What boost and what figures...
What boost and what figures...
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Mr MXT

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7,774 posts

306 months

Wednesday 12th January 2011
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Guys, I was wondering what boost levels everyone is running and what kind of figures you are coming out with?

Herman Toothrot

6,702 posts

221 months

Wednesday 12th January 2011
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1997 mk1 1.8 Eunos, un-opened engine, GT2860RS 10psi = 250bhp/220lbs on Surrey Rolling road.

Next time it visits it'll be running 17psi on a fully forged '95 block and '99 head with Integral stage 2 turbo cams. ???330bhp???

MX-5 Lazza

7,954 posts

242 months

Wednesday 12th January 2011
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2001 Mk2.5 1.8 VVT - MP62 SC - 8psi - 242.9bhp and around 200lb/ft (can't quite tell from the graph).

Mr MXT

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7,774 posts

306 months

Wednesday 12th January 2011
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Herman Toothrot said:
1997 mk1 1.8 Eunos, un-opened engine, GT2860RS 10psi = 250bhp/220lbs on Surrey Rolling road.

Next time it visits it'll be running 17psi on a fully forged '95 block and '99 head with Integral stage 2 turbo cams. ???330bhp???
I bet thats lively! Is the mk2 1.8 engine the same as the mk1? I.e Am i safe running that kind of boost? (FMIC's, ECU's and 550cc injector'd)

FWIW 0.5bar (7psi), 203bhp 193lbft, but I was planning on upping it a bit to 0.6bar. Or maybe 0.7... scratchchin


piefacemate

592 posts

194 months

Wednesday 12th January 2011
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12PSI on a '90 1.6, 206BHP / 208lb/ft.

Little disappointed mines so low frown

Mr MXT

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306 months

Wednesday 12th January 2011
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piefacemate said:
12PSI on a '90 1.6, 206BHP / 208lb/ft.

Little disappointed mines so low frown
Thats a 1.6 though. The reason why I asked is that Steve @ 5 Speed thinks mine is very high!

piefacemate

592 posts

194 months

Wednesday 12th January 2011
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Mr MXT said:
piefacemate said:
12PSI on a '90 1.6, 206BHP / 208lb/ft.

Little disappointed mines so low frown
Thats a 1.6 though. The reason why I asked is that Steve @ 5 Speed thinks mine is very high!
Fancy swapping? Still, I'm suprised that 200cc would make that kind of a difference, though I must confess I did ask for a less stressful map as it was a daily driver at the time. Time for something more aggressive I think...

Herman Toothrot

6,702 posts

221 months

Wednesday 12th January 2011
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Chaps it all depends on the size of the blower. A small GT25 may have needed 15psi to get to 250bhp whereas a GT30 may have got the same power at 7psi. Same goes for superchargers. Bigger ones shift more volume of compressed air.

As far as i'm aware the mk2 bottom end is the same as the mk1 so as long as your have the car mapped for more boost then it should be safe up to the 240lbs torque area... its hard to know what a correctly mapped car will pop at as most that go pop have not been correctly mapped.

I know I couldn't go over 11.7psi with the GT2860RS on my stock internally mk1 1.8 '97 engine as with my det listening device anymore boost caused det, amount of ignition that was needed to be backed off to compensate would have negated the increased power the boost caused so I never let it go over 11psi. Which I guess was about 255/260bhp, never got it dyno'd at that level.

Spec then was 550cc RC developments injectors, Fast Forward Superchargers Dual feed big bore fuel rail, 190lph Walbro fuel pump, Begi Size 2 Intercooler, GT2860RS, Link G3 Management & Toyota Coil on Plug Ignition.

Mr MXT

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7,774 posts

306 months

Wednesday 12th January 2011
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Herman Toothrot said:
Chaps it all depends on the size of the blower. A small GT25 may have needed 15psi to get to 250bhp whereas a GT30 may have got the same power at 7psi. Same goes for superchargers. Bigger ones shift more volume of compressed air.

