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 Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 6:46 am Post subject: Sticky: DOHC Turbo For Dummies |
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These are the Prerequisites to building a DOHC Turbo. Together we will go through typical setups from mild to extreme to reach the power goals you desire. These are lists of typically used items that are easily attainable by the average person. All setups should have the Air to Fuel Ratio verified on a dyno with wideband or at very least on a track using an in-car wideband setup (NO watching the standard O2 signal and calling it good). If your using pump gas and seeing air to fuel ratios more lean than 11.8:1-12:1, some rethinking on the tuning/fuel setup will be needed. A narrowband guage(typical A/F guage from Autometer for instance) is not complex enough to be a real indication of the ratios inside your combustion chamber.
Very Mild Build: around 180 rwhp
Turbo Manifold
Blow Off Valve
Turbo (T25)
Downpipe 2.5" is perfectly fine
Pipe to connect turbo to throttle body
Fuel Control:
FMU (not recommended, but doable) Raises fuel pressure per boost to make injectors flow more than normal.
SR 370cc Injectors. These can be found at places found at the bottom)
Apexi SAFC2
Greddy Emanage
Mild power adder, say you want around 200 rwhp.
Turbo Manifold
Blow Off Valve
Small Intercooler (potentially get away with a side mount)
Turbo T25/T28/14B, etc. Smaller T2 setups. Usually will be internally wastegated.
Downpipe 2.5" is perfectly fine
Replacing the Exhaust is starting to be very necessary at this stage, so I would start to shop for that as well.
Fuel Control
SR 370cc Injectors
Apexi SAFC2
Greddy Emanage
Back off base timing at distributor or MSD BTM
Average: 300 rwhp to 350 rwhp, you have to start to expect a little more lag. This is about the perfect "street car" limit. No race gas, just good honest street car fun that is fully capable of bring home a 12 second timeslip on a good run.
Turbo Manifold
T3/T04E .50 Trim compressor, .60 trim compressor housing / Stg 3 (aka TA31) turbine wheel, .48 to .63 A/R exhaust housing. Internal wastegate optional but not recommended.
Downpipe can still be 2.5", but this is as far as I would want to push that.
Front Mount Intercooler (FMIC) It's time to upgrade to a larger front mount as the larger will push more air than the smaller sidemount can cool.
Fuel Control
550cc Injectors
SAFC2 to control your fuel injectors, along with the stock ecu.
MSD BTM At this stage I would be running the BTM to control timing retard.
Reflashed ECU-This can be a DIY thing with Megasquirt Tuning or a JWT.
Z32 Maf is required, as the stock Maf stops being able to read at around 260 rwhp.
Wideband O2 Sensor should be installed for tuning.
Block Internals
This is where I would start to consider it necessary to replace you pistons.
Above Average: 350 rwhp to 425 rwhp
Turbo Manifold
Blow Off Valve
T3/T04E 50 Trim .48/.63 or slightly larger turbo, this is where I would start to make the switch up to an external wastegate. You have the option to reroute it back into the exhaust, or merely "dump" it out into the open. "Dump" is usually a mini exhaust in the form of 1.5" piping routed out to the open.
FMIC Larger is starting to be necessary. Typical for setups from here on, are 12"x24"x3" for the core.
Downpipe 3", at this point I would switch to the larger downpipe. You can probably get away with it at 2.5", but it will be causing a little bit of backpressure. Moving to 3" piping as quickly as possible is what you want though. Usually it is necessary to have the first bend 2.5" to clear the steering shaft though.
Exhaust 3"
Block Internals
At this stage you'll want to "build" or fortify your block to better handle boost. Previous to this you can walk the line, but here and forward I find it necessary to do so.
Forged Rods
Forged Pistons
Stock Crank
Plus your typical rebuild items.
Fuel Control
Standalone fuel management is recommended at this stage in the game and is absolutely necessary at the next. These allow you control not only very large injectors, but the tuner to have complete control over both timing and fuel.
720cc Injectors.
Wideband O2 Sensor is necessary for tuning.
Wild Build: 425 rwhp to 600 rwhp. Lag is obviously going to be much more apparent, full boost isn't going to happen until around 4000-5000 rpms or so. Once spooled it will pull very hard.
Turbo Manifold
Turbo T3/T61/SC61 or GT35R seem to be the typical turbo's in the area. External Wastegate is your only option that should be considered.
Blow Off Valve You'll want a good performing more expensive blow off valve to alleviate reverted air when the throttle body closes from pushing against the compressor wheel.
FMIC the 24"x12"x3" Core's are still effective in this range.
