Garrett, Turbo Reviews
Garrett T28 vs. GT25
The T28 is one of Garrett’s older line of turbochargers while the GT25 (pictured above) is from the newer GT series of ball bearing turbos, both of these turbochargers have similar power ratings, and can both be had for around the same price, but how well do they deliver the power? The GT25 turbo is […]
Garrett, Turbo Reviews
XR6 Turbo’s Garrett GT3540 Turbocharger
You hear a loud whistling noise followed by a BA XR6 turbo nailing past you, that’s Garrett’s ball bearing GT3540 working hard, the GT3540 has to be one of the best matched turbos to a production car since the CT26 on the MR2 and Celica, producing a nice 320hp with only 5psi of boost (on […]
Garrett, Turbo Reviews, Uncategorized
Garretts GTX3076r turbocharger
GTX3076r with 4″ anti surge compressor cover The advancements of ball bearing and billet compressor wheels, did I hear someone mention garrets new GTX range of turbochargers? Anyone who is looking at a faster spooling long lasting ball bearing turbo with power goals of 450HP – 600HP, then you just can’t look past the GTX3076r […]
Kinugawa, Toyota, Turbo Reviews
Kinugawa CT26 High Flow Kits
After a few requests I have been looking into Kinugawa’s range of Turbos and the high flow kits they offer for the CT26 First off looking at these kits, they do seem reasonably priced for upgrading your stock CT26 to hold a bit more boost, although they don’t mention the fact that you will need […]
Trust / Greddy, Turbo Reviews
Trust / Greddy T67-25G
The notorious T67 Turbo from Trust / Greddy is hands down one of the more popular 750HP rated turbochargers due to its quick spool. The T67-25g is a large hybrid turbo from GReddys T-power spec Turbos that are known for reliability despite the fact they are oil only turbo’s meaning they aren’t water cooled and […]
EFI Tech, Fuel Injectors
Top Feed vs Side Feed Fuel Injectors
Posted on 15 December 2014
Most people are lucky enough to have engines than run top feed injectors so upgrades are quite easy (4G63 owners you lucky bastards!) but on the other hand some of us manage to get stuck with side feeds and most commonly all our favourite and easy to find jap turbo motors such as the early […] Continue Reading
EFI Tech, Fuel Injectors, Tuning
Fuel Injector Dwell Times
Posted on 11 December 2014
I recently installed and tuned an Adaptronic E420c on an 4AGE running ITB’s and after having tuned the car I found the idle to be a bit rough despite any changes to fuel or ignition tables and corrections, I could not really smooth it out and then I realized that I have never set the […] Continue Reading
Garrett, Turbo Reviews
Garrett T28 vs. GT25
Posted on 17 February 2013
The T28 is one of Garrett’s older line of turbochargers while the GT25 (pictured above) is from the newer GT series of ball bearing turbos, both of these turbochargers have similar power ratings, and can both be had for around the same price, but how well do they deliver the power? The GT25 turbo is […] Continue Reading
Garrett, Turbo Reviews
XR6 Turbo’s Garrett GT3540 Turbocharger
Posted on 16 February 2013
You hear a loud whistling noise followed by a BA XR6 turbo nailing past you, that’s Garrett’s ball bearing GT3540 working hard, the GT3540 has to be one of the best matched turbos to a production car since the CT26 on the MR2 and Celica, producing a nice 320hp with only 5psi of boost (on […] Continue Reading
Tech of the turbo
Tech of the Turbo 1.3 – Cast vs Tubular Turbo Manifold
Posted on 15 February 2013
You typical cast iron turbo manifold or also known as a log manifold (as shown on the left) is usually found on most engines out there as they are an oem part that come standard on most production turbocharged cars, tubular turbo manifolds are after-market manifolds typically for adding a turbocharger to your engine or […] Continue Reading
Tech of the turbo
Tech of the Turbo 1.2 – External Wastegate Sizing
Posted on 13 February 2013
External wastegate sizing is a critical decision and from what I have read on forums people seem to think bigger is better and the more power you plan on running the bigger wastegate you need, wrong. You see the idea of an external wastegate is not only for better control of your boost levels or […] Continue Reading
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