JDL turbo kit thread

[kbye]

Originally Posted by AZFA20

Mine is also recirculated. It's mostly personal preference but I have just never really been a big fan of open dump. I'll post some decent pictures of mine shortly. I will also scan the dynos that Jesse took a quick phone pic of yesterday while I was there.

The spool on this gtx2863r is simply nutty on the street. It takes literally no throttle to wanna go NOW. It's as if there really is no such thing as driving in vacuum anymore haha.

What size housing did you pair the gtx2863r with if you don't mind me asking?

[AZFA20]

Originally Posted by kbye

What size housing did you pair the gtx2863r with if you don't mind me asking?

The turbine housing is a stainless steel Tial v-band A/R: .86

Sorry I have been slow to respond. I have been in the shop working on some other projects. I think @diss7 may have asked that as well and i forgot to get back to him.

[steveoexige]

To those of you that have fitted the UEL header - did you have any clearance issues? have a look at the pic below and you can see that mine us touching the block.



My installer is telling me he can make a small indentation in the header pipe to clear it as it's only just touching but not sure what to do. In fairness Jesse has said he'll ship me another one its just I'm in the UK and what with the time this will take to reach me my garage are flat out busy and need my install done and out the way.

[nelsmar]

What gaskets are you using? I'm ising some Sti ones that are thinner than stock (unintentionally) and mine is fairly close but doesn't appear to be touching. However I am also using an EL.

[AllDayJonRay]

You could have him make the indentation for clearance, which will probably have negligible effects on performance, so they can finish up and get your car out of the way, and then you can probably tackle swapping the heading yourself when you receive the replacement.

[steveoexige]

^^ yeah we've gone down this route as time is a factor

[steveoexige]

Originally Posted by nelsmar

What gaskets are you using? I'm ising some Sti ones that are thinner than stock (unintentionally) and mine is fairly close but doesn't appear to be touching. However I am also using an EL.

Not sure which my tuner is using, think JDL supplied them so i guess it those.

Thanks for your help with the base map btw -

[FR-S Matt]

Originally Posted by nelsmar

Yes I have recirculated on mine. They charge a bit more and it is a tight fitment during install but personally I prefer having an extremely quiet car even under boost. Most people prefer having a "screamer" pipe (aka open dump). I would imagine the kit turbo being well within reason for our goals. It should easily break 300+HP on pump gas with a good flowing exhaust considering how high our compression is. I have two cars I am putting on the dyno at the end of the month that bought the kit turbo so I can get some numbers. Most of us upgraded because we have unrational goals. I personally have a built engine so the kit turbo is a tad small to match up with my engines potential.

You can borrow some of my 93 octane, Nelsmar.

I'm torn between SC and turbo, but turbo is sooooo fun. My goal is 300-320 whp and I think that is a pretty reasonable number without putting a lot of stress on the engine/tranny. This kit is right up my alley.

[AZFA20]

Originally Posted by steveoexige

To those of you that have fitted the UEL header - did you have any clearance issues? have a look at the pic below and you can see that mine us touching the block.



My installer is telling me he can make a small indentation in the header pipe to clear it as it's only just touching but not sure what to do. In fairness Jesse has said he'll ship me another one its just I'm in the UK and what with the time this will take to reach me my garage are flat out busy and need my install done and out the way.

No problems at all here with my UEL. Make sure your installer did not torque the front nuts first when installing the manifold. The middle ones should be snugged then the two outers (front/back) to get an even torque on all 6 nuts. After they are snug then torque. The fronts of the gaskets will compress unevenly if not done the way I mentioned and that little bit of compression will be amplified at that particular section. I have used both stock gaskets and Grimspeed MLS style thick gaskets with no problems. My personal final TQ. is 40 ft/lbs, stock is like 20-21 ft/lbs.

[AZFA20]

Intercooler and oil cooler fitment from the front with bumper on and off. The foam bumper inside the fascia is still used and intact. Perhaps in the future I will move the oil cooler to the right side since there is a ton of room there but frankly the intercooler is efficient enough even with the oil cooler there that the IAT at the output side has dropped dramatically at about the 75% mark of the core which really for this power range seems to be dead on for an intercooler of this size even without the oil cooler there. The space between the intercooler and the oil cooler is every bit of a couple inches.



91 Octane 10ish psi w/ very conservative timing.



E85 (was at 72%) 14-12 psi again w/ very conservative timing.



Garrett GTX2863R Ceramic coated on the Tial .86 Turbine housing and wrinkle coated on the compressor housing.



Underside shot with the UEL and all hot parts ceramic coated. Tial MV-S Wastegate.



JDL 3" Over pipe and 3" front pipe back to a 2.75" Greddy EVO 3



Here is a shot of the engine bay with the JDL setup. Personally it comes off as super clean to me. The Vortech I had before this was a tuff one in my opinion to top the cleanliness of it in the bay but this is even simpler and equally, if not better looking in there from a visual standpoint.

This pic was taken yesterday while I was re-routing the front PCV line so that is the line you see coming out of the engine bay and draped over the front bumper. The CAI is not coated as it is being tested right now so that if any changes need to be made I can without messing up the coating.

[xwd]

Nice. What turbo blanket is that?

[diss7]

Very nice @AZFA20

Ditto on the turbo blanket.

[AZFA20]

Originally Posted by dwx

Nice. What turbo blanket is that?

Originally Posted by diss7

Very nice @AZFA20

Ditto on the turbo blanket.

It's a PTP Lava series blanket. The size is T3.

http://www.ptpturboblankets.com/

The Lava series is by far the most heat resistant compared to the other options they have but it does come with some extra cost.

[steveoexige]

it's slowly taking shape...