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my winter beater caught on fire and i'm gonna have some spare money to rebuild the mx-3 for this spring

i'm curently running a stock internal bpt,garrett t3 and 2.5'' piping EVERYWHERE

i could get a t3t4 for roughly 500$-700$ but since the car is a dailydriver on it's way to become a dragbitch ,i'm afraid to go to a too big t3t4 that could ruin the daily drive experience,the lag was acceptable on the t3,but wasent enough for the drag. at the same time, i dont want to loose some precious sec on the track because it's too small,see the dilema.

so i contacted the staff guy at Blaast in ON, he told me all the benefit of the gt2871 and it's possibility,and told me that if i wanted to go biger even the gt3071 could do something great,since it's BB,,ok, it's twice the price but the insurance check will cover the fees since i allready got another beater.
will the gt30 be too big for my small 1.8 displacement?, even if it's ballbearing, i may see too big
i'm planning to run 20-25 psi once i install my gtr conecting rod

so it bring me to my second question, if i go for a gt28-gt30, is it better to keep my 2.5'' exaust, or it would be wiser to run 3''? i allready got the 2.5 mandrel everything not even 2years old, it might be money-wise to stay on 2.5


PLEASE forgive the typos, i'm trying big time, but i'm not english yet

Well...I've been successfully runnint a GT-3076R with a .82 A/R turbine housing on my car's lil 1.6L B6T. With the correct tuning it will actually be more driveable then with a little turbo. It is tame, yet still torquie, under 4500rpm and is NUTs from 5000-8000rpm. You can keep your existing exhaust and run a large external waste gate that dumps to atmosphere...and/or a boost sensing or electric cut out close to the turbo, allowing you to by pass the little exhaust you currently have (use a 3" downpipe either way).

I HIGHLY recommend you look at the http://www.forcedperformace.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and check out their HTA series...they spool faster and make more power than the plain Jane GT-R series while supporting 40+psi.

went with a customisez t3t4 from BLAAST performance.

just finished installing it,minor problem with the oil line, but runs like a charm, i'm waiting to get my MS tuned before boosting

look into borgwarner turbos, most big honda guys are switching over, they're journal bearings (so you don't have to run water lines, and its a little tougher) but they spool faster than garrett GT series. goto full-race's website, they have some test up

mazdax3speed wrote:look into borgwarner turbos, most big honda guys are switching over, they're journal bearings (so you don't have to run water lines, and its a little tougher) but they spool faster than garrett GT series. goto full-race's website, they have some test up

too late.

indeed

tuned to 20 psi, it's jsut ripping asphalt and winter tires

too busy to write,still zoom zooming


p.s: god! it torques like there is no tomorow