I just cant win - Tuner-Junction

Ren · #1 (**permalink**) October 7th, 2006, 11:31 PM

well.. after we fixed the timing today.. we took it for a drive thinking things would be great.. but no.. im still no boosting over 0.5 bars and when the 2nd turbo goes to hit..it drops to 0.2bars..we have done everything.. and so the only thing left is to go into true twin mode.. and see if its a turbo.. if it is.. time to save up for a single.. sooner then i wanted.. but hey... my car is cursed...

mad-ass · #2 (**permalink**) October 8th, 2006, 12:21 AM

i love ur car, haha

Retroshark · #3 (**permalink**) October 8th, 2006, 02:19 AM

dont worry ren, just asked batlground about my car, they hate me for sure after what it put them through... they were really pissed at me for all the shit it caused, but im sure they liked the bill at the end of it.

just hold out.

i think it sounds like a bad turbo. if that turbo is shot then that would explain what would be hapening. if the 1st maxes out and the 2nd wont spool, its gonna mess up like that, either that or maybe your boost gauge is not working right? i mean does the car make decent power or is it just all shiitty?

Ren · #4 (**permalink**) October 8th, 2006, 07:37 AM

it was fine for awhile.. then it started getting worse and worse.. Batlground started trying to diagnoze the problem.. but right now with the house and everything..I cant afford the $80 of labor that BG charges... but I plan on going back real soon..

Retroshark · #5 (**permalink**) October 8th, 2006, 01:35 PM

labor wooped my ass over there.

Ren · #6 (**permalink**) October 8th, 2006, 05:34 PM

I love tracy and the bg family.. I actually went to jeremy blackwell cause I was going to have him brokey my car and sell it.. but id be taking too big of a loss to sell it the way it sits....so he thought he could fix it with minor things.. so I figured Id let him try.. he did and im still not boosting.. sooooo.. back to BG I go..

Retroshark · #7 (**permalink**) October 8th, 2006, 07:01 PM

well, why dont you replace the twins. replace both of them. why go single turbo when you can hafve the response of a TT setup. dont even get teh stock ones again, get two that are sequential and just set it up the same way as stock but better turbos. that way, you wouldnt have to mess with getting a new manifold, and your chargve piping probably wouldbt be affected too much.

Ren · #8 (**permalink**) October 9th, 2006, 12:38 AM

A good upgraded twin kit would start at 8 grand and could go as high as 30 grand.. for the same amount of power with a single.. I can get a good kit between 2K and 3600.. big difference when cost is a big issue.. not to mention i can keep the stock fuel system..

njn63 · #9 (**permalink**) October 9th, 2006, 12:54 AM

with an auto also, your problems with lag are going to be very minimal at the drag strip.

But um... why keep the stock fuel system? Obviously if your power goals are possible with it, awesome but i wouldn't push the limits of the fuel system too much. The little bit you save by not upgrading it can turn into an expensive bill if it goes lean.

Retroshark · #10 (**permalink**) October 9th, 2006, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Ren

A good upgraded twin kit would start at 8 grand and could go as high as 30 grand.. for the same amount of power with a single.. I can get a good kit between 2K and 3600.. big difference when cost is a big issue.. not to mention i can keep the stock fuel system..

well i dont mean a kit, i mean literally replace the turbos with ones that will bolt into place and be done for now. you can pick up some decent priced turbos that are far larger than stock. hell, i think my super 60 is bigger than the stock twins and that only costs 500 new

Ren · #11 (**permalink**) October 9th, 2006, 07:17 AM

Cant do that... if you've ever seen the way the stock turbo system is.. the system itself couldnt handle much bigger turbos.. no matter what i need a new manifold.. the wastegate is actually built in to turbo #1.. its just not possible to bolt larger turbos into the exsisiting (sp) set up..

charliemopps24 · #12 (**permalink**) October 9th, 2006, 11:17 AM

This should probably go in a tech section, i can feel it getting knowledgeable in here. Anyway, i'm with retro. I think you should be able to bolt in a new internally wategated turbo if the one you've got is bad. It doesn't have to be bigger, it kinda just has to work, cause anything will work better than a broke turbo right?

Retroshark · #13 (**permalink**) October 9th, 2006, 12:31 PM

thats gay as hell, but i had a feeling it was like that... well, in that case, why not get a manifold which cant be that expensive, then get a single turbo of your choice+ wastegate... all youd need was a downpipe, the wastegate, te manifold, a turbo and poissbly new intercooler piping... you could do it all for about 2000 i think

Ren · #14 (**permalink**) October 9th, 2006, 05:08 PM

New oil lines, the new manifold, the external watesgate, the new turbo, the new dp and the new FMIC piping.. like I said I can get the kit I want for about 3600 which can guarentee me between 530 and 600hp