Matched Inlets on turbo f4r

[BrianB]

Are matched inlets more benificial on a na motor or are they equally benificial on a turbo'd engine?

Mine will be receiving gt28rs treatment over the winter I'm just gathering a few aditional bits and trying to decide wether they'll be worth wile addition

 

[Jaff.]

just whack the boost up .5 of a psi and youl gain the same ammount as a NA would. waste of money imo

 

[sideways danny]

definitely worth improving flow, more power and torque for less boost is good

 

[Jaff.]

the amount will be negligable tho if hes doing the turbo thing properly?

more gains to be had by insuring better cooling of the charge air and other cheaper mods surley?

 

[LIL B]

No.

 

[focrs]

just whack the boost up .5 of a psi and youl gain the same ammount as a NA would. waste of money imo

That's when trouble starts just whacking boost up. The car should set up to suit the fuel and air mixture. Glad you ant adjusting mine.

 

[Jaff.]

if hes doing it properly he will have an ecu which is mapped to beyond the boost he will be running day in day out so he can put it up .5 of a psi and not damage anything. but as my comment was slightly sarcastic which seems to have been missed by you its irrelevant now.

the point i was trying to make is with a boosted application the gains would be negligable to other changes that could be made, such as efficient cooling of charge air for example. evry little helps of course but he did ask wether he should bother or not to which i added my opinion of no

 

[focrs]

Maybe I picked it wrong but as I see it people run very near the limit at peak boost. As i have seen before many people will just turn up the boost with no thought of the damage it can do.

I also don't think the inlets would not be worth it for the gain if any. Custom manifold is the way to go.

 

[Jaff.]

if hes clever he will map it to the maximum boost it can handle then "de-tune" it so hes running within a safe limit. if not them my comment was a foolish sugestion

 

[sideways danny]

f**k sake, boost pressure is a measurement of how restriced the inlet is. Improve the flow, and you increase the power potential

 

[Jaff.]

yes so if he doesent match the inlets, simply upping the boost slightly will have the same effect

 

[Zorr]

f**k sake, boost pressure is a measurement of how restriced the inlet is. Improve the flow, and you increase the power potential

Solved the discussion

 

[sideways danny]

yes so if he doesent match the inlets, simply upping the boost slightly will have the same effect

no it wont at all.

 

[LowLife.]

I'm going to be getting my inlets matched.

Every little helps...

 

[R754 Alex]

definitely worth improving flow, more power and torque for less boost is good

+1

 

[scotty2hotty81]

I did mine, at the end of the day everyone knows the RS inlets have poor matching, turbo, super charged or n/a makes no difference there still poorly matched, for what it costs, which is nothing compared to what a turbo convertion costs just get it dOne.