Garrett or Chinacharger?
10-30-2011, 06:47 PM
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i have a t3 50trim "emusa" turbo from ebay. 180 shipped... brain has the same turbo and has been running it longer than me. he made 234ish hp at 14psi i believe. street car, just get a churbo. what are your goals? win a championship race, have a turbo miata or say you have super cool expensive parts?
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10-31-2011, 10:43 AM
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i have a t3 50trim "emusa" turbo from ebay. 180 shipped... brain has the same turbo and has been running it longer than me. he made 234ish hp at 14psi i believe. street car, just get a churbo. what are your goals? win a championship race, have a turbo miata or say you have super cool expensive parts?
I'll gladly give up any top-end gains for a mid-range like that. I still want moar better down low...I'd downgrade it further if I could, but alas, this is about as small as it gets on a T3 flange.
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10-31-2011, 10:51 AM
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yeah, the compressor wheel is significantly smaller, so the torque curve has moved to the left. This compressor wheel outputs more like a 2554 (25 lb/min) vs a 2560 (35 lb/min).
Keep in mind the dynos were different and the red line has correction, but you can clearly see the chinacharger is better sized for my 1.6L motor.
Keep in mind the dynos were different and the red line has correction, but you can clearly see the chinacharger is better sized for my 1.6L motor.
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10-31-2011, 03:14 PM
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I'm working on getting my parts together. It just seems like a lot of people are having problems breaking 300. But now knowing what I know, would a 2876 be a better option than the 2871?
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11-07-2011, 09:15 PM
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Instead of bouncing around from turbo to turbo you hopefully understand that turbo size/selection should be made on what your final goal's are. I would/will and have chosen Garrett over other turbo's simply because they are a proven product. Yes sometime's I got pulled by a car length or two simply because I did not want to abuse my clutch or half-shaft's in my T66 MR2T but I quickly made up those lost length's and walked away.
Well that was before I became a police officer but my point is just choose what you want to achieve with the car and save yourself alot of money and hassle in the long term. Also imho any highly boosted engine should have an EMS that you can program boost level's via the gear or rpm for maximum traction.
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11-08-2011, 12:49 AM
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What is your description of "too much for a 1.6 on the street?" 2/10's of a liter make no difference.
Instead of bouncing around from turbo to turbo you hopefully understand that turbo size/selection should be made on what your final goal's are. I would/will and have chosen Garrett over other turbo's simply because they are a proven product. Yes sometime's I got pulled by a car length or two simply because I did not want to abuse my clutch or half-shaft's in my T66 MR2T but I quickly made up those lost length's and walked away.
Well that was before I became a police officer but my point is just choose what you want to achieve with the car and save yourself alot of money and hassle in the long term. Also imho any highly boosted engine should have an EMS that you can program boost level's via the gear or rpm for maximum traction.
Instead of bouncing around from turbo to turbo you hopefully understand that turbo size/selection should be made on what your final goal's are. I would/will and have chosen Garrett over other turbo's simply because they are a proven product. Yes sometime's I got pulled by a car length or two simply because I did not want to abuse my clutch or half-shaft's in my T66 MR2T but I quickly made up those lost length's and walked away.
Well that was before I became a police officer but my point is just choose what you want to achieve with the car and save yourself alot of money and hassle in the long term. Also imho any highly boosted engine should have an EMS that you can program boost level's via the gear or rpm for maximum traction.
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