RE: Turbo="easy"? (long)

["Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@home.com>]

Ya, mon. Neal was talking about the suitability of basing a turbo setup off
of G60 components. I was referring to the same thing with my reference to
the Digifant system. As I mentioned, I'm not really a big fan of going in
that direction, either.
--
Scott F. Williams
NJ Scirocco nut
Golf GTI 16v rallycar
Mazda 323 GTX turbo assault vehicle

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris DeLong [mailto:green536@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 1:34 AM
> To: sfwilliams@home.com; sixteen.volt@verizon.net; scirocco86@home.com;
> pbureau@home.com
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Turbo="easy"? (long)
>
>
> Scott, which digifant system are you referring to? If you are
> referring to
> anything other than the g60 system they also have restrictive AFM's.
>
> Chris DeLong
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>
> >From: "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@home.com>
> >To: "Neal Tovsen" <sixteen.volt@verizon.net>, "Gary Huff"
> ><scirocco86@home.com>, "Patrick Bureau" <pbureau@home.com>
> >CC: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: Turbo="easy"? (long)
> >Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 09:37:59 -0400
> >
> >Neal, I agree with your sentiments entirely. I've been tuning my own
> >factory
> >turbo Mazda for almost a year now. The results are absolutely fantastic,
> >but
> >the margin of error that I am used to working with on the all-motor VWs
> >just
> >does not exist. Every decision, tweek, and mod becomes all the more
> >critical
> >and demanding. This is not to say that it isn't worth the trouble. -hell
> >no!
> >However, the potential for trouble grows at the same exponential
> rate that
> >the power does.
> >
> >With that said, I slightly contemplating the addition of a turbo to my
> >Scirocco. I'm feeling very guilty about my Mazda being the
> fastest car in
> >my
> >stable. It just shouldn't be. Thankfully, the Hardcore VW guys
> are there to
> >show us how to put these projects together.
> >
> >The forum owner (Justin a.k.a. "RedRotors") manufactures his own
> 16v turbo
> >exhaust manifolds. These are a lot cheaper than anything else on the
> >market.
> >Junkyard turbos can be had for next to nothing. Intercoolers can
> be sourced
> >from a variety of junkyard cars. Stuff like blow off valves, boost and
> >exhaust gas temperature guages, can be easily found on eBay...
> >
> >The two critical parts of the puzzle that I recognize are
> compression ratio
> >and engine management. I'm not about to stack headgaskets to
> lower the CR.
> >It is the cheap but dirty way, is not particularly reliable, and
> >compromises
> >the power in favor of convenience. Nah, If I was to do it, I'd
> go in there
> >with some custom forged pistons. This is hugely expensive up front, but
> >then
> >you can kick back, relax, and not walk on engine-tuning eggshells.
> >
> >Secondly, I'd install a programmable engine management system. Forget the
> >oldskool microfuelers and all that stuff. CIS has had it's day. Its over.
> >Motronic is lame because it's still like CIS with a restrictive AFM.
> >Digifant eliminates this but it is inflexible in the long run. Its all
> >about
> >the SDS or TEC-II in my book.
> >
> >Have checkbook ready and buckle in tight...
> >--
> >Scott F. Williams
> >NJ Scirocco nut
> >Golf GTI 16v rallycar
> >Mazda 323 GTX turbo assault vehicle
> >
> >Check out our rally team's website!
> >http://www.usrallyteam.com
> > >
> >
> >
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