Yeah, my draw through turbo VW setup would frost up. That was a fun build but seemed like I was constantly working on it. I ended up selling that engine to a guy who put it in a street car. Would have been fun to see that on the street!
Lance Loader / Dunehoon down in Chula Vista. As suggested above, Redline or Danzio also have great reputations. Lance would have likely pushed you to stay no intercooler and go E85. He tunes a bunch of sand cars, mine included (although im NA).
pretty much spot on, i agree you could have a problem getting the gate to work down low, testing will reveal this.It will help immensely. There is no reason to not run the cooler, they are cheap and they drop the charge temps easily by 50F at 7psi
Big difference between your engine ingesting 140-160F air, vs 80-100F air.
You made the smart call. Even without fans you would be blown away by the temperature delta those heat exchangers make.
Me and DaveH have done extensive testing with them. We always run temp sensors on both sides for data logging. They work amazingly well.
I would be a little concerned with that waste gate position location. When you run at west tech start by running with no springs in the waste gate at all, with the lines set up to open the gates, and see how low you can get the boost.
If you can't get it down to 2-3psi you will need to rework that header. Ask me how i know this
It's referred to as 'Waste Gate Priority', and you wouldn't think it makes that much of a difference when you look at how the system works, but it has huge ramifications.
I agree with the waste gate position. I read a lot about that and understand what you're saying.It will help immensely. There is no reason to not run the cooler, they are cheap and they drop the charge temps easily by 50F at 7psi
Big difference between your engine ingesting 140-160F air, vs 80-100F air.
You made the smart call. Even without fans you would be blown away by the temperature delta those heat exchangers make.
Me and DaveH have done extensive testing with them. We always run temp sensors on both sides for data logging. They work amazingly well.
I would be a little concerned with that waste gate position location. When you run at west tech start by running with no springs in the waste gate at all, with the lines set up to open the gates, and see how low you can get the boost.
If you can't get it down to 2-3psi you will need to rework that header. Ask me how i know this
It's referred to as 'Waste Gate Priority', and you wouldn't think it makes that much of a difference when you look at how the system works, but it has huge ramifications.
I'm sure this is an older setup that guy I bought the car from picked up. I obviously was never on this car. Since the headers/turbos/gates/ and BOV came with the car when I bought it, I am running them for now. I would like to get a set of Hot Head Headers down the road. Dave built the headers for my last car, and they came out great. Trying to get this thing back in the desert on a bit of a budget though, so hopefully these will work for now.Scoop, or fans to blow through? Maybe even both???
the headers may or may not be a problem. you will only know by taking the springs out and see what the minimum boost you can run really is. if it makes boost with no spring......yeah the gate position in the header needs to be reworked and/or your gates are to small.I agree with the waste gate position. I read a lot about that and understand what you're saying.
Scoop, or fans to blow through? Maybe even both???
Thank you for the helpful insight.
x2 how did the intercooler work out? granted on a dyno airflow is not like in the real world, but interested to see how it did
