Lawrence's wrx with AVO 550 turbo and then TD05-18G turbo

Lawrence's wrx with AVO 550 turbo and then TD05-18G turbo

Lawrence is a damn funny brudder... hahaha, one look at him and you bet he had a wild wild woohoo time in his younger days. Every time I see him, oh man, his pussy-in-boobs stories never fails to keep us smiling, man... the last time we met, he asked if I have seen 19" dicks before... OMG... how many of your friends can say that to you and show you in their cell phones these black mamas sticking out their choco horses and xxx.... kekeke

Ok, AVO550 turbo was his original turbo, before that he had something else... yes, you're right, some people just prints money one... kekeke... AVO 550 turbo are big arse turbo who have enough milk to feed the entire nation. Nasty... the problem with that turbo, like I warned him, is that it is darn good at running top speeds on subarus, but, on the low end side, its a little too laggy... he say ok one... he like laggy old granny loose ass...

A couple of weeks later, I see him again... Now with a TD05-18G and ready for tuning... hahaha... sam of course say this say that la... as usual... he still have to lup in that 18G turbo for Lawrence... Lawrence waited until he dulan... hahaha... as usual la...

Now, Lawrence used to be running full 3" straight through exhaust system. After a while, I think he sense his ears are not very good liaoz, so, he decided to go stock exhaust with a Trust Muffler. That muffler is damn LTA complaint lor... coz, the silencer still inside... hiaz... yah, he got a lot of exhaust pipes in his storeroom, and guess what, funny-man wanna tune his ride with stock straws... ok... no choice...

1.6 bars of boost on this turbo easily churns out a good 50~60 kg of torque on this 2.0L stroker engine. Yes yes,... can go higher... i know... judging by the way the turbo is pushing the car past 1.6 Bars region, brudder, not much difference in bhp man.... Lawrence pinched his lips together and puffed hard, showing us a good illustration of his exhaust pipes stuck bad like a yakult straw... hahaha... funny guy... just thinking of his funny face make me smile ... hahaha

yup, sucky stock pipes not giving a good show that day... Lawrence was inside while we tuned his horse. I can tell on his face that he is contemplating between powervalve or loud kick ass full exhaust system... anyway, the most I can do is advise him to return again with a better exhaust system for that 1.9 bars of boost... This fabulous stroker kit is done by GTR Tech., those old folks there done a darn good job with his hardware, Sam did the turbo installation and I did the ECU reflash... Owner used to run on Microtech ecu, and he opted for lesser response but better FC, then GTR send him to us for the reflash... Car have zero complains pushing 1.9 and beyond... yes,... we went beyond 1.9 bars... kekeke... I think Xiao Jian's reads my blog too... Sam say he will boost up some more after CNY... he say gong xi Fatt chai to you this CNY ... enjoy first.... kekeke...you can Gong Lei Fark him after CNY hahaha... just kidding... me no flamer hor... hahaha... just kidding only.. hahaha Xiao jian's forged engine past 1.9? no problem ... sam say one.. muahahahaha

TD05-18G on a 2 litre engine spools up quick on gear 1 at 3800 rpm. And on gear 2, its about 3500 rpm... Gear 3 is around 3300rpm, you step, you get the 1.9 bar of boost... G wise, its massive. 18G is a good turbo for those who have already experience turbo charged rides and a little bored of that low end, no high end effect of small turbo. Or those who are sick of needing to step so much just to get ahead of a puny Mark X... kekeke...

This turbo pushes the powerband further up the revs and give good FC during day-to-day drives. Although this turbo is not kick ass like the sumo, it is more suitable for the average day-to-day user who looks for more power, not so much a show stealer for that 40 tiang drag race though.

Anyway, Lawrence is damn experience with his hardware... he have been modifying his ride for ages, more like a hobby kind of thing and that occasional top speed runs at 300 km/h to Thailand in 5 hours is in his usual holiday plans... Every now and then, he will pop by to have his exhaust done and stuff... hahaha...

Overall, this subaru WRX has done quite a bit with fully forged internals, modified turbo actuators, complete fuel system, brembo brakes, trust exhuast system, GTR custom boost controller, td05-18G turbo (what spec? ask Sam) and many more, except meters :)... all controlled via stock ECU reflashed. It scores very well for street sillypore use... Traffic to traffic is good, of course a slightly smaller turbo on this 2 litre will score better for short sprints, and high speed wise, it is above average as compared to kick ass sumo and AVO 550. Car runs on top mount IC... hahaha... yah, FMIC better ... kekeke... anyway... to each his own taste and preference... :)

ps
sam's on leave for CNY period and will open again this Friday.... For those turbo kits done by amatuer, if Sam ever mentioned to you about your fuel pipings or any rubber pipings thats needs to be changed, pls, remind him and come back to change them... ALL rubber pipings got SAE rating one... and those used for fuel cannot interchange and use for Oil. Water still not so bad,... but water and air, better use Silicon... wanna know why? Ask Sam. I'm only tuner... kekeke... hahaha... okok... i know why, but, lets leave the hardware technicalities outside our blog right? hahaha Have a properous Lunar New Year, a wonderful feng shui ahead in 2009 !!