As far as i'm aware the mk2 bottom end is the same as the mk1 so as long as your have the car mapped for more boost then it should be safe up to the 240lbs torque area... its hard to know what a correctly mapped car will pop at as most that go pop have not been correctly mapped.

I know I couldn't go over 11.7psi with the GT2860RS on my stock internally mk1 1.8 '97 engine as with my det listening device anymore boost caused det, amount of ignition that was needed to be backed off to compensate would have negated the increased power the boost caused so I never let it go over 11psi. Which I guess was about 255/260bhp, never got it dyno'd at that level.

Spec then was 550cc RC developments injectors, Fast Forward Superchargers Dual feed big bore fuel rail, 190lph Walbro fuel pump, Begi Size 2 Intercooler, GT2860RS, Link G3 Management & Toyota Coil on Plug Ignition.
The size of the blower comment was what triggered my OP actually. I thought my current set up was a development of the origianl HKS top mount kit, which AFAIK came with a crappy small turbo.

The figures suggest to me that maybe I've got a better turbo than I thought...

piefacemate

592 posts

194 months

Wednesday 12th January 2011
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Thanks for the insight Hermann, I'd forgot that the amount of oxygen would be dictated by the volume, not just the pressure. Mustn't have been listening too hard in physics. That would also make sense for my setup as I believe I'm running a GT2560. Can anyone advise if it's obvious where Garrett mark the model on the turbo?


GravelBen

16,342 posts

253 months

Wednesday 12th January 2011
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All according to previous owner/builder as I've never had it on a dyno - TD04h/15g on a 1.6 with GTX rods and some head/cam work, FMLink, 550cc injectors etc. 235rwhp @ 12psi, 255rwhp @ 15psi.

Edited by GravelBen on Wednesday 12th January 19:23

piefacemate

592 posts

194 months

Wednesday 12th January 2011
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Stupid question to the Link ECU users, but where is the USB port located for hooking it up to a PC. I no longer have the control pad on mine.

Herman Toothrot

6,702 posts

221 months

Wednesday 12th January 2011
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piefacemate said:
Stupid question to the Link ECU users, but where is the USB port located for hooking it up to a PC. I no longer have the control pad on mine.
I don't think the old FM Link has USB, think its serial. I've a three generations later non-FM ECU on mine that has a printer style USB connector on the side.

piefacemate

592 posts

194 months

Wednesday 12th January 2011
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Herman Toothrot said:
piefacemate said:
Stupid question to the Link ECU users, but where is the USB port located for hooking it up to a PC. I no longer have the control pad on mine.
I don't think the old FM Link has USB, think its serial. I've a three generations later non-FM ECU on mine that has a printer style USB connector on the side.
Sorry, getting my models wrong, old ECU was a G1, current one is a G4. I don't have the touchscreen thingy for on-the-fly changes. Didn't think £400 was good value for a 3" touchscreen!

Herman Toothrot

6,702 posts

221 months

Thursday 13th January 2011
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Oh so you've a g4? Thought they were the same as my g3. Can bus input for touch screen (Link Display) and printer type USB for laptop.

Most mx5's with Link ecu's are the pre g1 basic Link ecu that was modified by flyin miata.

Herman Toothrot

6,702 posts

221 months

Thursday 13th January 2011
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Double post

Edited by Herman Toothrot on Friday 14th January 14:25

Howard-

4,964 posts

225 months

Friday 14th January 2011
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Eaton M45 'charger, 5-6 PSI, 165bhp and 137 lb-ft smile

Gizmo!

18,150 posts

232 months

Friday 14th January 2011
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14.696 psi. 130bhp, apparently.

Mr MXT

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7,774 posts

306 months

Friday 14th January 2011
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Gizmo! said:
14.696 psi. 130bhp, apparently.
hehe

ukianj

40 posts

200 months

Friday 14th January 2011
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5psi 164.2 turbo