Trackspeed Engineering Turbo Kit installed: first impressions. *Real update in post*
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Andrew, any chance you could show us what the downpipe looks like? On the bench is cool but in situ would be even better.
Specifically, I'm curious as to how much clearance there is around the brake and heater hoses, and the radius on the downpipe.
Also, those pics are glorious. I saw them before on my phone and thought they were renders, not pics of actual items. In SLA they look otherworldly.
Specifically, I'm curious as to how much clearance there is around the brake and heater hoses, and the radius on the downpipe.
Also, those pics are glorious. I saw them before on my phone and thought they were renders, not pics of actual items. In SLA they look otherworldly.
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Also, those pics are glorious. I saw them before on my phone and thought they were renders, not pics of actual items. In SLA they look otherworldly.
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Any consideration of an EGT sensor in the collector? I am perhaps one of the last people that still use an EGT gauge, so in either way. However I prefer to hang on to that relic...
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Not an integrated one, no. It adds cost to every manifold for a feature that, in reality, few will actually use. The manifold will be thick enough to drill/tap for an EGT bung anywhere you like.
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Thank you for the explanation. In reality, few will definitely use as these are relics of past tuning practices.
#550
^ Don't feel like too much of a dinosaur, I'm adding one myself. More information is more better! But drilling/tapping one is pretty trivial as long as the manifold has the thickness not to crack which I'll trust Sav on that one.
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--Ian
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I drilled my turbine housing for an EGT sensor.
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With that said, it looks like his turbo position is further forward than mine. I am sure this is allowing TSE to have a straighter downpipe configuration. I am curious to see if this will provide a more controllable boost level through the RPM range.
Props to Andrew for developing such a high quality piece of hardware at such an affordable cost for our cars. I am loving the motor he built for me and i am sure these turbo kits will perform spectacularly for us.
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This thread started in April of 2012 with a speculation of a summer of 2012 kit release.
I'm going to advise Swimming to maybe let someone else tune his car moving forward.
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I subscribed to this thread back in 2013, I find it both sad and amusing that I still get notifications in my gmail about replies because I'm still really hoping there's going to be a post one day saying this kit is for sale, here's pictures of it, here's a video of it on the track, and here's X,Y,Z's impressions and here's the price and options.
le sigh
le sigh
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I subscribed to this thread back in 2013, I find it both sad and amusing that I still get notifications in my gmail about replies because I'm still really hoping there's going to be a post one day saying this kit is for sale, here's pictures of it, here's a video of it on the track, and here's X,Y,Z's impressions and here's the price and options.
le sigh
le sigh
post 471, in which I talk lots about the progress, post pictures, and discuss pricing
#559
You do realize I posted pictures of the manifold three pages ago, right? And talked about pricing?
post 471, in which I talk lots about the progress, post pictures, and discuss pricing
post 471, in which I talk lots about the progress, post pictures, and discuss pricing
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I will most likely be jumping in on a TSE group buy for ***** and giggles. I need even more setups in my garage.