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Old 04-11-2014, 01:00 PM
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Is there anyway to adjust your turbo to spool up sooner I have also adjusted my fuel Screw recently 1 1/2 turns in or clockwise it bottomed out and could not go any further is this normal and is there anything else I should adjust with thay
 
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Old 04-11-2014, 06:04 PM
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Well, here goes..........If your handy with a die grinder, you can "match-port" your exhaust manifold where it meets to the head, get an aftermarket exhaust manifold, or obtain a turbo blanket and manifold blanket, obtain an aftermarket high-flow air filtering system, and aftermarket intake elbow. These are just a few I can think of right now. I ported my stock exhaust manifold and heat wrapped it as well as wrapping the exhaust turbine housing on the turbo. This helped spooling quite significantly and cut down on lag time. Just tossing it out there.
 
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Old 04-11-2014, 09:19 PM
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ditch your current turbo or find a wastegated housing off a 2nd gen. your should have an 18cm housing. which is big. a 2nd gen housing is a 12cm it will spool prolly twice as fast. it will make the same power just faster. also more fuel will light the turbo sooner. ide go turbo first though
 
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Old 04-12-2014, 11:24 PM
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Raising the starwheel up will help spool quicker. But the stock turbos are pretty laggy.
 
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Old 04-16-2014, 08:52 AM
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only way to spool faster is to change the exhaust housing on the turbo to a smaller cm, as stated above 12 cm. Watch your egt's and that comes from experience.
i've had good luck with a 16cm.
 
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