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11-04-2020, 10:37 AM | #1 |
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Socal Porting V3 FA
To those who have Socal Porting V3 Port:
1. What are your supporting mods? 2. What type of power are you making? 3. Do you track the car? 4. Would you recommend this for a street car? 5. Was the early power band loss as bad as it looks?
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11-04-2020, 10:59 AM | #2 |
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That early powerband loss in the image might actually be intentional on the tune. Trying to keep torque low at low RPM to keep the rods reliable.
That might not be indicative of the turbo itself, but of the tune. |
11-04-2020, 11:45 AM | #3 | |
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It seems to be a common theme across MFGs that a larger turbine wheel doesn't play well with the twinscroll design. |
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11-04-2020, 05:12 PM | #4 |
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You're always going give up some low end torque and gain top end power with a turbo upgrade. IMO giving up some of that low end and properly managing torque in the tune can help with reliably.
I don't have experience with socal porting...I'm not sure if they do anything to the turbine wheel itself. They say that they port the turbine housing. I don't know if they install a more efficient turbine or clip the blades? |
11-04-2020, 06:06 PM | #5 |
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11-18-2020, 03:45 PM | #6 |
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I was looking at going for this upgrade next year, along with the KillerB dual EWG header. I'm at 400/400 on e85 with a fully built block that's built to handle 600.
I was weighing the SoCal option or a Tomioka turbo as I'd like to get close to 500whp. So, definitely interested to hear more from other folks. I intend to go to track days when things open back up, and this is one of the last power upgrades I was looking at. Thanks for starting the thread! |
11-18-2020, 04:52 PM | #7 | |
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11-19-2020, 12:51 PM | #8 | |
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11-20-2020, 05:34 PM | #9 | |
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11-20-2020, 06:09 PM | #10 | |
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12-01-2020, 11:55 AM | #11 | |
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12-01-2020, 01:29 PM | #12 |
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I have decided to go with the Socal V3 Turbo Port pathway.
UPDATE: Parts are on order, others are on backorder. I will keep everyone updated (w/pics) on the build progress. I am hoping to have everything installed & tuned by February. |
12-01-2020, 04:34 PM | #13 |
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FWIW I get protuned on thursday. I can report back with results based on mods + my socal v3.
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12-01-2020, 07:29 PM | #14 |
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12-02-2020, 06:47 AM | #15 |
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12-02-2020, 01:13 PM | #16 | |
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Stock heads -- just refreshed with new seals and what not. crawford V3 AOS cobb FF aquamist meth kit (1 nozzle) (trunk mounted 3 gal tank -- M1) GS TMIC (Bung by throttle body for meth nozzle)+ charge pipe GS intake perrin turbo inlet (for the swagz really) GS 3 port EBCS killer B header + 2x 38mm EWG killer B jpipe Stock cat-back killer B oil pick up Group N trans mount Perrin motor mounts cobb AP3 -- protune incoming with mikey botti AEM oil pressure gauge socal v3 turbo Firestone Firehawk indy500 tires + enkie rpf1 (gold for the old school soobie swagz) For those who want to know, I have been running rotella t4 15w40 with good success changing every 3-4k miles -- will monitor tighter OCI when running E. Shop uses T4 in their FAs for a while and recommends it. Pretty sure its just for the zinc additives in diesle truck oil... whatever. It's working and nothing of concern has manifested itself. pretty sure that should cover the gist of my set up. |
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12-02-2020, 03:44 PM | #17 |
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12-03-2020, 06:20 PM | #18 | |
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12-04-2020, 05:24 PM | #19 | |
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Final numbers: 410 whp & 400 wtq Ran into heat soak issues so we kept it at that but cleaned up across the board. I gotta go back with a thumb drive to grab dyno plots since their computer for the dyno is not connected to internet for exporting files. Boiz, the car rippps. Feels super smooth on the power and just PULLS. |
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12-05-2020, 01:49 PM | #20 | |
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12-05-2020, 03:45 PM | #21 |
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Why do you think you ran into heat soak issues? Doesn’t the meth spraying into the intercooler help with that? Where are you located? Was the weather warm? Were there fans set up in the dyno?
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12-06-2020, 10:34 AM | #22 | |
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Im thinking front mount would help mitigate heat soak by not sitting ontop of the motor and generally bigger core. But I dont want to mod any more for now at least. Car is fun as is by a lot more than i was used to driving and now im doing big boi adult things like remodeling the house everything cost money boiz... |
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12-06-2020, 06:39 PM | #23 | |
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12-06-2020, 07:40 PM | #24 |
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How much cooling can an air to air heat exchanger do when you are breathing in 100f air, compressing and heating it up and the trying to cool it with same 100f air flowing over heat exchanger? Its one of the reasons i did not want an fmic, because i think it wont help with that type of heat soak. It also blocks my radiator, impedes flow to it at least. Not to mention other less important nuances like piping in the way and more car modifications to install one. Not worth it imo when you compare pros and cons.
I may be wrong but i would not expect much of a difference on hot summer days. It will be different on cold days when you drive somewhere then park for 30min then get in the car to drive again. It may eliminate the latter type of heat soak. I expect you to tell me how i was wrong if wrong, but i can logically square it cooling 100f+ air with 100f air flowing over it, just dont see it happening. Where i live it gets to 110-120 daily in summer, so no way without water cooling for me to get all my timing in summer. My other induced car has a separate coolant system cooling the exchanger, now thats a proper solution. No heat ever. Last edited by Rexy18; 12-06-2020 at 07:48 PM. |
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