FDNewbie

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Yea? You're that much more likely to crack a seal at 400hp+? That's not stress-induced, is it? More cuz you're more likely to detonate trying to consistantly make that kind of power??

Adam Berger

hey guess what....im getting bnr stage 3's next friday......................and im going to sevenstock...so if someone else is going with these stage 3's let me know so we could look at our rides yo

FD from R1

17 psi is definitely pushing the limits on pump gas imo

GoodfellaFD3S

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I agree. I has been done before by many people (including myself), but I don't feel like pushing the envelope anymore. Detonation is not fun. Spoke to Ari at length about it today, and he is of the opinion that 15 psi is a nice safe number for 93 octane. Leaves you some cushion in case anything unforseen happens. Along the same lines, Chris over at RP told me in no uncertain terms that anytime an FD street car has more than ~350 rwhp, it is pushing the limits of longterm reliability. If you think about it, that is more than a 50% increase in power over a stock FD, so it makes sense.

Rich

FDNewbie

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Rich,

I'm definitely not second-guessing what you and others who are much more knowledgeable than me are saying...but I guess I'm trying to understand why over a certain hp #, things go bad. I'd think if your setup is made to handle that kind of power, eg. the engine is ported accordingly, your turbos are well within their efficiency range (twins or single), your fuel system is very adequate, and you're tuned correctly, you have nothing to worry about, in terms of losing an engine or detonation, etc. I'd think your major concern in such a scenario would be can the tranny, LSD, axles, and brakes handle that kind of power. So if you say that the new BNRs can handle up to 20 psi, what's so bad about 17psi on pump? I'm sure you're right, but I'm obviously overlooking something or missing the point somewhere...

My only guess is that the 13B-REW platform can only handle x amount of hp, irregardless of what you do to it? The strain on it becomes too much past 350rwhp??

~Ramy

Robertio

Yes, very nice they looked


Don't yet know, hopefully the engine will be taken out and everything checked during the next month or so. Was just so depressed after the engine went at the start of July that I had no real enthusiasim for the car anymore (I've driven it 10 feet since February). Just have to cross my fingers that the turbo's are OK, with the car having done only 20 miles on them it will be a bit upsetting if (albeit very likely) they have been damaged by a stray Iannetti.

My car should have been on a dyno with them, just unfortunate it let go during the early safe mapping, so we didn't get that far BHP tends to vary in size from country to country - as long as it runs 125+ terminals (without nitrous) when it is back together I'll be happy

FD from R1

sorry to hear....what caused the failure?

FD from R1

blowing an engine is incredibly depressing

I had just wasted my friend's WS6 F body, not once but three straight times from a 30-40 mph roll on a cold night when my motor popped at about 15 psi....it was weird because it kept pulling hard the whole time, then when I got back to the house the tell-tale shaking began, and my heart sank....from elation to despair....the FD imitates life in many ways

3 months later and $6500 poorer and I was finally able to re-live the joy

but wow it is addicting....putting the SMACK DOWN on unsuspecting and ubiquitous F bodies, Mustangs, and ricers

"what DO you have in that thing???"

kwikrx7

Nice numbers, Rich. I figured Bryan had something up his sleeve sooner or later. I never ran over 15 psi on pump but know that you all have pushed the envelope. Hopefully these new BNRs will put down a consistent 380-400 rwhp at 15 psi. Good luck with the new setup

GoodfellaFD3S

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Thanks Barry, good to see you pop in once in awhile. You must do a search for 'bnr' or something . So how is post-FD life treating you?

Rich

FD from R1

what good are these "low boost" threads, Rich?

we want to see HIGH BOOST....big numbers, sparks flying, tense drama

LET'S GET DOWN THE ROAD AND KICK SOME ***!

GoodfellaFD3S

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While I appreciate your enthusiasm, allow me to rain on your parade .

There have been many instances of these 'wonderful' new stock OEM 2 piece 2mm apex seals failing at anything over ~12 psi. Warping, some say from a certain style exhaust port, which happens to be inside my motor right now. Soooooo, I am doing some research and gathering other data points before I crank up the boost. In the past, on the 3 piece seals I had no problem at all cranking the boost, but those were a proven commodity. These new seals are proving to be more of a nightmare than anything. If you think popping one motor is depressing, you don't want to hear my stories, lol. I really don't feel like pulling it again anytime soon, thus my caution.

Kinda sucks.

Rich

FDNewbie

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Rich, so you're saying 3 peice seals are much more durable and hence the way to go when rebuilding your engine (if you're going to be turning up the boost)? Cuz I'm not sure what you meant by "a proven commodity."

~Ramy

GoodfellaFD3S

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You can't buy the 3 piece seals anymore through Mazda. You would *think* the 2 piece seals would be more durable, but that had not proven to be the case thus far. Some have had good experiences with them, while others have had them fail under conditions where the 3 piece would have been fine. I said the 3 piece were a proven commodity b/c they have been around a long long time and people have made huge power on them with no problems. I wish the 3 piece were in my motor right now.

FD from R1

bah....crank it up to 17 psi and let 'er rip....it'll be fine

SPOautos

Ahhh, come on man....you'll at least get one good 18psi pull out of her before all the seals warp.....why not take another one for the team man.

hahahahaha

joking of course lol

BTW - If anyone just REALLY needs to know what these turbo's are capable of they can come help me finish my car. I just dont have time to finish it up right now. I'll crank that **** up and max these bad boys out....I'm not scurd, 19psi on pump gas sounds like breakfast to me

STEPHEN

GoodfellaFD3S

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Is that you typing or Bryan, Stephen? Hehe

My ***** are big enough to dyno her on high boost, but right now the wallet isn't. A paint job, tranny rebuild, motor rebuild, and new turbos simultaneously will do that to ya, lol . I need to find a kick-*** tuner out here and a dyno, and we'll see that happens.

ZoomZoom

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Dee will be in NJ in a couple weeks to tune cars. Its a closed session but you might be able to sneak in if you call him.

kwikrx7

Actually I just signed onto the 3rd gen section and your post was the first thing I saw in the dyno section. Always glad to see good things from Bryan - I know he had a few issues with the 3s..I never had one issue with my 2s and I saw about 30 rwhp over stock at 15 psi just with the turbo swap. Post FD life sucks. The other day I came across a Murcielago?? at a light - never even seen one before - just wondered if my old FD could run head to head with him. My next project will be a Supra though - the FD thing made me gray at 31 :P

GoodfellaFD3S

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I remember after I did the 40 to 140 mph sprint in 14 seconds (at 17 psi) reading that the Murcielago does it in ~15.5 seconds. They're amazing cars, but if I ever encounter one and am on high boost it will be admiring my taillights

SPOautos

Are you kidding me!!!! Murcielago does it in 15.5. I did 60-140 in 10 flat (with Steve Kan in the car with me) and I seriously doubt that the 40-60 would have taken over a second. Man, sounds like they need to give the Murcielago some more power or something lol

STEPHEN

GoodfellaFD3S

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Well, it is a heavy sumbitch

cloud9

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Congrats on getting your car back up and running rich, it's been awhile. But when your motor was heat soaking on the dyno, what were the different temp numbers you were seeing? I didn't see them, so sorry if I just overlooked.

artguy

it also drives like a total dream. ive never felt a more solid car. ever.

large_x7

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Don't mean to resurrect the thread, but I'd thought I'd chime in. From what I understand from Bryan, I also have one of the "new" sets of Stage 3's from BNR. I got them late last winter/early spring. Unfortunately, I have not had much time for the car this year, so I only got about 1000miles on them (most of that was from Columbus to Indy for the Rotary Revolution) Then, my motor popped (it had 115k on it), and I am only now getting around to getting it out of my car for a rebuild this winter. That being said, from what I've experienced, the turbos are very nice. They spool up very quickly, and hopefully much quicker once I have a rebuild with port work in there. I had it in for a quick tuning session, and it only put down 300hp at ~10psi. Not very impressive, I know, but the power delivery was defintely much better than my non-seq stock twins. I will be anxiously looking forward to next spring (over a full year after I first got the turbos!) so I can finally start having fun with my car again. Needless to say, I will be posting my dyno results once I finally get everything running again.