Twinscroll worth it?
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Im thinking about designing a twinscroll cast manifold. Do you think this is worth it and would you buy it?
When the complete kit is finished it would be for sale at a MX-5 specialist. I was thinking about a similar design like this https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1435866778 What are your toughts? Worth it or not and is there any interest? |
Not enough information to determine if it's worth "it."
What is "it?" |
Pro tip: actually get any sort of proper cast manifold designed, built, and in production for a 1.8 miata for a reasonable price, that fits t2's and t3's, plays nice with the rest of the bay, and has a decent angle for a downpipe, and you will already "have a market".
You know why? Cause it's not easy. There's a reason only approx 2 companies make them now, with hopefully a 3rd competing in the near future. Learn to walk before you run. also, iirc that picture won't work with the bp firing order |
Originally Posted by concealer404
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Not enough information to determine if it's worth "it."
What is "it?" Worth the extra time to design and possibly the extra money for the turbo Pro tip: actually get any sort of proper cast manifold designed, built, and in production for a 1.8 miata for a reasonable price, that fits t2's and t3's, and you will already "have a market". You know why? Cause it's not easy. There's a reason only approx 2 companies make them now, with hopefully a 3rd competing in the near future. Learn to walk before you run. In 2 weeks we have a new meeting for the next parts we are going to make. I think a 1.8 turbokit will be on the planning. Oh and i need a bigger turbo so thats a plus. :p I like to create the impossible.:jerkit: |
What IS the extra time and money?
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Developing and testing will cost some extra time. And the twinscroll turbo's are more expensive than singlescroll
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Well with that answer, i'll say that the answer to your original question is a rock solid "potentially."
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Originally Posted by Vincentmiata
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Developing and testing will cost some extra time. And the twinscroll turbo's are more expensive than singlescroll
Miata market is like this: 1. Price 2. How much it cost 3. Quality 3. Everything else I used to rock a GT3271 twin scroll turbo, and I wouldn't have bought the manifold you're discussing building. I wanted a manifold that actually closed-off a valve and forced all the air into one side of the turbine for better spoolage. If you built that, and I had the GT3271, I prob would have bought it. |
Go for it, I was considering a twinscroll 7163 but the overall cost was looking closer to 3000 for everything assuming I could find someone to fab up the manifold which was my only complication. I've read good things on those that do run twinscroll, though. Add a TS setup with a VVT head and you have a recipe for radically entertaining response.
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Originally Posted by patsmx5
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There's 2 companies that offer cast manifolds right now. If you came out with a generic, nothing-revolutionary, but good (not perfect, just good) quality manifold and could undercut the competition, you would sell them.
Miata market is like this: 1. Price 2. How much it cost 3. Quality 3. Everything else I used to rock a GT3271 twin scroll turbo, and I wouldn't have bought the manifold you're discussing building. I wanted a manifold that actually closed-off a valve and forced all the air into one side of the turbine for better spoolage. If you built that, and I had the GT3271, I prob would have bought it. Like this? https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1435873541 |
Yes, like that. But in my case, with a cast iron manifold, I couldn't bolt that between my manifold and turbo without my turbo hitting the car in ways I could not trim-to-fit for. I always wanted to build that valve into the turbo itself... I even bought the stuff to do it, but when I pulled the turbo I discovered it was toast and ended up replacing it with a non-twin scroll.
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Will this non divided manifold with valve spool better than a fully divided manifold?
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Not quite apples to apples as it were.
This is my old Evo 3 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1435873858 Built bottom end 2.0L 9.3:1 CR, HKS 272/280 cams, 24x12x3.5 AGP bar and plate, short route 2.5" piping TD05-20G with a 12.5cm^2 twin scroll housing on a short runner unequal length exhaust manifold & full 3" exhaust And wouldn't you know it. I cannot find the boost curve for when I had the stock motor/turbo in my photobucket. I do not have the data but for what little it's worth without proof I would make 14psi at 3400-3500rpm on a stock 8.8:1 bottom end, stock TD05-16G 7cm^2 turbo, stock intercooler with stock long route hard piping, HKS 272/264 cams & 3" exhaust spool negatives : larger intercooler, bigger exhaust cam spool positives : shorter intercooler piping, 0.5 points of static compression The increase in transient response between gears was noticeable but again I don't have any data. I am a firm advocate of twin scroll for anything but a drag setup. |
Originally Posted by Vincentmiata
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Will this non divided manifold with valve spool better than a fully divided manifold?
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So it basically makes the turbo variable, for example like an 1.0 AR to a 0.5 AR with the valve closed right?
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Originally Posted by Vincentmiata
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So it basically makes the turbo variable, for example like an 1.0 AR to a 0.5 AR with the valve closed right?
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Eh let me think. The small scroll is for the spool. And the bigger scroll is for the horsepower. If you only have the small scroll it will choke.
You want a valve to open up the big scroll at certain boost level. Those valves only open up both scrolls. And what about a divider. Low boost everything goes to to small scroll for quick spool. And after a certain boost level the valve switches from the small scroll to the big scroll. So instead of both scroll opened.. al the air goes only to the big scroll |
All that valve does is block one scroll. There is no big scroll, small scroll, just 2 equally sized ports. The valve can open/close one of those ports, effectively making the turbine housing bigger/smaller on demand. There are variable-geometry turbines that take a different approach and accomplish the same things.
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Originally Posted by patsmx5
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Yes it would.
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Originally Posted by Arca_ex
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Would like to see this test because on most vehicles a fully divided manifold coupled with a fully divided turbine housing will perform better than a non-divided manifold with a quick spool valve.
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