How to decide on turbo setup
#15
I don't plan on boosting too much right now, so hopefully my risk of popping the manifold is low. I figure I'll start at about 5-6 psi and go from there as I get more comfortable with my tuning abilities. Hopefully a tubular would hold up to that much.
#16
Quality ones last a long time.
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#17
Awesome. I don't plan on sourcing anything from ebay. I've read enough horror stories. Seems to me that with a turbo setup, you really get what you pay for, and cheaping out just leads to headaches.
#18
BEGi is just up the road from me. I've taken my car there to get diagnosed for overheating and was finally stuck with a $650 bill and it didn't fix anything (it was in their shop for 1.5 months). They had my friend's car there for 4-5 months just to install and tune one of their turbo kits. From the stories I've seen on miataturbo they aren't that great for sending out complete kits. They'll ship parts to you and you'll later find out they send other parts in other packages. I know of a couple of people in town that have working kits but I always seem to hear more bad than good (but I guess that's because people usually complain about problems more than they rave success). I haven't heard much on Flyin' Miata but they've always been helpful to answer my questions in e-mails or phone calls even when I haven't bought stuff from them (previous car owner did). BEGi, 90% of the time from my experience, has told me "Sure we'll find out for you" and I never get a call or e-mail back. I think BEGi means well but they only have a handful of people there on any given day and are really busy.
This is just my experience so take it with a grain of salt. Whenever I start working on my turbo setup I'm going to go with Absurdflow on the manifold and do everything else myself with the exception of intercooler piping.
This is just my experience so take it with a grain of salt. Whenever I start working on my turbo setup I'm going to go with Absurdflow on the manifold and do everything else myself with the exception of intercooler piping.
Last edited by RavynX; 08-17-2011 at 01:26 PM.
#19
The piping, silicone couplers, t-bolt clamps, and intercoolers from ebay (China) are just fine to use. There are lots of big power cars running them without issues. The Chinese turbos have proven to be pretty reliable, too, albeit with slightly less efficiency. Lots of guys are running them that have had them on for years without issue.
Here's a Miata with a Chinese T3/T4 playing on an autocross course. The turbo has been running without issue for several years.
Here's a Miata with a Chinese T3/T4 playing on an autocross course. The turbo has been running without issue for several years.
Last edited by sixshooter; 08-17-2011 at 01:40 PM.