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I don't see the correlation. I don't see what an aftermaket ecu could do to save the rods if my fueling and timing were fine to begin with.
If you care to explain, I'm willing to listen.
I see MarkP joined in with examples of what he's seen, which I don't doubt at all, except my setup plus the N20 was more hp than that. He might provide some explanation.
Like I said, the N20 hits pretty hard.
If you care to explain, I'm willing to listen.
I see MarkP joined in with examples of what he's seen, which I don't doubt at all, except my setup plus the N20 was more hp than that. He might provide some explanation.
Like I said, the N20 hits pretty hard.
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For $200 delivered to my door, I am going to experiment. I am willing to bet that it does not fall apart and more to the point that it will make adequate power. The only concern I have is the center section and it is copied so exactly that it retains the subtle casting marks that are in the Garrett castings.
While certainly not of the highest quality, it is of adequate quality, although I can note where several shortcuts have taken place. None of which would affect the ability of this thing to hold together. To quote Corky Bell, "Building turbochargers ain't exactly rocket science, and these look like surprisingly good copies of the garrett." Still the jury will be out until I start running some boost through the sucker and seeing if it really does hold together.
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I wasn't ragging on you about the turbo, though it looked similar to what I had seen. There was some thread that showed the poor fitment and whatnot of coolant flanges and the downpipe flange as well. I'm actually looking forward to seeing what you find out about these chinese copies because they're so cheap the might as well be expendable. Goodluck
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damn, didn't expect this thread to get more than a few hits since it's about the rare turbo nb.
back to rods... I dont know if it's so much that they're weaker or just the higher compression hurts. I'm babying my car until I have a real solution or spare bottom end. Most likely I'll save up (ie wait for my stock options to mature a little more) and build it up a bit. I'm torn since it's a street car if I want to do low compression or just toy with something higher. Everyone does turbo with 9:1ish. Would a street car benefit from boosted high compression? Hmm.
cccp: how do you know your timing and fuel were dead on? can you datalog your setup?
back to rods... I dont know if it's so much that they're weaker or just the higher compression hurts. I'm babying my car until I have a real solution or spare bottom end. Most likely I'll save up (ie wait for my stock options to mature a little more) and build it up a bit. I'm torn since it's a street car if I want to do low compression or just toy with something higher. Everyone does turbo with 9:1ish. Would a street car benefit from boosted high compression? Hmm.
cccp: how do you know your timing and fuel were dead on? can you datalog your setup?