clocking your turbos Options

[OrbitalGT95]

Just a general question...I know a few (mostly Dr. Tweak) have clocked turbos for there set ups. My question is why doesn't all the 3s and 5s guys do it. Clocking the turbo isn't that hard, just relocate the wastegate. It would shorten up ur ICP leading to a somewhat faster spool and its looks better imo. I'm actually going to be doing a midmount setup this winter with the sr cause of the difference in spool time. I was just wondering y no one does it?



This post has been edited by OrbitalGT95: Nov 5, 2007 - 9:41 AM

[lagos]

you really wont notice any difference in spool up. at most you are only removing a foot of piping from that bend. and even then, people add that same amount back to the setup by routing their cold pipe over to the drivers side of the car, for some reason.

as far as looks go, it does make for cleaner install, but make sure you make a bracket thats nice and solid. the ones tweak posted look a little on the thin side. i would worry that any flexing in that bracket could cause you to over boost. you could make something like that for 4bucks with a jig saw, a drill, and some sheetmetal from homedepot.

[OrbitalGT95]

you really wont notice any difference in spool up. at most you are only removing a foot of piping from that bend. and even then, people add that same amount back to the setup by routing their cold pipe over to the drivers side of the car, for some reason.

as far as looks go, it does make for cleaner install, but make sure you make a bracket thats nice and solid. the ones tweak posted look a little on the thin side. i would worry that any flexing in that bracket could cause you to over boost. you could make something like that for 4bucks with a jig saw, a drill, and some sheetmetal from homedepot.

I agree that you Art wouldn't feel that much of a difference in spooling, but there would be some. My buddy convinced me to do a mid mount set up on my sr after he did his. Now granted he has a t28 BB on his sr but he is at full spool by 36-3700rpm(18lbs). He lost almost 5 ft of ICP. Since im still on the stock t-25 I'll prob reach full spool around 41k rpms (10lbs) oposed to my 48ish now