Downpipe 3" is still capable of handling these power levels
Exhaust 3" or larger
Fuel Control
720cc-1600cc Injectors
Standalone Fuel Management
Recommeded to switch to Map instead of Maf for reading airflow.
Wideband 02 Sensor installed and wired into standalone for adjustments and monitoring.
Dyno tuning is very valuable.
Block Internals
Along with the previously mentioned internals I would add these to the list
Cams (per your discretion)
Build your head as well
Valve Springs
Valve Retainers
ARP Head/Main Studs
Cometic Headgasket or similar
Absolute turbo necessities...amongst the aforementioned goodies above.
Oil Lines (Picture of good return location)
Fuel Pump:
The stock pump is decent but not intended for such use. For Walbro 255's being as cheap as they are, anyone turboing their vehicle should upgrade previous to turboing.
Boost gauge
Here's lists of aftermarket products that are currently on the market
Turbo Build Parts:
Turbo Manifold (Exhaust Manifold)
Ground Zero Motorsports
Full Race
Peak Boost (release date TBD)
Revhard
Turbo240.com
JGS Precision
Realnissan.com
Import-AutoPerformance.com
Nizzx.com
SSAutochrome (not recommended)
BOV
Tial
Greddy RS
JGS
HKS SSQV
Wastegates
Tial
JGS
Turbonetics
Block Internals
Pistons: Can be accomplished one of two ways, by purchasing ones that are made for the E with their intended compression ratio. The other is to use DE pistons and subtract a full compression point to equal the difference between the E and DE head. (ie 9:1 DE pistons will be 8:1 in an E)
Arias 8.8:1(DE)
Wiseco 9:1(DE)
JE 8.5:1
Ross 8.5:1(DE)
CP 9:1(DE)
Supertech 9:1
Rods: Any rod that will fit the bottom end of the DE will work with E as well.
Crower
Pauter
Carillo
Eagle (release tbd)
Bearings
Whatever your preference is for rebuilds. Mine is Clevite.
Headgasket
Cometic
Valves
Supertech Dual Valve Springs
SI Valves
Ferrea Valves
Retainers
Supertech Titanium Retainers
Cams
PDM Racing
Nissan Motorsports
Colt Cams
Crower
JWT Technology
Typical Injectors Used on DOHC
SR 370cc Injectors
SR Upgrade Injectors are available in various sizes between 550cc-720cc as side feed, anything larger usually you'll want to switch to a top feed fuel rail and injector combination.
Injector Resistors (To alter low impedence to work with a high impedence ecu)
JWT Technology
JGS Precision
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hmong337
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| WOW! this is exactly what i needed to know... nice thread! |
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nice. great starter project. helped a lot, too bad im leaving today
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great thread man...very informative....but for around the 300-325 range...how would a phatka-t gt32 compare to a t3/t04e??
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veilside180sx
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It should produce very comparable numbers as a .63 turbine housing T3/T04E.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:41 am Post subject: |
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| Great post, this will help me out A LOT with my engine rebuild!!! Much appreciated |
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thanks rich, awesome post  |
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WesK
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i agree.. i wont be collecting parts for my build up until feb/march of the coming year ( ill have 4k) but still.. this is a great read and i will be looking on it for certain things. appreciate it!
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| Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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great post. Thanks a lot
can we give suggestions or pictures so u can update it? |
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veilside180sx
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If you want to give me suggestions for additions, do so through PM's
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TIREKILLER
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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Very good thread, even if it is a little (ok alot) biased toward the T3 flange.
Add the pertinent info on 300 HP T2 flanged setups and this would be a very comprehensive thread. |
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veilside180sx
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There are very few KA guys that run T2 based turbos. Most that do are SR crossovers, that now run KA's.
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TIREKILLER
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I dont think thats very true nowadays. Considering the advancements in the availability of T2 flanged turbos, there are a few very viable options. Being able to use readily available parts (for SR aplications) makes installs much easier and more accesable to less experienced (or financialy/schedule challenged) people. I have never had an SR, **** i hadnt even driven one till last Sun. Yet Im puting together a 300 HP KA-T using a GT2871R. For drifting I think it will yeild a good usable power range.
Still a great thread, good job. |
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| The one you called "Mild power adder" how much psi would be pushing? 3-6? I'm trying to build a "cost effective" system for a autoslalom car that would be boosting 5-6 psi and I can get a good deal on SR injectors just trying to figure out if these will be enough for my set up. Or if I should go for a set of 450-550's? |
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veilside180sx
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370's would suffice at that power level. On a smaller turbo it would be probably 7 psi.
