Hi all,
Before i start, i am not referring to the noise a turbo makes when you come off throttle and a blow off valve is not in operation. This is not another one of those noob threads..
Im referring to compressor surge when on full boost WOT... its suprising how many tuners dont even know that this is possible?
Now.. my friends car has just recently got a full tune done as his new engine is well and truly run in now.
Its running a GT3082r with a 0.82 ex housing at 1.5bar on a stock stroke forged SR20DET via a 6boost manifold. Its running Brian Crower 280 degree cams, tuner hasnt bothered dialling them in yet..
Now we have noticed that when he has reached full boost a small chu-chu-chu noise starts from the turbo/air filter side but then slowly dissapears as the revs climb above 5500-6000rpm.
Im convinced that this is some sort of compressor surge where the air is being pushed out of the turbo faster than that the engine can recieve forcing some air back onto the compressor wheel.
So my questions are..
Will dialling the cams in help this problem as the intake cam could possibly opening too late or am I on the wrong track here?
If not, how do we stop this from occurring without having to resort to getting surge slots drilled into the compressor housing?
Cheers.
oz