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Did something a little diff you usually dont see on DSM's as in most of the DSM crowd is if it dont bolt on i dont wanna bother w/ it. On the base tune it seems to be working out pretty well. Only made a few quick pulls on the dyno so far to get a rough tune as we ran out of time. So far on base timing 24 psi it made 484whp on a 3rd gear pull maxing out the 650's. Gonna be back on the dyno shortly after some new injectors. Only downfall is its a stock rod bottom end, doh!

Nick
SLS

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nice! hey i was up in Fargo picking a Srt-4 for my brother wanted to stop by but i guess you guys dont open saturday because i called and only got the answering machine. Keep up the good work

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Ummm yeah. I would hate to be on the right hand side of you when the fucker takes off. I am sure it sounds pretty damn crazy. Weird setup, but cool too.

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Yeah we're not open weekends as we're usually @ a race or show most of the time.

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what is the point of that nonsense?

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Thats cool!

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Typical DSMer comment right there!! Go back and play w/ your 16G.

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Illz whats your fucking problem, I think its cool that someone did something out of the ordinary, even if it doesn't have any power gains over a conventional setup in the end who cares.

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Either way a manifold had to be built to accept the T3/T4 and i personaly like top mounts for the ease of working on them.

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Being the turbine housing is that close to the hood, doesn't the hood get hotter than a bitch? Just wondering. That's the only thing that came across my mind when i checked the pics out.

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nah, its perfectly fine. It's not as close as it may look.

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um.. look at it this way...

1. WHAT back preasure on exhaust??! NONE
2. holy freaken short route piping!!! from turbo right into the FMIC..


-E

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It is a sweet setup. Just think if you got an AEM on there and ditched that stupid chipped ECU and AFC/VPC BS;)

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i don't have a "fucking problem", I'm wondering what the point of doing something bass-akwards is, when to the casual observer, it offers no gains and creates headaches. Additional heat killing alternators (if not necessitating a move of the alternator mounting to begin with), no place for the PS pump, limited room for a proper intake, a bunch of spare room on the left side now occupied by a big exhaust pipe running through your engine bay instead of out the bottom, etc.

I'm not allowed to ask a question and comment on it seeming nonsensical? Do you understand the meaning of the word "nonsense"?

1) having no intelligible meaning
4) of little or no importance or usefulness

Good lord.

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there you go, that'd be a real answer, not "typical dsmer go play with your 16g"

with a top-mounted turbine, wouldn't that place the heads of your mounting bolts underneath?

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Sure wouldn't. If you look @ the pics you can see it all clearly. The car doesn't run power stereringf nor AC nor dsid it have it befroe this setup. Everything clears the alternator, we have an intake that clears for it, etc..

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Actually there will be less heat on the alternator. There is usually a big DP running right next to it. Most drag cars don't use a PS pump either, so no biggie there. Intake? Cut a hole in the fender well. Why would you want spare room? It isn't doing anything, so why not use it?

The heat on the hood is a valid point. For a drag car it will be fine though. Other than that I kind of like the setup!

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It is a full garrett turbo, hence the bolts thread into the manifold.

How is there additional heat to kill alternators? The hot side of the turbo and the exhaust(which the downpipe usually goes through right next to the alternator) is far away from the alternator. It is obviously for more of a race application.

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thanks for real answers!

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While you were at it, you should have turned it 90* more and made it stick out of the hood. That'd be cool. HEHE

Oh look at that shiny Magnus. Looks like mine. :)

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This could be a completly retarded thought but, has anyone ever thought about doing a remote turbo setup on a DSM? For those not familiar, it would be mounting the turbo back where the muffler would be. I don't know if there would really be anything to gain by doing so but it would at least be unique. Although it would cool down the engine compartment and free up some space.

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I've seen pictures of a setup like that before. I want to say it was something Leon Reitman put together but I don't think that is correct. Nice work Nick!

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yea, I like the twisted idea w/ the compressor wheel hanging out the hood. I like all the thermal wrap on all of the manifold/exhaust components, but why not wrap the turbine housing as well? Nice work on a nice custom setup, but don't let your timing belt/rear cam gear wear through your plug wires!

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Why not spend $300 on some Eagle rods? You gonna wait til a rod breaks at 8500 RPMs and part of a piston goes through the turbo? Or do you not plan on making any real power?

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You need to do some research. Remote mounts suck, they usually only do them if there isn't room in the engine bay. Your piping gets a lot longer and the exhaust gas isn't as hot, so you get less power.

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that is sick. now its all honda style :) it like the simplicity of it, and the bov on the fmic is a nice touch as well. keep on innovating!

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LOL.

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Nice work! Very cool, thanks for sharing!

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Well it'd be nice if he wanted to make a lot more power, but to be honest, the owner of this car is 17 years old and right now he cant afford a bottom end. For now it's gonna have to stay suttle until he can get some rods in the block. Probably be a winter project.

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17? Fuck'n bitch! LOL ;)

Nice work Nick!

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So another one of those kids who thinks he can slap on a big ass turbo and make shitloads of power. Oh well, at least when he tries to run too much boost he'll have a reason to get a bottom end.

Looks fricken awesome though.

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I'm diggin' it. Lets see some pics of the exhaust mani

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Taken care of and tuned well, stock blocks are now pushing 560whp. The insurance of having a built motor is nice though.

If you have to ask where the PS pump goes, this type of project is not for you.

Nice work Nick, looks good.

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My thoughts exactly.

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he can and will make decent power. I had a stock rod 2G piston motor that made 530+whp almost 2 years ago now that still runs today.

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I was going to try the big kahuna from cheapturbo.com, but I did not, I thought the exaust and compressor side were too mismatched. So the turbo would not work the "normal" way with a cast t3 manifold?

~John

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I was looking at the big kahuna also but decided on something bigger for cheaper. I won't be using it though.

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those are pretty damm sweet

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Very nice. Glad to see someone thinking outside the box. Who built the header?

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Nick from SLS did, aka PSI2HI on here.