A buddy of mine has convinced me to add a turbo to my car instead of H swap.
Another guy at work is parting out a couple 95-99 eclipse GSX's so I talked to him about the turbo system. He's willing to sell every part on the car, so I asked about the turbo, lines, injectors, side mount intercooler etc..
So my questions are as follows, yes I've googled but not too much has come up, specific to my goal.
The T25 is a quick spooling, small turbo designed for smaller engines? So am I going to run into any major issues in the top end/ is it going to fall on it's face before 6400 rpm with a JDM F23A? I'm COMPLETELY lost when it comes to determining which AR, trim, size, etc. I would need. I plan to run about 7-9psi.
He's also got a AEM FIC6 which he used on one of his eclipses. I know nothing about tuning so would it be more cost effective to F/IC tune or dish out the extra for the megaquirt or AEM EMS and street tune? Googled this and found miata forums. I would imagine the basics are the same, so it looks somewhat like Megasquirt would be good enough for my goals. I've heard piggyback tunes can somewhat change or it's not as precise due to ECU relearning, so is that something that's going to blow a motor with my planned boost level? If so that'll definitely send me toward the standalone route.
With 9 psi, will I need to upgrade the fuel pump or fuel pressure regulator? I couldn't find the lph rating for the 98-02 EX i4. If I did need to upgrade I'm sure it'll cause stock ECU to run very rich for emissions if I used a standalone. Is that correct?
Goals: none really. any whp over 180 would make me very happy lol. But I'd like to maintain drive-ability and reliability.
Darn I started typing this out and more questions just popped in.
Another guy at work is parting out a couple 95-99 eclipse GSX's so I talked to him about the turbo system. He's willing to sell every part on the car, so I asked about the turbo, lines, injectors, side mount intercooler etc..
So my questions are as follows, yes I've googled but not too much has come up, specific to my goal.
The T25 is a quick spooling, small turbo designed for smaller engines? So am I going to run into any major issues in the top end/ is it going to fall on it's face before 6400 rpm with a JDM F23A? I'm COMPLETELY lost when it comes to determining which AR, trim, size, etc. I would need. I plan to run about 7-9psi.
He's also got a AEM FIC6 which he used on one of his eclipses. I know nothing about tuning so would it be more cost effective to F/IC tune or dish out the extra for the megaquirt or AEM EMS and street tune? Googled this and found miata forums. I would imagine the basics are the same, so it looks somewhat like Megasquirt would be good enough for my goals. I've heard piggyback tunes can somewhat change or it's not as precise due to ECU relearning, so is that something that's going to blow a motor with my planned boost level? If so that'll definitely send me toward the standalone route.
With 9 psi, will I need to upgrade the fuel pump or fuel pressure regulator? I couldn't find the lph rating for the 98-02 EX i4. If I did need to upgrade I'm sure it'll cause stock ECU to run very rich for emissions if I used a standalone. Is that correct?
Goals: none really. any whp over 180 would make me very happy lol. But I'd like to maintain drive-ability and reliability.
Darn I started typing this out and more questions just popped in.