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Excelent! Thanks for posting that too, answered a few of this Dummies questions  |
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| thanks for the post, it helped alot..but with a t25 could i run 8-10psi..with an IC of course and will the 370's be safe at that boost level?Where can i get oil lines and what turbo manifold should I run with the basic basic set up? |
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| great post! gave me my first step on how to build a turbo but there's so much more to learn |
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Grasiouso now how much boost is enough boost  probably would of blown a engine |
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^Depends on what kind of setup you run. You will be capable of running higher numbers if you have a more efficient setup. Lower boost means less thermal/physical stress on the engine.
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lopro240
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yes, i understand that. but there are horsepower numbers listed, but just curious at what boost levels, i could have all of those modifications and only be running 7psi, and achieve no where near those numbers or be right in the range, thats why i was just curious if you had an estimated boost range to achieve each power for each setup
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lopro, i have no problem with you, but you need to do your homework. rather than asking vague questions, you should either
A) do more research, look at other people's setups and numbers
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B)give a specific setup you had in mind, along with management and turbo trim, then ask for a rough estimate on output/boost level required for desired output.
i have noticed a lot of people suddenly signing on and asking these questions without doing much looking of their own.
don't get me wrong, you are reading this thread, which is a good start. just make sure you get more specific.
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lopro240
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i understand what your saying...i've done my homework. I was just saying that all that thought was put into telling you what kind of setup to run to make this kind of power, but boost levels were not listed...i was just trying to say that they should be included in the sticky to give noob's more of an idea. not looking to start any fights just thought it was something that i thought should be included in the forum for turbo dummies, hence the title dohc turbo for dummies
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vrmilionzx
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hey, it's all good. i lurked on this site for at least 6months, and waited until i actually had a ka-t to join......
you have something of a point in that no boost levels are listed, but based on the trim (and size, if the one listed is not being used) of the turbo, the management, and just about any number of different inputs will change the output. manifolds are listed, but which one will also have some effect on spool and output. the problem is that adding a boost level for the general setup is difficult. the boost level would deffinitely depend on the turbo (obviously), but a good tune will make more power on less boost, so dependant on the management and tune, you could almost go with a slightly smaller turbo.
to put it simply, stating a boost level is very difficult for a generalized sticky like this, becuase then if someone tries it, and their setup is not as fine tuned as the writer, they will sign on and say "i did what you said, and it didn't work"
not to worry, i am hard to offend, you can pretty much call me an idiot if you want. it's the internet, i don't take it personally 
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Hey, since this is a dummies thread, I'm gonna ask a dumb question.
Are manifolds built for S13 and S14 ka24de's incompatible with each other? |
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good write up.. read up on it a while ago when i was first thinking of going boost.. and I still go back to it every now and then just to brush up while shopping around for parts.. just wanted to say thanks for the help.. aiming for the 300-400 HP mark.. ETA: 6-2006
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| Thanks very helpful. In the process of cleaning parts then off to HRT for work. |
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| I am a FWD SR guy about to get an S13 that already has a KA-T. It only has an FMU, stock injectors, and an inline high volume pump. The turbo is a T25/T28 ball bearing. My question is, are the 370 injectors from the FWD SR's compatible with the KA fuel rail and injector clips? Could I just swap in a set of 370s installed in their rail onto the KA? Im pretty sure all nissan stuff is interchangeable, I just want to get an idea. |
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The purple side feed injectors are compatible with the KA rail and harness.
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| Oh ****, what needs to be done for the purple 370's to work on the KA then? You sure about that, because I see alot of people here with 370's in their KAs. |
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| Chozen wrote: | | Oh ****, what needs to be done for the purple 370's to work on the KA then? You sure about that, because I see alot of people here with 370's in their KAs. |
| dopefish wrote: | are compatible with the KA
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They ARE compatible with no modifications to the wiring or rails. They drop right into the KA, you just need tuning to assure they dont run to rich/lean depending upon setup.
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DOHC and SOHC manifolds are not compatable, the exhaust ports are very different.
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dopefish
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| fromxtor wrote: | | DOHC and SOHC manifolds are not compatable, the exhaust ports are very different. |
He was asking about S13 and S14 DOHC (DE) manifolds, not SOHC. Yes they are compatible. As Fromztor mentioned the SOHC manifold is very differant though.
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MentorS14
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This might be a dumb question, but with the GReddy Emanage, what exactly am I going to do with it? Do I just plug it in and it takes over, or do I use it in conjunction with the APex'i safc 2? I am really no good at electronics.
Yeah, I'm a noob, what? |
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