Gerald's 502bhp wrx with td06-25G turbo

Gerald's 502bhp wrx with td06-25G turbo

Gerald owns one of the nicest wrx in singapore. Custom wide body kit, matt black, cool interiors, nice ICE, great sound proofing and loads of meters to like up your x'mas tree.

Well, Gerald was previously running on a big arse turbo which gave him 580 bhp on engine. BUt, it seems that too much of those high rpm power and lack of low end power made him itch for the low end 'G' feeling. Not often do you get the chance to wack top speeds in singapore la... So, 90% of the time, he has to make do with the sluggish low rpm power.

He now decided to lup in a TD06-25G turbo. Not a small turbo I know, but, not too big also. This turbo spools up around 4500 rpm on gear 1 with 1.9 bars of boost and packs a massive 70KG of torque! This ensures the passenger's head slams the head rest each time he wants their attention. Gerald's a nice guy la,... he only slams your head once or twice then turns to you to ask if you're ok... hahaha...

This ride goes onto the Dyno to trim those cock hairs on the dyno curves. Our target? 500 bhp on this turbo.

After wacking Alex's Dyno, we managed an easy 480 bhp on crank at 1.9 Bar of boost. After pushing the car a little, we managed to hit a comfortable 495 bhp. Sam turns to me and asked me to push it a little more...coz, its just a little cock hair away from 500... kekeke... I said ok, But, just to cross the 500 line and thats it. I wanted to retain the forged pistons and conrods on this 2.5L engine.

Crossing the 500 bhp marker, we clocked a good and safe 502bhp WRX for gerald. Spool up is smooth and massive at 4500 rpm. On Gear 3, the wrx engine roars even fiercer and manage to spool 1.9 Bar of boost at 3500 rpm. Satisfied, we deceided to test the powervalve effect.

With the exhaust powervalve off, we clocked 400bhp at 7500 rpm, compared to turning on the powervalve, we clocked 502 bhp at 7500 rpm. This means that if Gerald drags his bat mobile at 40 tiang, at 7500 rpm, his ride will have a difference of 100 bhp at 7500 rpm. It equates to the car pulling harder and stronger as the RPM increases. Cool.

We compare this with another wrx with stock 3 inch exhaust system. This other wrx is running on TD05-18G turbo and boost 1.9 bars of boost, and on gear 4, the exhaust is clearly restricting the engine from producing any noticeable power after 1.6 bars of boost. The owner have been advised to rebuild his exhaust system or, to keep it at lower boost settings. Its meaningless to churn out 1.9 bar without much difference.

Anyway, owner is not new to car modifications la.... he already done so much, he also have a couple of exhuast in his storeroom... he used to run on twin scroll and stuff and now using a fully forged engine with titanium valves, titanium spring and retainers. More of a storker engine than anything. He was in the car when we were pulling the redlines and it was plain clear to all of us that the exhaust is not doing its part to give a good show... Anyway, the tuning is compensated for the rebuild of the exhaust and all he needs to do is come down and have a quick check on the mappings.

In our bat mobile story, powervalve, 1.9 bars of boost, 502 bhp on crank, brembo brakes, wide body kit, 3" full exhaust system, forged pistons, forged conrods, big ass front mount intercooler and an ECU reflash is giving a good show and Gerald? Smiling and having a great time enjoying the "G" forces from this fantastic turbo.

Idling wise, very very smooth. No stalling, no jerking. FC? 8.5km/L. Boost 1.9 Bars. Day-to-day driving is as per stock.

I for one enjoyed every moment tuning this ride. After sitting on the Dyno, I was like super eager to bring this bat mobile out to test drive. OMG... So damn smooth and low end response is fantastic! The car feels so lively and responsive. His triple plate carbon clutch is wet wet... hahaha... Certainly a ride worth smiling about.

I went outside and once got the chance, I floored .... at 3500 rpm... omg... the car pulls like no tomorrow. Gear 3... thats the gear that makes your eye balls pop so big, it makes you so grateful the eye balls have eye sockets that prevents the balls from popping out. I released the gas at 6500 rpm on gear 3. Didnt want to try gear 4 la... hahaha...

Whats next on this ride? I would suggest forged engine sleeves. Evil? yeah... Lets milk that big arse turbo brudder... kekeke



Lawrence's wrx with AVO 550 turbo and then TD05-18G turbo