another newbie

[dutchy]

Hey everyone, I thought it was time to register myself as i've been looking at this site for a while now and have seen some great tips from other members that helped me sorting out minor problems I had with my car (an '03 sri-t). Funny to see we all have the same problems though !!!

My car is a work in progress and the need/hunger for upgraded and custom made parts seems never-ending. Next up is a turbo exchange but I'm not exactly sure what to do or where to go so if anybody has some experience or tips (sunny coast area), please let me know.

Cheers
Dutchy (yes, I'm Dutch)

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[gmonkey]

welcome to the site mate!!

[rodsfromday]

Welcome to OA!!

[brc]

Welcome sir.

[btm]

welcome welcome!

[CNBLU]

G'day matey

[guy 27]

welcome to OpelAus

[ope11]

where are on the sunshine coast,,i hve silver sri-t 03 as well..what's done to ur's,as i can maybe help ope11

[boorny88]

welcome mate hope you enjoy

[dutchy]

Thanks for your kind welcome guys.

So, my car, it's a star silver 2003 sri-t as I mentioned bought new. The first things that found their way under the bonnet were a hard boost pipe, larger air intake and a 3.6 bar fpr from (all from Mtech - Holland). A K&N filter was dropped into the derestricted box. This was followed by a Sachs uprated clutch and a custom remap by BPS (Cleveland). The 3.6 bar fpr was ditched during the tune as it caused heavy over-fuelling of the car. The standard plugs were changed for the iridium ones. A few months later, the standard intercooler was swapped for a custom made item including 2.5 inch ss pipe work. A 3 inch custom made full ss exhaust was also added with an extra silencer in between to keep noise levels legal. New custom made drive shafts were also made. The guys at AM Auto Services fitted a slimline Spal fan in between the intercooler and radiator to keep things cool and some adjustable Koni's all round. It's got a very nice looking Apexi boost gauge sitting in the right hand corner on the dash. I'm still running the original turbo with 24 psi overboost, holding at 19 slowly dropping to 14 psi, but I think it's on it's way out (sounds like an owl at times but there is no smoke yet......). It's currently got 152 kw atw / 325 Nm and that's with a worn turbo. Boost drops off very quickly but that might be due to the actuator. It's not bad but it used to have much more power. Engine internals are still original.

I heard that Mr. Turbo in the Gold Coast is very good but haven't spoken to anyone yet that has experience with them. Mr. Turbo doesn't have a website either. I was thinking of having the original turbo reconditioned with uprated stuff. As there is not a lot of space left in between the engine and the radiator, a different brand of turbo and manifold might not fit (due to the large intercooler, the radiator has been moved backwards in order to fit the Spal fan in between). Does anybody know them ?

Cheers,
Dutchy