6G Celicas Forums

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

> 7ATFE, For all the ST's that are turbo'd
post Jul 13, 2004 - 7:28 PM
+Quote Post
Ant_96_ST

Enthusiast

Joined Jan 4, '04
From Mt. Vernon, NY
Currently Offline

Reputation: 0 (0%)




Before you guys put on your turbo kits, what things did you do to your engines to keep running safely. I'm seriously considering turboing my car at 4-6PSI regularly and occasionlly using an 8PSI as a high boost. What kinds precations should I take for this boost level??

Posts in this topic
- Ant_96_ST   7ATFE   Jul 13, 2004 - 7:28 PM
- - shid   Just keep it up to date maintance wise; make sure ...   Jul 13, 2004 - 7:47 PM
- - nik   hey shid when you finally going to turbo your car?...   Jul 13, 2004 - 8:43 PM
- - shid   When I start buying parts actually? hehe. done by ...   Jul 13, 2004 - 8:47 PM
- - nik   http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/521899/2 last ...   Jul 13, 2004 - 8:54 PM
- - turboinduction   nice nik my Celica-T begins November. from there...   Jul 13, 2004 - 9:09 PM
- - shid   6 months?? Taking your sweet time. I expect to st...   Jul 13, 2004 - 9:12 PM
- - nik   now look a few more pics the manifold might powder...   Jul 13, 2004 - 9:20 PM
- - shid   Ahh, you do have a FMIC, my mistake Nice job avoi...   Jul 13, 2004 - 9:22 PM
- - Ant_96_ST   Do I need forged pistons and rods??   Jul 13, 2004 - 9:32 PM
- - shid   For 6 psi? hellz no   Jul 13, 2004 - 9:53 PM
- - Ant_96_ST   And if I put it up to 8psi occasionally is that st...   Jul 13, 2004 - 9:54 PM
- - shid   every now and then it SHOULD be fine. I'm not ...   Jul 13, 2004 - 10:00 PM
- - forkee   QUOTE (shid @ Jul 13, 2004 - 5:47 PM) Just keep it...   Jul 13, 2004 - 10:19 PM
- - nik   hey forkee you ever dyno your car?   Jul 14, 2004 - 10:37 AM
- - FallenHero   turboed 7a's make between 160 and 180 whp. th...   Jul 14, 2004 - 11:19 PM
- - forkee   QUOTE (nik @ Jul 14, 2004 - 8:37 AM) hey forkee yo...   Jul 14, 2004 - 11:32 PM
- - shid   Forkee, those don't work that well- and it sti...   Jul 14, 2004 - 11:41 PM
- - MK153   How much does this run to turbo the car? I cant re...   Jul 15, 2004 - 2:04 AM
- - nik   i'm about $1850 deep so far not bad a kit...   Jul 15, 2004 - 9:11 AM
- - zipstrips   nik: nice to see my turbo kit is working out for y...   Jul 15, 2004 - 9:42 AM
- - nik   ya i can get it in the mail probably monday or so ...   Jul 15, 2004 - 11:22 AM
- - edo17982   QUOTE (nik @ Jul 14, 2004 - 3:54 AM) http://www.ca...   Jul 15, 2004 - 1:26 PM
- - nik   QUOTE (edo17982 @ Jul 15, 2004 - 11:26 AM) QUOTE (...   Jul 15, 2004 - 1:32 PM
- - nik   got it dyno at 5.5 pounds for now results: 131.3 h...   Jul 16, 2004 - 3:48 PM
- - Hanyo   hmmm after all those dyno runs you must run it on ...   Jul 16, 2004 - 6:32 PM
- - RedSunCelica   QUOTE (nik @ Jul 16, 2004 - 1:48 PM) got it dyno a...   Jul 16, 2004 - 6:59 PM
- - zipstrips   QUOTE (nik @ Jul 15, 2004 - 9:22 AM) ya i can get ...   Jul 16, 2004 - 7:41 PM
- - zipstrips   nik, your numbers will climb, look at my dyno in m...   Jul 16, 2004 - 7:43 PM
- - shid   Nik, tight numbers! especially the torque. Now...   Jul 16, 2004 - 7:49 PM
- - FallenHero   why do you want to change your compression? what ...   Jul 16, 2004 - 11:15 PM
- - 97sccelica   QUOTE (FallenHero @ Jul 16, 2004 - 8:15 PM) why do...   Jul 17, 2004 - 9:57 AM
- - nik   my goal is 8 psi.My engine is on the higher miles ...   Jul 17, 2004 - 2:21 PM
- - hyp3rk1d   I Cant wait until i get my setup all done.. I plan...   Jul 17, 2004 - 2:48 PM
- - celicaboston1983   a turboed st = 160 hp how much hp would a turboed...   Jul 20, 2004 - 11:59 AM
- - ArizonaRed   I had never modefied the compression ratio and kep...   Jul 20, 2004 - 12:45 PM
- - nik   QUOTE (celicaboston1983 @ Jul 20, 2004 - 9:59 AM) ...   Jul 20, 2004 - 1:44 PM
- - celicaboston1983   how much skills and money for this kind of project   Jul 20, 2004 - 1:46 PM
- - ArizonaRed   If you want to get the project done without half a...   Jul 20, 2004 - 3:00 PM
- - nik   QUOTE (celicaboston1983 @ Jul 20, 2004 - 11:4...   Jul 20, 2004 - 4:19 PM
- - nik   i got a bigger mid pipe between the D.P the before...   Jul 22, 2004 - 10:55 AM
- - DustyBurns30   here is a stupid question: i heard that i need a ...   Jul 28, 2004 - 9:29 PM
- - nik   QUOTE (DustyBurns30 @ Jul 28, 2004 - 7:29 PM) here...   Jul 29, 2004 - 11:48 AM
- - DustyBurns30   what is the purpose of it?   Jul 29, 2004 - 3:37 PM


Reply to this topicStart new topic
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:

 



Lo-Fi Version Time is now: November 30th, 2024 - 3:49 PM