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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: Alcaid on January 07, 2010, 06:46:08 am

Title: K24 and T3 - Long term max boost?
Post by: Alcaid on January 07, 2010, 06:46:08 am

Hi,

What's your experiences running these turbos on high boost concidering (relatively) long term stability?

Is 30 psi asking for a turbo breakdown sooner than soon?

Title: Re: K24 and T3 - Long term max boost?
Post by: Alcaid on January 11, 2010, 03:50:16 am

Anyone?

Title: Re: K24 and T3 - Long term max boost?
Post by: smokin_fun on January 11, 2010, 06:53:27 am

30 psi is probably not a good idea, more for the overall inefficiency of using these turbos at that kind of pressure. Intake temps would be very high, and your turbo would not last that long at all.

for a reliable 30 psi you would want a compound setup (plus a lot of engine mods!)

Title: Re: K24 and T3 - Long term max boost?
Post by: Alcaid on January 11, 2010, 06:57:39 am

I'll be monitoring EGT closely while adjusting boost up in steps, I'll propably find a limit earlier than 30psi by that method though ;) It's just that I've seen several people run their T3 or K24 turbos on 30psi and even higher, but no notes on how long the fun lasted.