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On 22nd Oct, 2011 stevieturbo said:

How many have done EGBP testing on their existing setups, and what were the results ? either normal, twin, vnt, anything really


We have the instrumentation to measure and log EGBP on the Miglia Turbo, just not had the track/RR time to get any data.

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On 22nd Oct, 2011 Rod S said:
On 22nd Oct, 2011 stevieturbo said:


On that note.

How many have done EGBP testing on their existing setups, and what were the results ? either normal, twin, vnt, anything really


Stevie,

At the risk of being flamed, I would say slightly less people than the number who have actually put dual widebands on a five port to look at the differences between inner and outer AFRs.

Doesn't mean it can't be done, just not many doing it yet :).

The price of the technology is coming down all the time at the moment, it's just the will to do it that is lacking.


It wasnt meant in any way as a dig. it was a genuine question. Ive only ever tested two cars myself. One my old RV8 twin turbo years ago, and more recently a friends approx 600banana 4cyl turbo.
Well 3 actually, Ive done my existing car with an older exhaust, but it's n/a so doesnt really count.
Although amazingly with two collapsed middle silencers, I did see as much as 14psi !!! just at the left side collector.
Even more strangely, I didnt even notice any difference in performance.

It can cost very little to test. Weld a small brake pipe fitting onto the manifold ( or drill/tap ). Run a short length of brake pipe to dissipate heat and then just stick a rubber hose onto it and a pressure gauge.

Gauges can be bought on egay for around £5 or from any pneumatics type place. I joust bought some from egay, fluid filled, think they were about £7 each

I dont remember exactly, but my RV8 was I think around 25psi EGBP at 15psi boost.
The other car more recently was around 52psi EGBP at 35psi boost.

I was actually expecting the latter to be much higher.

Edited by stevieturbo on 23rd Oct, 2011.

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On 23rd Oct, 2011 stevieturbo said:

It can cost very little to test. Weld a small brake pipe fitting onto the manifold ( or drill/tap ). Run a short length of brake pipe to dissipate heat and then just stick a rubber hose onto it and a pressure gauge.

Gauges can be bought on egay for around £5 or from any pneumatics type place. I joust bought some from egay, fluid filled, think they were about £7 each


Actually I was thinking along similar lines but connecting to pressure transmitters instead. With the IOx or IOx-OEM, I've got the ability to log it all through the MS2 - the pressure transmitters, same as the ones used in the MS2 itself, are only ~£10 and are good for 1.5bar positive (~27psi) and the higher reading ones aren't that much more expensive.

I actually want to measure and log the pressures in my wideband sample chambers, but that's for another reason. :)

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On 23rd Oct, 2011 stevieturbo said:


On 22nd Oct, 2011 Rod S said:
On 22nd Oct, 2011 stevieturbo said:


On that note.

How many have done EGBP testing on their existing setups, and what were the results ? either normal, twin, vnt, anything really


Stevie,

At the risk of being flamed, I would say slightly less people than the number who have actually put dual widebands on a five port to look at the differences between inner and outer AFRs.

Doesn't mean it can't be done, just not many doing it yet :).

The price of the technology is coming down all the time at the moment, it's just the will to do it that is lacking.


It wasnt meant in any way as a dig. it was a genuine question. Ive only ever tested two cars myself. One my old RV8 twin turbo years ago, and more recently a friends approx 600banana 4cyl turbo.
Well 3 actually, Ive done my existing car with an older exhaust, but it's n/a so doesnt really count.
Although amazingly with two collapsed middle silencers, I did see as much as 14psi !!! just at the left side collector.
Even more strangely, I didnt even notice any difference in performance.

It can cost very little to test. Weld a small brake pipe fitting onto the manifold ( or drill/tap ). Run a short length of brake pipe to dissipate heat and then just stick a rubber hose onto it and a pressure gauge.

Gauges can be bought on egay for around £5 or from any pneumatics type place. I joust bought some from egay, fluid filled, think they were about £7 each

I dont remember exactly, but my RV8 was I think around 25psi EGBP at 15psi boost.
The other car more recently was around 52psi EGBP at 35psi boost.

I was actually expecting the latter to be much higher.



my rv8 was 30 at 15 psi , but it was a two stage system with a bit too small 2nd stage .

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I would expect about 25-30psi EGBP on 15psi boost on a wastegated system. The question is how much that goes up, if at all, when using a VNT and no wastegate. Hopefully Joe will be able to tell us.

EDIT: This is what I would expect on a wastegated system:


It's only a simulation but shows an average 2.75 Bara EGBP on a 1.8 Bara boost. Note how the tuned manifold lengths actually create a pressure drop from inlet to exhaust at overlap :)

Edited by Paul S on 23rd Oct, 2011.

