twin turbo intercooler kit

[Guest]

 PhatRS said:

It doesnt Lag more!!!!!!!!!

??

-smurff

[PhatRS]

Honestly, I had one on my car for over a year before converting to single turbo and there was no more lag than normal and roll on accelleration was better, also allowed me to up the boost a little. No guesstimation.... everyone else seems just to be making stabs in the dark about it.

[Guest]

thats interesting, good to hear someone whos tryied it.

-smurff

[Guest]

 PhatRS said:

Honestly, I had one on my car for over a year before converting to single turbo and there was no more lag than normal and roll on accelleration was better, also allowed me to up the boost a little. No guesstimation.... everyone else seems just to be making stabs in the dark about it.

You're my new best friend

*Starts hounding parents for 21st birthday intercooler present

[PhatRS]

Just make sure you dont use too big an intercooler, everyone I know who talks about front mounts being laggy is using like a 700x300xsomethingrediculous cooler. Mine is 550x230x70 and more than adequate for all the power youll ever make out of factory turbos.

[Guest]

the kit comes with an intercooler with 600x300x76 (3inch inlets). will that be too big?

[johndoe1003]

got a twin turbo legacy with a frontmount setup, VERY similar to this just not as pretty. all i can say is EXTREME lag. like full boost for the second turbo only hits halfway through third. its useless round town haha. good for looks but a waste of time i think. mine might not be the ideal setup though, came with the car, and i havnt been in a manual one with a top mount. seems laggy to me though

[Guest]

hey there johndoe1003, welcome.

if you could, do you want to give some more details with the setup, intercoller size, pipe size, whould be helpfull for all looking at this.

-smurff

[Carbon]

Im still scratching my head how people can think an extra 2.5 metres of inlet and a bigger intercooler will be more responsive ??? In the right application, maybe.... For style, just bolt an intercooler on the front and pretend its connected to something.......

[Glen]

 Carbon said:

Im still scratching my head how people can think an extra 2.5 metres of inlet and a bigger intercooler will be more responsive ??? In the right application, maybe.... For style, just bolt an intercooler on the front and pretend its connected to something.......

Oh yeah.

[Joker]

all I can say is don't knock it till you've tried it

similar to Parallel set-up some swear by it and others say its poo's

[Carbon]

 

all I can say is don't knock it till you've tried it

similar to Parallel set-up some swear by it and others say its poo's

Theres lots of people on the interwebs who swear by lots of mods.

Sometimes its hard to prove they are even old enough to drive

[johndoe1003]

 smurff said:

hey there johndoe1003, welcome.

if you could, do you want to give some more details with the setup, intercoller size, pipe size, whould be helpfull for all looking at this.

-smurff

you in auckland? your welcome to have a looksy sometime if you wish

[Guest]

i dont need the info, but for people looking at doing this it could be useful

im not using intercoolers :P

-smurff

[johndoe1003]

hahaha ooo, i bought it with the car but ill have a looksie and let you know, as well as pics. it does look rangi as though, mainly cause the pipes arnt polished or stainless or anything

[Guest]

pics would be mint! sometime thing dont have to look good, as long as they work well!

-smurff

[johndoe1003]

well i dont know if it works too well either i suspect if got a boost leak somwhere and ain air leak from one of the hoses. either that or my AFM or oxygen sensor needs replacing, ill figure it out when im bothered

pics

sorry if they huge

[Guest]

are you running a pod filter?

[G-unit]

id just get the pipes repainted and itl look mint

[johndoe1003]

problem is look at all the rust on the outside...imagine what the inside will be like yeah im running a poddy, sits over by the RH guard, its hidden in the photos

[Guest]

ah ok. mine should look something like this

[Guest]

Brought mine 20mins ago. Now i need to get a better exhaust to help the turbo spool. lol so if anyone got a aftermarket 3" catback or diff back let me know

Ill post pictures and see how it goes up later on

[Bazza-NZ]

 Omegah said:

ah ok. mine should look something like this

Wouldn't that setup has some major lag due to the lack of responsiveness ? (i.e. Long piping form IC to TB?)

[MINTGTB]

My thoughts too..

[nzkaosnz]

 johndoe1003 said:

problem is look at all the rust on the outside...imagine what the inside will be like yeah im running a poddy, sits over by the RH guard, its hidden in the photos

Talk to some zinc-platers. They may be able to coat inside.