rusche said:
Great information, I appreciate the input.
I appreciate photos of nice chops with turbos.
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Whats your opinion on the Mikunis? Ive heard a handful of reasons to go either way
Unforunately, those carbs werent super cheap, and theyre here and brand new lol
I understand there are benefits to CV carbs, but do you think it will cause large driveability concerns?[/quote]
I do like the VM34s, I run VM38s on my n/a TR1.1 with great success and really love them. Quite frankly, I think they are the best roundslide carbs you can buy for road use. Of course you can try to make them work with a turbo, but CV carbs are operated indirectly and are therefore a bit more forgiving in respect to minor jetting issues. All in all I wouldn't say you can't make them work, I just think it will be A LOT harder to make them perform sensibly.
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I think Im going to follow the backbone of the frame with charge pipe to the turbo
I had to clock the turbo in order to fit where I want, and removed the internal wastegate I've been looking at external wastegates, but they are all huge. I know there are benefits to large wastegates, but I want to try to keep the front of the bike clean..
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Well, I'd reconsider the clocking then and use the internal wastegate they generally work quite nicely and it's a lot less plumbing to do. Regarding your heat-concerns underneath the fuel tank. Remember there's a motor under there as well and that's not exactly cold either. Intercoolers make boost a lot more manageable, depending on the level of boost you want to go for you may be able to skip around it though. Your heat concerns regarding the turbo are real though... the exhaust housing will glow cherry red after a proper full throttle run.
Should you really decide to go for an external wastegate, would you care and shoot me a PM regarding your stock wastegate actuator and rod? (My GT1544 is from a small diesel car and needs a different wastegate actuator anyway...)
Cheers,
Greg