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On 22nd Oct, 2011 Paul S said:

On 22nd Oct, 2011 Rod S said:


The other interesting thing I noticed in the Garrett catalogue is they don'y quote A/Rs on the exhaust turbine but a series of numbers, VNT, VNT1, VNT2, VNT3.


Well, if you reassembled your GT1749v nozzle and actuator ring and measured the vane width and gaps at each extreme of the movement, we could make a good guess !


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Edited by robert on 23rd Oct, 2011.

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That's very interesting Robert. Thanks.

By the look of it that would be able to achieve a very high equivalent A/R when fully open.

I wonder if the .84 is significant?

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yep, .84 will be the A/R, the vanes will then make it boost like a smaller A/R at lowwer openings.

my big one (with the 2259 compressor) is marked .69iirc, my turbine wheel looks very different though, mine had a considerably bigger inducer.

On 28th Aug, 2011 Kean said:
At the risk of being sigged...

Joe, do you have a photo of your tool?



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by inducer joe ,do you mean the bigger diameter of the wheel ? how big is it ?

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On 23rd Oct, 2011 Joe C said:
yep, .84 will be the A/R, the vanes will then make it boost like a smaller A/R at lowwer openings.

my big one (with the 2259 compressor) is marked .69iirc, my turbine wheel looks very different though, mine had a considerably bigger inducer.


If they are A/R numbers, why does the catalogue quote VNT numbers ???

http://www.turbomaster.info/eng/catalogs/m...tt&pagina=GT17V

Ok, it's not a genuine Garrett document but it definately doesn't quote a traditional number in the AFR column :)

And if they are A/R numbers on the casting, is that vanes open/closed/part way ???

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in this one you can see one of them listed as A/R .64

http://www.turbomaster.info/eng/catalogs/m...tt&pagina=GT25V

On 28th Aug, 2011 Kean said:
At the risk of being sigged...

Joe, do you have a photo of your tool?



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I guess that although the VNT has vanes that create a series of individual nozzles, there is still the throat of the inlet that constitutes the conventional "A" component and sets the velocity within the volute.

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Just a wild thought.....

I wonder if the VNT* numbers apply to all the ones, like my Mondeo, where there is no single turbine inlet flange because the turbine casing and manifold are all one casting ???

I'll have a look tommorow (in daylight) to try and see how the four individual exhaust runners combine before the vanes.

My one piece manifold/turbine certainly doesn't have a dot/number/number anywhere on it.

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Reading this last link about twin scroll turbos there is a lot of emphasis on manifold design, primairy length etc.
When looking at an OEM twin scroll manifold like the Bini Cooper S it looks like they haven't bothered with this a lot. They pair the 1-4 and 2-3 cylinders but there are no equal lengths...especially 1&4 are very different in lenght.
I presume that a lot of research will be done by OEM's do to get most benefit from fitting a (complicated/expensive?) twin scroll turbo. Looking at the Bini manifold and the Volvo V40 manifold both show a design with very unequal lengths. Could this indicate that primairy design isn't that important with twin scroll turbos?


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OEMs have to balance packaging and cost against marginal gains in performance.

As I've already built the equal length manifold, I'm just looking for performance improvements over and above the GT17 on a remote manifold.

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Could you use different harmonics (so different lengths) for the 2 cylinders of a pair?

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I could.

To be honest, I concluded that the smaller TD04 was only offered as a twin scroll to overcome its shortcomings. The A/R is a bit high for the engines it is fitted to. The twin scroll TD04 is typically offered as an upgrade to reduce the boost threshold.

I therefore concluded that I would be better of with the GT1752, whatever manifold design.

The jury is still out on the GT1749V. Hopefully Joe has not forgot about the data :)

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nope, hopfully be fitting the gaue at the weekend.

On 28th Aug, 2011 Kean said:
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Joe, do you have a photo of your tool?



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Hi Paul,
I did not go through the entire thread.
The VNT is a shit to control, must be quite precise and stable. On diesels they use the brake vacuum pump. On my first version I ended up with an old RC servomotor controlling the VNT lever. And servomotors don't like the EM noise that the space under the hood is plenty of. Especially the recent servos.

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3 years on and I'm still trying to decide which way to go, this time on my lads car *smiley*

I think the VNT is a tyre width ahead, but most of the cheap ones on ebay are ropey looking and the new ones are too much money.

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Which ones are you looking at Paul? There's a lot of 2256v's for not too much cash.

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I think that the GT1749v would be best suited.

Audis, Mondeos and others use them a lot.

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Thanks Gary,

Funny how ebay.com throws up different search results from ebay.co.uk although all UK based *frown*

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paul if it helps, i rebuilt the 2260v in my bmw using chinese turbine wheel and bearing kit. 2 years daily use and its still fine. didnt balance it either. I know your a man who likes to do things right, but if you can pick up a knackered core and rebuild it, it may give you a cheap ish unit to test and play with.

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