AVO turbo kit for BRZ - initial build thread

[Raven604]

Originally Posted by Mr.Jay

E85 is unicorn gas around here. No stations anywhere plus I'm over all these kits going corn since it isn't universal at all.

I took a close loom at the fa20 kit as it will fit the full blown rad but I'm worried about heat soak. Layout of fa20 is a lot like full blowns and fb has massive heating issues. AVO are the only guys who kept the turbo out of the engine bay.

Turbo won't be bought until I feel the engine is reliable enough anyways. I don't want to jump the guy on turboing haha

I feel the same way Jay. IMO the avo kit is perfect. uel, great turbo placement, more then enough power at 10psi with great spooling. Just playing the waiting game to see how this engine holds up. And Drift Office is only 2-3 hours from us too which is a huge bonus. But I'm still open to the fa20 kit with uels too. Tony really seems to know his products well.

It's also pretty sweet we have the best gas in the continent up here too. I think with WMI we can come reeeaaalll close to e85 numbers.

[Drift-Office]

Originally Posted by Raven604

Well to be fair. Drift office estimates 320 whp with 94 and supporting mods. Not sure what psi though

That would be about sub 11PSI, IF 94 is truly 94. As mentioned earlier, that last batch of 94 I drove back with was worse than our US 92... But I'll be back to test that theory...

Originally Posted by Raven604

It's also pretty sweet we have the best gas in the continent up here too. I think with WMI we can come reeeaaalll close to e85 numbers.

Fingers crossed.

Cheers!


Bob @ Drift-Office, LLC

[AVOturboworld]

Originally Posted by Mrqb22

My question is if one plans on getting the avo stage 2 turbo kit and has access to E 85 and 93 to 94 still I would assume the torque still isn't going to be what we like. But with that set up we are looking at plenty of power for most.

I guess my question is if I got a new set of forged pistons and rods
And lowered the compression to 8:5 or. 9:1 (that was I ran in my 93
Cobra 455 rwhp 458 rwtq with vortech waster colled kit 11psi).

Obviously I know in cubic inches aspect of things you can't compare the 2 but if if I where to get a set of lower compression internals so I could up the boost to get the torque where it should be could i still run the avo stage 2 kit.

That depends on what torque you are looking for. All of our testing has been on 92 octane, and we've reached around 260ft/lbs of torque on that. Being able to run 93 octane, or even better, e85 will allow for more timing, more torque.

We've just been concentrating on "street" tuning, what is available in daily driver, average environments. As we go along we'll experiment more with the higher power levels.

[cf6mech]

Originally Posted by Mr.Jay

AVO are the only guys who kept the turbo out of the engine bay.

Nope ! Accelerated Performance quite awhile ago did, and I still think its the best way to go for track use/heat soak.

[AVOturboworld]

The advantage of running the turbo where we do is that, among other things, that area of the engine bay was already set up for heat (as it goes where the exhaust manifold is). It also keeps the COG low as well.

[Mr.Jay]

Originally Posted by cf6mech

Nope ! Accelerated Performance quite awhile ago did, and I still think its the best way to go for track use/heat soak.

That's right Don original setup was mounted out of the engine bay area as well but his new turbo setup are mou ted up front now too

[cf6mech]

Originally Posted by Mr.Jay

That's right Don original setup was mounted out of the engine bay area as well but his new turbo setup are mou ted up front now too

Only, I do believe, to run a bigger turbo on his personal car..(there's only so much room), I believe his original kits are still available out of the engine bay.That was a big selling point for my track car build, weight location and the heat that a turbo creates, specially in Texas, it also cleans up the engine bay, less clutter, and access to pulleys and belt is wide open,even more with airbox gone,its pretty sweet.

[Mr.Jay]

Originally Posted by cf6mech

Only, I do believe, to run a bigger turbo on his personal car..(there's only so much room), I believe his original kits are still available out of the engine bay.That was a big selling point for my track car build, weight location and the heat that a turbo creates, specially in Texas, it also cleans up the engine bay, less clutter, and access to pulleys and belt is wide open,even more with airbox gone,its pretty sweet.

Nice! Did not know this.

I was once looking seriously into Don's kit but the lack of transparency and commitment to the forums turned me a stray.

I won't be going FI until at least next year. New car new kits lol seems too scary for me

[Raven604]

Originally Posted by Drift-Office

That would be about sub 11PSI, IF 94 is truly 94. As mentioned earlier, that last batch of 94 I drove back with was worse than our US 92... But I'll be back to test that theory...



Fingers crossed.

Cheers!


Bob @ Drift-Office, LLC

ill drive down all the 94 you want for a free tune

[Drift-Office]

Originally Posted by Raven604

ill drive down all the 94 you want for a free tune

I'll be up there in a few weeks for the 8/6 event. We can chat then.


Bob @ Drift-Office, LLC

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I didn't see it, where is the install guide for this kit?

[nix]

Originally Posted by AVOturboworld

The advantage of running the turbo where we do is that, among other things, that area of the engine bay was already set up for heat (as it goes where the exhaust manifold is). It also keeps the COG low as well.

Yep, AVO kit has a nice COG benefit vs top mounts and especially the innovate SC, that thing is damn heavy (intercooled version).

[DriftEightSix]

Originally Posted by nix

Yep, AVO kit has a nice COG benefit vs top mounts and especially the innovate SC, that thing is damn heavy (intercooled version).

how much extra weight would the kit add?

[nix]

Originally Posted by DriftEightSix

how much extra weight would the kit add?

Always in too much of a rush to weigh things maybe AVO can answer. :happy0180: