Stein's new turbo????

[c2xejk]

Keeping the overall height shorter, is better. One thing to remember about wide tires, they don't do as well in the snow... So staying narrow is good in that respect.

[Ntrain2k]

Try running 245 directionals in the snow. It's like ice skating...lol

[mwinkle353]

But without the skates?

[c2xejk]

I thought it was more like ice skating with down hill ski's...

[NA2ndgen]

Quote:

Originally Posted by c2xejk Keeping the overall height shorter, is better. One thing to remember about wide tires, they don't do as well in the snow... So staying narrow is good in that respect.

Lucky thing mine aren't real wide then. They are wider than the "bike tires" that came on it. But they are not quite as wide as what comes comes on most SUVs these days though.

Thanks for your good feedback on tires Ed.

PS

What are 245 directionals?

[RoadWarrior222]

245 wide tires that only go on one way round I should think. i.e. asymetric tread pattern. In snow they probably track funny and throw the car from side to side.

[NA2ndgen]

Thanks roadwarrior. That sounds like something out of an old serial movie. Cool.

The Kumho ASX tires, I just had put on, have an asymmetric tread pattern. The reviews say they do well in the snow though. You think they will be OK because they aren't so wide then?

[RoadWarrior222]

Mebbe, it's when there's say soft snow under one wheel and hard packed under another, they'll tend to crab and track worse than "normal" radials, but you get some of that anyway.

But winter driving, you can have any tires on, any amount of driven wheels and any amount of traction control but if you can't tell when you're going too fast for the conditions, you'll crash it anyway. I swear I drive twice the miles in winter with all the swerving around the dickweeds in their "invincible" 4x4s and AWDs that are coming sideways down the road at me. No matter what you're driving with/in there's still less than a square foot of contact area keeping 3000lb+ of vehicle driving straight or stopping it, and on icy roads physics will take over and 10% traction advantage will not make up for 100% stupidity. So beware the perils of overconfidence from getting "good" winter tires, to have any safety advantage, you have to just drive the same as you did on "bad" tires.

[NA2ndgen]

Don't worry about me being over confident on snow. I am from California, and the white stuff scares me silly. I drive very carefully in icy weather also, especially on bridges and overpasses.

Thanks so much for the great feedback.

[93sundance]

not me! I used to kick it sideways, do donuts, and see how long i could drift my car! LOL! Sometimes I'd drift it for miles.

[c2xejk]

Time to get back on track... In an effort to make the most out of the turbo, I decided to check the wastegate hole size.

Stein runs an external wastegate (deltagate.) So I put some prussian blue on the flange. On the turbine housing I put some red steel dye. I used some studs to align the two. The results are below...



Obviously there is some room for improvement... So here is the ported out version. In this picture I still need to blend thing in on the inside, but it is noticably larger...

[DustyR/T]

is that a razor blade I see in there? Hope you don't forget about it in the install. LOL

[NA2ndgen]

I bet that makes a difference. I look forward to more updates.

[c2xejk]

Yup, my helmet just arrived!!!

[NA2ndgen]

Cool! So when do we get to see Gort?