vtec.dc2

If you didn't brake in your turbo, just installed tuned or not and go.. please reply

How many miles do you have on your turbocharger? or how many miles was it before you had to replace/rebuild your turbocharger.. (what went wrong?)

i'll start - 3k miles

reignofchaos

mine was from a 1987 subaru xt.. so that's 16 years or so and i'm guessing like 300k on it... and it works fine, no shaft play no nothing, wastegate has no cracks... it's spooling nicely right now.. heheh

reignofchaos

btw, it's watercooled...

watercooled turbo owns...

AND I DO NOT OVERHEAT, even with stock rad... i'm not crazy, i don't boost 20 seconds straight at a time in 5th gear.... that's just fucked

TraKtioN

I'm suprised I dont see many watercooled turbos, is the benifit of using water vs oil not so great?

LiLOtaku

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99% of the turbo's i know of use oil. When someone means watercooled, they usually mean that the center section ALSO has a water jacket around it for water cooling.

Water cooling pretty much helps the oil to break down less faster and just keeps the turbo cool as far as I know.

lazerus

i boosted in fifth untill i hit redline once... that was one of those things you do once, but never again... (unless on a road coarse designed for the speed)

danl

I hit around 20 psi the first time I went out with the new 16g. It loves it. My friend accidently hit over 12 psi on his t3 60 trim first time out after turboing the car. Just make sure the turbo has oil pressure then beat it, trust me its ok LOL. I have also been known to do 2500 rpm's in 5th gear to well over 130mph at 20 psi of boost. I'll also do standing starts to 150mph or so. I've stayed into it with excess of 24 psi of boost ofr 30 seconds or so. I've also done 20 minute backroads boosting sessions through twisty pennsylvaina roads. My high speed runs are on closed course roads only, only going to take myself out. I've done pretty much the worst stuff you can to to a turbocharged motor but I also always am loggin knock and get out of it if their is a problem. Oh yeah, 122K miles on a stock motor.

vtec.dc2

ttt.. lets exclude factory turbos which most likely has been broken in when the car was purchased.. i'm talking about turbos that has been boosted to the max from day one..