GTScotT

More or less true yes, but its not worth 900. Like someone said already itd be worth half that out of the states. Actually let me confirm that............................... http://www.atpturbo.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=tp&Product_Code=ATP-HSG-037&Category_Code=GTH Same genuine item, with a realistic cost (still a lot of money but its swallowable). I hope that helps.

yeah GCG are taking the mickey if anything, dunno how they stay afloat with prices like that

this is the one, shop around tho.. http://www.gcg.com.au/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=588&category_id=29&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=101

That is freaking unreal. More or less the only issue I have with moving to ethanol is its availability. If its more readily available in my area and on the way to wakefield I would happily retune my shitbox to run it. Anyway, GTX bla bla bla.

any word if this major increase will stretch to NSW?

I agree your way of looking at it is more realistic, and probably entirely accurate. call me childish but i had higher hopes. try jump on MSN soon, Id love to theorise with you over some PT5558 SR goodness. Have CP pistons at DET comp being match bored as we speak

lithium has made similar numbers on similar boost. i think 17psi makes 300 without stress and a good tune 300 on 14psi is probably a slightly happy dyno and more like 280kw on a more sensible one still sounds the goods

there probably is a leak somewhere, yet the point is good luck trying to diagnose poor performance (once the would be leak is found) if that housing is still on it. I think OP accepts that fact tho, so its fine. it will take some work to get it right, but hes on the right track now.

i guess im more impressed when someone brings a total budget item to the market and it performs as it should, or when a little engineering company sprouts and continually raises the bar in many ways. that is impressive for me. its a personal thing.. with the hype of the EFR and the technology involved, teething problems, wait times, etc.. id just have hoped they would blow anything current out of the water. i guess ive set my own expectations lith, and unfortunately the EFR's arent living up to what I had personally hoped. thats all.

and....... i picked it again

yepp this. you need to get rid of that Sonic POS before you go any further. genuine garrett .82 internal gate will be perfect. dont need external gate for your goals.

whats the use of boost being on earlier if its not making more power too? Im not saying its NOT making more power, im saying the amount more power isnt blowing me away. Regardless of when the boost comes on.

Yeap Sonic is the one, those pieces of shit. Originally they were sold by ATP but now places like MTQ sell them as a Sonic branded thing.

You havent mentioned what rear housing you have at the moment. I bet you have one of the following: - 'skyline style' 6 bolt outlet for GT30s, by ATP or someone similar (bolts to the stock style dymp) - Garret .63 5 bolt rear housing Please clarify which one you have. If you have EITHER of those housings, that is your problem. Change to a genuine garrett 5 bolt .82 rear housing and you will get the response AND get closer to 400whp.

lotsa boost is nice you have really put these back on the map for me. i need to consider if the loss of response over the 20g (if even notable) is worth the future potential. i could potentially have a very badass setup ready for E85 ONCE the shit becomes available

Didnt powertune already push the stock bottom end SR over 400 with that turbo Jez? On E85

Yeah either looping the two sources or blocking both would work fine. Going to a bolt shop and buying the right bolt would be good, make sure its short. As for the antisurge compressor housing, id say turf it and get a non drilled one (based on Dori's results) and re the gate position i say cut and re work your own pipe... leaving that pipe there blanked and putting the gate off the housing is a little ugly

I didnt dare say the BOOST threshold was the same, but I did talk about the character and used the word threshold loosely at best (read as a descriptive word). They both shine to the same level at 4000rpm, with a similar curve (albeit one with less power within) prior to that point. What I am saying is, they both boogie about the same when on power, and the period before being 'on power' is similar enough in character that it would not make for an enormous level of difference below 4000rpm. While the boost is on earlier, I dont think that necessarily means very much when we have back to back direct comparisons of power and torque. I wont go into reasons why so not to offend you (read you know full well why and better than I do). All in all considering the 'space age' materials used and the suggested market this size is aimed at its not all that special that it stands up and has a similar curve at a similar point to a 3076. It actually brings to light that a 3076 is still a good thing even on todays terms, with these special things out there. If that hasnt cleared up whats bugging you about my comments then I dont know what will.

True that it is a decent number of difference between them at those points, but the character of the unit is more or less the same. The threshold is at roughly the same point which indicates to me that during full pelt driving they would feel roughly the same. You could say the difference could be less than whats expected between thrashing the car during the day or on a cold night.

About the same as a 3076 it seems, there was decent testing done by perrin. Boost response seemed a lot better on the EFR but power only stood up marginally earlier (weird). I would say that has to do with the motors ability to ingest the volume at that RPM. So a breathier motor potentially could get more out of it.

lol no issues with it scotty, just saying it as i see it. i have been known to have cracked views on things

The origins of fab warz stretch back as far as Mick's GTX3071 thread, when Mick went hell for leather and decided to fab his own cooler pipes. The outcome (of the pipes) was fantastic, and the war has been raging ever since. This is Fab Warz.

Valuable info for any reader, normally when doing turbo selection reading i read all threads to get as much as I can. So the GT info isnt necessarily out of place here anyway. Glad you made the comment re value between 3040 open and 3076 split.

Fab warz

hoping? come on man lol ull piss in a 10