or a wastegate? just what lb of boost are you running?
basically this is an orange well designed Tornado.

a turbo setup doesnt necessarily need a bov or etc, but it aids turbo life and faster spool time. imagine ure on the gas hard, then let off, the boosted air is still trying to go in the throttle body. w/o a bov, the air will be forced backward into the turbo turbines, causeing it to spin in reverse, and over time, hurting it. a bov forces the air to the atmosphere once the throttle plate is closed.

without any of these key parts, there is no boost made.

/thread

 

I dont have a BOV, there is no need. Its belt driven so no way to spin it backwards. More like a Supercharger setup, Tornado??? LOL

 

 

i mean, the superchip and etc are all good power adders and etc...but the setup is just a lot of unneccessary...

the whole point of a turbo is to force more air in the engine...air powered by the exhaust...and then to have a way to add more fuel to the mix....seems like one of those electric superchargers...its not that they DONT work, but that they dont work the way theyre supposed to (but hey, they're like $30 anyway)

ure not putting anymore air in the engine than it would get in the first place. its just got a spinning fan in the intake.

 

dude its exactly like a supercharger...just using a turbo. and its freaking awesome. i would like to see some power numbers though.

one question though, if you have the skills to make this why not just run a turbo the usual way?

 

It's a lot like a vortech style supercharger, I don't see anything wrong with what he is doing.

 

but vortechs even come with fuel management, be it a piggyback or standalone...especially on these MAF truck setups, how exactly is it running? the ecu reads throttle position vs. intake speed... like how the engine stutters when the maf is dirty..the throttle is saying 75% open, the maf is saying 52%....or etc... but the throttle should say 80% open, but the maf saying 120%....

 

It looks like he is running 24lb injectors, and maybe has a speical tune for it? I was kind of wondering about the tune part of it myself. If he gets the videos, we should see how "it's running". I got faith

 

How do you figure??? I'm building 7lbs of boost. Have you read this thread? Yes it is the same as running a Vortech, Procharger.......Boost is Boost.

 

Do you tune vehicles? If not, you need to give it up! You are way off in all of your comments. This is going to produce boost!!! It cant spin backwards b/c its belt driven and with a cogged belt at that! Geez...

 

You really do need to run some type of bypass on your pressure side. I have seen chargers come apart from boost being forced back into them.

 

I can't disagree with that. On Ebay as i type..:)

 

so you said the pulley goes in where the exhaust side used to be..whats the black piece in front of the turbo then?

 

The Snell...........

 

ahh ok i think i finally figured it out...wanna do that to my 3.0????!?!?!? lol

 

LOL Sure, got about 2700 to spend??

 

yah, my numbers are off, but i wasnt going for accuracy, just an example.

i still do not understand...wheres the fuel? these ecu engines are different than carb'd engines...in earlier days u could put a charger on and a biger carb, the vaccuum pressure would even everything out...but with fuel injection and etc, its all timed...so even with more air being added, the ecu shouldnt realize this without some kind of management

why stop at 7 lbs....go 14!

 

That and he would need to run a bypass valve because he is running the mass-air as a draw-thru.

I don't think anything less than 14-15 would kill a head unit.

I have seen plenty of a/s-trims running 10-12lbs without serious fatigue from not having a BOV (with a blow-thru meter) or a bypass (draw-thru)

 

I have a custum Tuned Superchip......