Recent content by JoeyD

At the risk of being flamed for what some will think is a stupid comment...my GT3076R "bolt on" will be here on the 12th. I have two main reasons for selecting this turbo. 1)My bottom end is built and if I want to shoot for some High HP this turbo will not be a week link and 2)Turbo lag sucks if...

check out leatherseats.com. I did a full interior swap; seat, side panels, shift and e-brake boot on my IS300. Good quality but a PITA to install. I'm sure they could put something together for the 6. Edit:I think the full red is HOT.

Im in southern NC...I can be at South of the Border in about 30min...South of the Border mini meet anyone?

A little science to go with the pointless bickering...a downpipe will yeild results regardless of the catback section for two reasons. PV=NRT is the ideal gas law...essentially it says that as a gas cools its presure and volume drop...so as the exhaust gasses leave the turbo and begin to cool...

I am having the same problem with my MS6. As near as I can tell it's anti-freeze being burned. My theory is that the seals in the turbo cooling system SUCK. Either way it's kind of embarassing when you sit at a long light and your car starts to smoke. As it stands right now there isn't anything...

Well technically turbo lag is ever present. When you consider the addition of a better flowing wastegate and exhaust i doubt you will notice much of the difference on the GT28 or even the 30; however, the 35 seems rather large for a 2.3 (i know the subi and evo guys are doing it) and would...

The solenoid is the factory boost controller. It's what allows for different boost levels at different rpms or gears. If you need a further explenation of how it works I will be glad to add more detail.

well that is good price. Check out some of them for other cars. The easily get into the several hundred dollar range.

I assume you are speaking of a grounding kit. That would in turn ground the throttle body. Gounding kits provide a more consistent ground to all components. They have consistently shown HP gains of 2-3hp on most cars. The problem with such a small gain is that you can never really be sure if it...

Well technically speaking we already have a blow off valve. And IMO the one we have is probably good for higher boost than our turbo can put out. That being said I am getting one just because I love the sound and it scares the crap out of unsuspection people. If you want a nice consistent sound...

Like I said it was about the porsche system speculation. But compressor surge was a huge problem in the older systems. The system controlling the vanes would cease and lock the vanes in the smallest A/R.

Exhaust cut out is a valve (the best ones are boost controlled like wastegates) that opens and allows exhaust to bypass the restrictive stock system. I personally hate them because I want a good sound all the time (like borla) and they tend to leak. Turbo timers will be a source of debate as...

The VGT turbine was supposed to replace the wastegate but in reality it failed at this task compressor surge became a huge problem when they were first introduced. There has been some unconfirmed speculation that porsche is using a combination of VVT (variable vane technology) turbos and...

hughes, gone fishin...good posts. good information in both. gone fishin you hit my point dead on. Like I said I don't know the MZR like I do a 2JZ so I will settle for my point being confirmed in general.

You don't need a harmonic balancer to be harmonicly balanced nor does your pulley need to weigh 15lbs to need to be harmonicly balanced. Also, rotational balance has nothing to do with harmonic balance. This subject is so misunderstood and misconstrued. Put simply harmonic balance means that...