I8A4RE Turbo thread: Questions and Comments

Post by **I8A4RE** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:00 pm

eThix wrote:When do you expect this to all be finished by?
i constantly come and check for updates on this

lol, well i dont want to put a time frame on it cause everyone else that has, have jinxed themselves and its taken for ever to get finished

. In saying that i dont want it to drag out. Next wednesday emanage goes into get installed and tuned so im looking forward to that

. Tunner reckons i will notice a marked improvement just with that installed.

mr c wrote:budget is looking good so far ..
Do you have a list of everything else you'll need & the costs?

Yes i do but everyday im looking for better deals, better products, and just learning about turboing etc thats why im on here so often

.

I have a personal goal of how much i want to spend but i wont post it for fear of ridicule and jinxing myself

. When i first started this i was quoted a lot for pipe work, however i think i can do most of it myself with the help of my local exhuast shop. Now it looks like ECU install and tune will be the most expensive

i cant wait to see the damn thing finished, after seeing Sam several times stressing lol i thought people would learn from him haha. But we all know Sam just doesnt know what to do with his money haha.

Neither can i, i been dreaming about this since i brought my FTO, and its all i think about now. From the moment i wake till i fall asleep

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:15 pm

I don't see why you can't do a lot of the piping work yourself.. I'd assume its just a matter of getting some straight bits and some bends & cutting to fit..
If you don't know how to weld, I'm sure you could do a lot of the cutting yourself, and maybe mock it into place held together with duct tape to get it how you want it.. & then take it into the exhaust shop to be welded properly..

I think if you manage to pull it off for under 10k with not too much major hassle or blowing up your engine it would persuade some others to go ahead with it .. even better if you manage it for under $6-8k

Post by **I8A4RE** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:27 pm

Yeah thats what im hoping to do

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:46 pm

I8A4RE wrote:Yeah thats what im hoping to do

aye, duct tape FTW

nosman · Post by **nosman** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:20 pm

like guido hatzis said "mate a, there is nothing that shticky tape cannot fix"

yano · Post by **yano** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:55 pm

Best of luck with this project mate. I've seen your car before and i.m.o. this will be the icing on your green cake.

One suggestion though, while you are only running low boost, it might be worth looking into getting a heat bag cover for your turbo. Normally can pick them up around $250 mark. Common place of mounting the turbo on fto's seems to be real close to the intake side of the engine so there'd be a lot of heat being generated around that area in your engine bay. Just a suggestion anyways

Also where abouts did you buy your g4 coil overs from for $1400???

Post by **aza013** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:26 pm

yano28 wrote: Also where abouts did you buy your g4 coil overs from for $1400???

you can get the G4's from just jap auto.

Post by **I8A4RE** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:40 pm

yano28 wrote:Best of luck with this project mate. I've seen your car before and i.m.o. this will be the icing on your green cake.

One suggestion though, while you are only running low boost, it might be worth looking into getting a heat bag cover for your turbo. Normally can pick them up around $250 mark. Common place of mounting the turbo on fto's seems to be real close to the intake side of the engine so there'd be a lot of heat being generated around that area in your engine bay. Just a suggestion anyways

Also where abouts did you buy your g4 coil overs from for $1400???

Cheers mate, yeah like aza said from justjap. Mate i can not recommend these enough absolutly brilliant, handling is crazy. Easy to install, just need to get a wheel alignment afterwards and you off.

As with the turbo bag , i have looked into these, i probably will end up getting one of these once i up the psi. But for starters it dont think it will be necessary

yano · Post by **yano** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:12 pm

Cheers to the both of you's. I've heard awesome things about them as well. They'll definitly be my next upgrade.

Post by **I8A4RE** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:33 pm

UPDATE: Well she went into the shop today for emanage install and tune......... IM SO
F%^KEN EXCITED. Im picking her up tonight hopefully with dyno graphs so hoopefully be able to show before and afters.

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:59 pm

Sweet finally an update

so why did you get a tune first? and not just wait till after you have installed everything?
now you have to pay for 2 tunes?

Post by **I8A4RE** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:13 pm

Yeah i know, but the tuner said its much easier to tune as the piggyback can gather all the base maps from the original ecu or something, i dont know much about this at all, but will speak to the tuner tonight

Post by **I8A4RE** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:46 pm

WELL F&*K ME, talk about improved throttle response, HELL smoother power,and a total increase in power of 10kw to boot. Im sooo impressed. I wasnt expecting any real gains from installing the emanage as it was just neccessary to turbo the car but what a nice little added bonus until it is turbo'ed.

PS i thought my car was pretty quick for an FTO (i was thinking it was putting out somewhere between 100-110kw) and all i had done was exhaust and pod filter, however even after the emanage install its now only putting out 91kw

. thats a jump from 81kw

. Go figure

Post by **Bennoz** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:08 pm

81kws was what Jeff's car used to put out before he went 6A13 mad - was tip GR!

Post by **I8A4RE** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:11 pm

Bennoz wrote:81kws was what Jeff's car used to put out before he went 6A13 mad - was tip GR!

It really puts in too perspective your mad beast

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:19 pm

Wait till you start doing your turbo upgrades

10kw's is chump change lol

Post by **I8A4RE** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:31 pm

eThix wrote:Wait till you start doing your turbo upgrades 10kw's is chump change lol

hehe, i know, i cant wait

maggsy · Post by **maggsy** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:37 pm

can't wait to get my emanage done.

sounds like it all went smoothly with no dramas

.

Post by **I8A4RE** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:42 pm

nah no dramas at all the guys where brilliant really no their sh*t. He also said it was the biggest increase he has seen in a NA car by just adding a piggyback

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:07 am

I8A4RE wrote:WELL F&*K ME, talk about improved throttle response, HELL smoother power,and a total increase in power of 10kw to boot. Im sooo impressed. I wasnt expecting any real gains from installing the emanage as it was just neccessary to turbo the car but what a nice little added bonus until it is turbo'ed.

PS i thought my car was pretty quick for an FTO (i was thinking it was putting out somewhere between 100-110kw) and all i had done was exhaust and pod filter, however even after the emanage install its now only putting out 91kw . thats a jump from 81kw . Go figure

I saw close to 10 kw with mine.

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