What do you think of this turbo? Of course this means I'm not aiming for straight up POWER but a turbo with alot of power and not too much lag like the GT
Dude, td04's max out at like 270 horsepower and FPgreen's can flow enough air to make 400+. What do you mean by "better off"?
Solid turbo. Its a pretty good compromise between peak power and a useable powerband. I'm considering it for a dd/autocross/track day turbo for next year.
Not sure how the green will stack up for an auto-x snail... the Blouch 2.5R looks promising though. Time will tell. And Tom, you aren't allowed to run a green. You're already cheating with the booze. Stop making "us" look bad.
I wouldn't hold your breath over the Blouch turbos. I've looked into both the 2.5 and 3.0 Dominators and have realized that they are probably too good to be true. I have yet to see any solid results from either of them. It also doesn't hurt that Clark told me to stay away, hehehe.
I too am also looking at the FP green as the turbo that will eventually replace my TD04. Very good looking dyno charts, lots of power under the curve, good spool characteristics, solidly built with low rate of failures by a decent company that stands behind their work, proven power in a bazillion setups. I thinks for daily driver/track car its one of the best turbos available. It wont make the big power like the rotated setups but the power under the curve is better and more usable overall
Im pretty optimistic about it. My untuned vf39 with uppipe/header was hitting full boost at no earlier than 3800rpm and it wasnt too bad... even at Midway. I think with a competant tuner and a faster course it should be just fine.
I have a green turbo. it does have a little lag, noticlably more than the vf39. but it does make nice power and pulls really nice till redline. not sure about it as an autocross turbo matt
That's what I was thinking, a green wouldnt make a great auto-x turbo. Im not sure a 20G would even be good. Ide maximize the stock setup as much as possible for auto-x.
As a dedicated autocross turbo, yeah the td04 or vf39 would be a much better choice. But as a DD/autocross turbo, I see the green or something similar to be a reasonable compromise. The 2.5L has some pep when off boost and power rarely comes into play anyway. btw Dream, you should really bring your car out. Even if its only to drop some jaws lol
Actually sadly the td04 is probably the best autocross turbo for the car. The top end is relatively irrelevant over down low torque and spool time for 95% of autocross courses.
I think that's where a tune comes in to play. It helped me drastically. Wouldn't a green require a FMIC for an optimal setup? What about the Blouch 20g compressor upgrade to the vf-39? I'm certainly not disagreeing with the green comments, just a noob trying to learn.
A fmic isn't needed....if you street tune it. On the dyno, a tmic heatsoaks pretty bad and limits what you can do. But I don't ever drive my car on the dyno....... And I wouldn't recommend going with a 20g wheel stuffed into a vf39 -- the exhaust side is already too small to begin with. I'd imagine a setup like that could creep like a mofo.
Well I don't really know anything about that but these guys are doing it...... http://www.boostplanet.com/compressor_upgrade.htm
there was one on sale here a month or so ago. But I'm with walloftvs. The vf39 creeps... the 20g creeps also... stuffing a 20g wheel in a vf39? Now you have more air flowing thru the turbo with the same crappy exhaust side/wastegate.
I understand that but I have always heard good things about them. I just can't imagine they are selling something that does not work. I guess it is possible though. My vf39 has never creeped.
neither has mine but its my understanding that it does happen quite a bit (how often is debatable as I'm sure half the people on nasioc are just misdiagnosing) anyway, TUX121, there are a couple members here with FPGreens and I'm pretty sure Tbone is running a (similar sized) sz49 on a v7 or v8 jdm motor. I bet they could be convinced into giving you a ride.
welll i want a nice turbo not a laggy one like GT's becuz i seen video's of those and i think there is wayy too much lagg...and u noe i still kinda want to drive my car everyday hahaha
u noe it seems GT35R STi's dont make much horsepower?? http://videos.streetfire.net/video/d766f0d3-a87e-425d-be1e-98ef00da008d.htm I want his set-up hahahaha
maybe look into a rotated gt28rs? i talked with some guys at slow boy and they say its an awsone street set up. they said on their shop sti the set one up and they said it spools by 3k and you've got the GT series so its dual ball bearing with twin oil and coolant lines rather than a journal bearing model.not saying journals are bad but ball bearing lasts a little longer and you get great spool. /i think thats the setup i'm going to run. i was thinkin about a gt30 but my car already scares the crap out of me and i'm on the stock turbo still. get a stage 2 tune with db or somthin and get used to that.you will be amazed at the power you will get.
Agreed. One step at a time. Its more fun and less scary if you make several steps on your way to big power. Unless you're already used to driving a wicked fast car . . .
One of the reason why I am suggesting to go stage 2 is because, he is still stock, and going stage 2 on an sti in my opinion is a big difference. He might like it at stage 2 and stay there, and if more power hungry, then he can upgrade. Plus with a good tune on the vf39, there shouldn't be much lag at all (esp compare to stock)
