new car turbo upgrade

[Donutz]

Post 16 of this thread.

[omalak]

Most of the info in the FAQ will apply to all kits.

I havent kept up on the Tripoint kit, but have talked to Dee several times while he was developing his, and I wouldnt hesitate to buy his

When I bought mine, it was the only one available, so I made due

-John

^^^ That would be John get in touch with him. Great guy

[midnightfxgt]

Sorry guys, I didnt keep up on this thread.

I have tuned myself, and it OK, but not great. Its rich, but safe for now. I plan on having it tuned ($600ish) at Neetronics in Mississauga. Thats all they do, literally.... tune cars (mostly boosted).

Jason - I didnt know you were looking at boosting! I could have shown you my setup when you were at the shop Sat.

-John

[whiteomega]

Supercharger introduces some amount of parasitic drag. Turbo spools for free...

not really; you still have to have some pressure on the turbo to spool the turbine. that pressure comes from two places: expanding exhaust gas, and the pressure induced on the expanding gas by the cylinder on the exhaust stroke.

it still takes some energy away, it's just the loss isn't as significant. the TPE kit was supposedly developed from their involvement with Mazdaspeed for the MPS version of the 3. might be worth looking at.

[Donutz]

^ Agreed, I suppose it is somewhat inaccurate of me to state that a turbo 'spools for free'. Personally, when I think of back pressure vs parasitic drag two different things come to mind.

The turbo will create some amount of back pressure in the mani and cylinder, which I guess you could define as parasitic drag, but I wouldn't put it in the same category as a supercharger. The supercharger is belt driven directly by the engine where the turbo is, as you have stated, driven by gases. This, for me, is the difference between parasitic drag and back pressure.

I agree that someone in market for power adders should look at both products (if the supercharger comes to market). I would warn anyone to do their research though as superchargers and turbos have different pros and cons, including power characteristics.

[Donutz]

Jason - I didnt know you were looking at boosting! I could have shown you my setup when you were at the shop Sat.

Wifey-to-be was there. She's been digging on me to stop modding because we are getting married in July, and we are already house hunting. Hopefully when I come in for tires you'll have the car there. I wouldn't mind looking it over!

[midnightfxgt]

I'll try and make it a point to have it out that day.

[snipexd]

Sorry guys, I didnt keep up on this thread.

I have tuned myself, and it OK, but not great. Its rich, but safe for now. I plan on having it tuned ($600ish) at Neetronics in Mississauga. Thats all they do, literally.... tune cars (mostly boosted).

Jason - I didnt know you were looking at boosting! I could have shown you my setup when you were at the shop Sat.

-John

What kit did you use btw? I still haven't ordered it and after two weeks with only 148hp I need my turbo!

As well the only upside of a supercharger I can think of right now is no turbo lag. But with a smaller turbo charger I'm not sure if thats an issue, but I do have a smaller engine (2.0)...

[em3]

Have you looked at the classifieds? Boris is selling his turbo kit

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/sh...ad.php?t=33354

[Boris]

What kit did you use btw? I still haven't ordered it and after two weeks with only 148hp I need my turbo!

As well the only upside of a supercharger I can think of right now is no turbo lag. But with a smaller turbo charger I'm not sure if thats an issue, but I do have a smaller engine (2.0)...

he uses the hiboost kit, which is same as mine, and i also have the 3"dp. and i'm also selling my turbo kit since i'm getting a new car, if u're interested. pm me, may be we can work something out.