the mortgage part. Im hoping this doesnt have to happen because this is my first car I bought and its amazing how long this car lasted with no problems, plus im pushin like 12 psi on this car especially with all these crazy knocks and you know what she hasnt even blown yet

so I might want to start preparing for the worst does anyone have the stock manifold I can buy for 40 or somethingI get paid today and I will have enough to last me for 2 weeks for gas and food

 

I wish I had a spare one laying around for you. I would even swap mine for your turbo mani and pay some extra but this is my d.d. Sorry to hear about everything that is going on. Look to the future and try to stay happy. Good things will come. That's how I attemt to view the world.

 

well the car has been on craigslist for about 2 weeks and no call, so im kinda happy because I still get to enjoy the car... so anyways still working on tuning the car and it running really good

so went to the college to register for my emt classes and on my way home I saw an evo 8 driving next to me. MY GOD they are fast JRR was right about 80 they do pull away haha. but I was keeping up till about that point but hit 11 psi and still going with no knock.

But here is my theory about our cars knocking, I notice when in a certain gear and you try to do a pull and you get that little bumps from the clutch or if you have a bad turbo and it makes noises could also cause your car to have false knocks. so im thinking somewhere in the load of the knock filtering sensor needs to be lowered in the higher loads at certain rpms but im not saying do it because I could be wrong but this is my theory becuase I get knocks at those points.

 

Alright so major update in my progress
I got a full pull in 3rd gear all the way up to red line, but my log only shows it at 5500, so it seems like its off. I noticed that my accel enrich had a big dip in it and wasnt smooth on the graph. So I figured hey why not try the tephra rom settings. And sure enough it worked like a charm. The only negative thing is im running really rich so I coult either add some timing and smooth out the graph a little bit more, or lean out the mixture just a tad.
here are some logs tell me what you think

 

Looks really smooth Steven. My VDR calc'd about 150hp, which is pretty sweet. The car was hot for that, ya? you'd been doing other runs before is what I mean. Because when I do the first 2 pulls, my AFR's are richer, and then by about 3+ they get to "normal". Just making sure because if you lean it out and it goes leaner as the car warms, it might cause trouble.

No recommendations though....looks great. You've just set the bar for a perfect-log-a-thon, I need a few more days (maybe weeks) to tune, and you are ON! lol. I think as far as accel enrich, it would make sense to use tephra/evo settings, because of the injector size. I don't know exactly how it works other than stab throttle = mas fuel...but specifics, I have no idea....just makes sense to me though, lol.

 

so i was just reading above and its past nov 3rd....does this mean ur keeping ur car...must be since u want my engine