diy "turbo no hit block" '00 BP miata
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yesterday night the exhaust gases started to smell like burning oil when in cutoff from high revs -.-'
Tomorrow I will dyno the car on 4th gear, just to be sure that the power is at a safe level
and hopefully I will do a compression test on the warm engine
Tomorrow I will dyno the car on 4th gear, just to be sure that the power is at a safe level
and hopefully I will do a compression test on the warm engine
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My exhaust flanges are actually 2" ID even if the exhaust ID is 60mm (close to 2.5")
Boost is at 8.7 psi, I'm thinking to raise the pressure to 10 psi, and with the allofit button 12 psi (not a big raise, but safe)
I hope to reach at least 200rwhp in this way
edit: dyno run was made with the 2.5" turbo muffler
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News:
I will upgrade the exhaust to a 3" without cat. converter.
I'm thinking to put a magnaflow 3" muffler, like this one
MagnaFlow Polished Stainless Steel Universal Exhaust Round Oval Muffler Silencer | eBay
For the flanges I will use v-bands, precisely 2 of them: one at the end of the downpipe and the other just before the muffler.
I've only one doubt: the design of the first part of the downpipe.
this style (hammer and welding skills will help, forgot the vband, I don't have enough space to fit it):
3" Guss V-Band Hosenrohr Flansch / Kit Garrett GT25 GT2860 GT2871 GT2876 GT3071 | eBay
or this style (way more complicated):
After that I MUST have better response
I will upgrade the exhaust to a 3" without cat. converter.
I'm thinking to put a magnaflow 3" muffler, like this one
MagnaFlow Polished Stainless Steel Universal Exhaust Round Oval Muffler Silencer | eBay
For the flanges I will use v-bands, precisely 2 of them: one at the end of the downpipe and the other just before the muffler.
I've only one doubt: the design of the first part of the downpipe.
this style (hammer and welding skills will help, forgot the vband, I don't have enough space to fit it):
3" Guss V-Band Hosenrohr Flansch / Kit Garrett GT25 GT2860 GT2871 GT2876 GT3071 | eBay
or this style (way more complicated):
After that I MUST have better response
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t25 flange
Flangia Scarico Downpipe Garrett GT25 GT28 5 bull acciaio gomito Turbo Turbina | eBay
and, if I **** off with the hammer:
Flangia Linea Scarico Downpipe Garrett GT25 GT28 5 bulloni acciaio gomito imbuto | eBay
Flangia Scarico Downpipe Garrett GT25 GT28 5 bull acciaio gomito Turbo Turbina | eBay
and, if I **** off with the hammer:
Flangia Linea Scarico Downpipe Garrett GT25 GT28 5 bulloni acciaio gomito imbuto | eBay
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maybe I found the problem...
I forgot to reinstall the compressor housing o-ring
soooo...
60mm exhaust line with 2" restriction + turbo muffler + emanage blue (dunno the exact timing) + massive boost leak from compression housing + pretty hot engine = creepy spool and shitty power
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I just find out this "ghetto street/racing" muffler
FlowTech Warlock Racing Mufflers - Free Shipping on All Orders @ JEGS
FlowTech Warlock Racing Mufflers - Free Shipping on All Orders @ JEGS
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about the ghetto muffler: I don't wanna do that way, my ideal muffler is a straight-through, free flowing but at the same time very quiet at idle and low load conditions. The closest seems to be the dynomax vt
but I'm a little skeptical: when do I need a straight-through? when I'm not still on boost, but on WOT, expecially at low revs. On this situation the valve is still closed because there is no enough flow to open it... meh
on the other hand, this is a free-flowing muffler, but I'm scared of the cruise situation: too loud?
Dynomax 17220 Dynomax Ultra-Flo Welded Mufflers - Free Shipping on All Orders @ JEGS
Which muffler do you use?
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I can think of no operating condition in which either a turbocharged or naturally-aspirated four-cycle gasoline engine will benefit from an increase in exhaust backpressure owing to a restrictive muffler.
This myth, so far as I am aware, was started many decades ago when it was observed that the installation of extremely oversized headers and exhaust systems caused a decrease in engine torque at low to mid RPM conditions. As exhaust pressure was observed to be lower in such designs than their predecessors, it was, at the time, concluded that this decrease in exhaust pressure was responsible for this decrease in torque.
This conclusion, however, failed to account for the fact that gas flow through the exhaust system is pulsed rather than continuous.
What happened is that by increasing exhaust diameter, exhaust gas velocity was decreased. This led to a reduction in the scavenging effect of an otherwise properly-tuned exhaust system, with a corresponding decrease in volumetric efficiency. Without the high-velocity pressure waves traveling through the system to suck the last of the fumes out of the cylinder at the top of the exhaust cycle, more exhaust gas remained in the cylinder, and cylinder fill during the intake cycle was therefore decreased.
So while it is true that an exhaust system which is optimized for maximum VE at low to mid RPM operation will exhibit higher backpressure at high RPM than one optimized for high RPM operation, this observed backpressure is a side-effect of the reduction in exhaust diameter, and an undesirable one at that. The most optimum muffler for any engine is the one which causes the least restriction to exhaust flow under all conditions while still providing an adequate level of sound reduction. The fact that, on the street, straight-through mufflers are more commonly found on turbocharged engines than naturally-aspirated or supercharged engine owes merely to the fact that, the turbocharger itself providing a high level of noise reduction, it is possible to run mufflers with little to no baffling while still achieving acceptable sound levels.
Last edited by Joe Perez; 11-01-2014 at 05:52 PM.