View Full Version : why new FP big16g no make power?
scheides
05-21-2009, 09:56 AM
:wank: People like you on here really make me appreciate the people on the EvolutionM board, I don't think I've seen anyone on there like that -- people just help each other without the attitude.
easy boys, play nice. And IDK where you hang out on EvoM, but people here are a hell of a lot nicer and more constructive than there.
Gravy
05-21-2009, 12:19 PM
If you can, try cranking it up around the 18-19psi range. I'm not car god, but normally you go larger turbo for 2 main reasons, first off more boost. Which isn't making a huge difference in this case, but lets you boost more without spitting off really hot air. Or the second, to be more thermally efficient due to lack of a FMIC or SMIC for the most part.
The other thing you could look for with the hissing sound, do you have any leaks around the exauhst? That would cause similar problems, but would probably be more audibly noticeable.
Shane@DBPerformance
05-21-2009, 12:44 PM
It's kinds like how a DSM with an SC61 on pump gas and not the best supporting mods makes the same as one with an Evo 3 16G on pump gas.
FattyBoomBatty
05-21-2009, 01:05 PM
You really think you'll be fast just by swapping in a 16G, and I'm the retarded one? Too bad everyone else here agrees with a retard then :rolleyes:. Yeah you'll have slightly more power, but feeling it depends on how sensitive your butt dyno really is. My car has over 400hp at 22-23 psi on a 16G, and it's still Fn slow at 15. These are little 4 cylinder's, they can't do :crapper: without boost.
:wank: People like you on here really make me appreciate the people on the EvolutionM board, I don't think I've seen anyone on there like that -- people just help each other without the attitude.
Well people like you, who respond with a quick one liner that doesn't help anything really don't garner much respect from me. At least you could have given an example with your statement. You still don't seem to realize this isn't a dsm I'm talking about. I axed this question because pretty much everyone here has experience and/or above average knowledge in the area of turbos, especially the 16g.
This is obviously going nowhere, and he has no wideband to see when he should stop turning up the boost, and the last thing I want is to be responsible in part for blowing someone else's engine up. But from what people say (in the starquest world), there should have been more of a difference. There just wasn't any improvement by switching to an obviously larger turbo.
A//// Guy
05-21-2009, 01:11 PM
Throwing a bigger turbo on and not tuning it properly on a dyno, shouldnt see any gains, at least drastically. It might just run leaner...
There is probably another restriction to the air flow. Does he have a good exhuast? Is he still running the crappy stock FI setup? How about an intake? Power it all about air flow, there needs to be a clean path, a restriction in one place can kill the power. Now the fun part is finding the restriction.
FattyBoomBatty
05-21-2009, 01:46 PM
It would probably be the mostly stock exhaust, he has a 2.5" downpipe going into the stock center section with some kind of smallish muffler. Stock TBI, with new FIC injectors.
Does anyone know how much gap there should be between the turbine blades and the housing?
carltalon
05-22-2009, 01:48 PM
My car made noticable power after switching to a Big 16g. I had full 3 inch exhaust and free mods at the time. My 14b could have been dieing giving my a false feel of more power who knows.
cmspaz
05-22-2009, 03:18 PM
Spaz's car is a prime example of why a 16g won't make any power over a T25. He's running it with literally everything else stock. Remember, making power is all about the combo, not just one particular part
Don't know how I missed this thread yesterday, but thanks for pointing that out, Scheides, that was my first thought when I read the first post.
And beyond that, you won't notice a huge difference with a few extra psi because there won't be a huge difference in feel, despite the fact that it may make a huge difference in numbers. A good example of this that we've all heard about is my car vs ylime's. She put down ~50awhp more than me on MAP's dyno and beat the fuck out of me on the highway, and yet when I rode in it, my butt dyno didn't feel anywhere near as large of a difference as I was expecting for that kind of gap.
You can't rely on feel alone to tell you how much of a gain you're seeing.
jrohner
05-22-2009, 05:57 PM
Well people like you, who respond with a quick one liner that doesn't help anything really don't garner much respect from me. At least you could have given an example with your statement. You still don't seem to realize this isn't a dsm I'm talking about. I axed this question because pretty much everyone here has experience and/or above average knowledge in the area of turbos, especially the 16g.
This is obviously going nowhere, and he has no wideband to see when he should stop turning up the boost, and the last thing I want is to be responsible in part for blowing someone else's engine up. But from what people say (in the starquest world), there should have been more of a difference. There just wasn't any improvement by switching to an obviously larger turbo.
This isn't English class where you write a paper and must state a list of examples. I was just stating the truth. I never slammed you, called you stupid, or anything else negative so I don't understand what lit the extremely short fuse. Still trying to help after that crap, I gave an example in a later post.
Just bolting on a different turbo doesn't mean you'll feel more power (especially at low boost); you just learned that just like everyone else that's done it. If you had the turbo about maxed out, that would be a different story. It seems like a waste to me, putting on a different turbo without making the most of what you already have unless the turbo was bad.
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