Thread: Finished new intercooler setup, pics up now.

If the condensation is causing it to drip that much water you might have problems at the track. If they see anything dripping they normally send you back to the pits, at least that's what they do down here.

That is one thing I am worried about actually. There is a lot of condensation build up and I am hoping it doesn't create any issues at the track since it is just a little bit a water

But Yes, it is something on my mind. But it doesn't always have condensation. Seems to be only under certain conditions. Perhaps humidity has something to do with it.

Bumping your thread Coheed, just glad to see some good info on the A2W setups. I'm considering going this route next spring or early next summer. My under hood temps are outrageous, and my intake manifold gets super hot (tiny IC isn't cutting it anymore). I don't want to cut my bumper support for a bigger IC on the NX, so A2W is what I'm looking at. I'd be very interested to see some dyno numbers with the new setup. How much do you think you have wrapped up in it already? I've found a few cheap kits for around $250 or $300, but your setup looks pretty sick!

With my GTi-R ITB's, I bet a short A2W setup would be super responsive on the throttle! I think with something like this, some hood vents/spacers (which I'm planning on doing as well if I can source a spare hood), and an aluminum radiator and I oughta be set.

Well the whole setup with fab work prob cost $600. The materials were all changed from the previous setup and I think the setup works well. I would like to get some fans for the setup if possible and see if that will improve low-speed cooling.

The car runs great. I was hitting 17psi earlier and I think that is too much because I started getting some light peppering on the plugs. I turned the boost down. Not sure why I would see any detonation on the plugs from only 17psi of boost, but better safe than sorry. Car prob makes 400whp on 17-18psi which is decent. I really wanna push this turbo but i don't think the boost controller will agree with that plan. Eventually I want to push 32psi or so.

I will have it on the dyno some time within the next couple weeks to see what she can do on the max boost I can run right now. 25psi maybe get me to 460whp or so. Who knows.

Out of interest did jwt ask when you will be switching cams? before doing your tune? Or did they tell you when to switch?

JWT didn't ask at all. Perhaps this would cause some issues? Meh.

think of it as there is a lot left in her thoughout the powerband if you get a standalone. I know you mentioned that you want the jwt for roadworthy, but cant you get a stepper loom to a b13 and run a nistune or calum realtime?

Anyway i am guessing you detonating on your low lobes. When is cam switch and when in full boost?

If you can find out when detonating, and it is on the low lobes you could possibly change you cam switch point to below the det point, hopefully preventing it

I actually gain a lot of power just switching both cams at 3500rpm or so. You can actually feel the car gain power when the cams switch even at that low of rpm. Full boost is 12psi at about 3700rpm in 2nd. It really depends on the gear.

But I can say that after driving the car for a bit and doing some fine tuning; this setup is an absolute blast. I've never, EVER, had so much fun with the car. It really seems like every small step I've done to improve the responsiveness all adds up and the car is immensely fun to drive. The response is just amazing. I've given a few ppl rides and they all agree that the car feels really intense. Boost hits hard, and the powerband is extremely broad. It is crazy to see the boost response with this turbo.

I got a ride in a friends DE with a GT2871r with the .64 housing on 10psi, and my car spooled faster and hit harder. His car is really quick, and very smooth, but the super sentra is a monster. Its loud, its stiff, and the thing is just very rewarding every time I turn the key. I am now turning my focus on making the car a better overall driver. I put in a nice stereo, getting a sub soon, put in HIDs, cleaned her up a bit. I am going to be doing a full out cleaning job on the inside and out for the 5th Annual Utah Nissans Dyno Day! Woot!

I am hoping for bigger numbers than I have ever done, 24-26psi of boost or however much the boost controller will allow and some 116 octane for safety. Hopefully she does well, because on the street I couldn't be happier with the performance! I finally feel like this car is right where I have always wanted it, and I drive it daily on only 11-12psi!

I do have one small issue with the car. Sometimes it gets thrown into idle fits and the idle bounces up and down. Sometimes if it is really bad the car will stall out, but I have noticed this ever since I put in the lightweight flywheel. Even when I was NA. It just seems like the thing throws a fit every now and then. Aside from raising the idle to prevent the revs from dropping too far (idle is 850 right now), I am not sure what I can do to fix this small issue.

I have had one small bout of detonation on the car. I was running 17psi and I think some oil was still left in some of the charge pipes from when I blew a coupler. Long story short, I saw some dark black spots on the ceramic of my plugs. All of them. Not silvery at all, but after some research on the net, some say it is caused from the oil burning causing some detonation. Not sure on that, so I did lower timing just a degree or so and I haven't pushed it since. Better safe than sorry.

I figured I could run around with 360whp on 13psi with aggressive timing, or 340whp on 13psi with safer settings. Still, getting over 300whp on this turbo on 10psi is pretty decent for pump gas. I figure about 320whp on 10psi. 340 on 12psi, and 360 on 14psi. With race gas and more timing it could really make a lot more power. This VE motor responds with timing, it loves it. I just don't know how much I could really get away with, so I am going to play it safe. If it costs me 20whp on the same boost level to have my engine last, so be it.

Sorry for the long read. I hope you all enjoy reading my blogs on this car, and I hope it still inspires people to keep playing with these cars. The community has somewhat dwindled a bit as of late, but hopefully you guys all stick with it and have FUN! I'll post pics of everything, including dynos, in the coming weeks.

I think alot of us have just been busy ......I myself just got off work .....good to here you are so happy with the car

Its good to see you back up and out there Coheed. It seems like its been a while. I hope the new pistons and setup works out better for you this time around. Hope you can keep that detonation away.

Have fun with it and cant wait to see some vids. I always enjoy your vids.