How not to turbo your car

How not to turbo your car

Check out this guy from 6gc.net - I give him some props for trying, but the dude should try putting some more though into a project to get something worthwhile out of it. Links were provided from a good poster from another Corolla forum I frequent.

From the pics - you can definitely tell this guy is from the School of HMT (www.homemadeturbo.com - total ricer site).
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=35040&st=0


This is classic - check out the turbo-dude's respose to the other guy's simple question:

Poster: what engine tuning solution do you have for timing and fuel?
Turbo-dude: hmm ... its almost wensday....so I'm not worried about timing.

ROTFLMAO!!
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=39628

Yeah true, my turbo install shares a few similarities with that one because we were in a 1 car garage with limited access to tools and resources and had to make some crazy decisions But gotta give the guy props for doing it in the first place.

Sure he will learn - just hope that others that take the plunge actually take the time to learn more about the basics (ignition timing, fuel maps, running with a fan on the radiator, etc.) and not dive right in. That is definitely an expensive lesson to learn.

Yeah, my lesson cost me ~$2400 But if we want to get down to education it probably would have cost more then $2400 for school to learn as much as I did just figuring shit out as I went

He is at 4psi only so far.
I want to know how much hp/tq does he gain with only 4psi in HIS setup. 20hp?

multiple rubber connectors with a turbo setup?? ive never turboed a car b4 nor do I kno the full extent of how to turbo a car....but am I correct when I say, you shouldnt be using rubber tube connectors???

I believe that is correct. Could be his form of boost control - rubber expands a bit, take a bit of the edge off the boost/compressor surge. Can't see this going to 10-12 PSI (the guy mentions to this in later posts).

Some rubber tube connectors are actually silicon with a mesh grid formed inside of them to keep them from expanding. That is what I use.

True - but this guy is using plain rubber plumbing couplers from Lowes. Not the same stuff you are using - that can take pressure as well as wide temperature variations. Silicone stays flexible, but rubber will start to harden and turn brittle when exposed to excessive heat.