jpwalt1987
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- Nov 9, 2003
I figured I would start a new thread with my first impressions on the new Borg Warner turbo from Reed@ WORK Turbochargers. It is an S300SX3 based turbo with 66mm compressor wheel and a 68mm turbine wheel. First off, Reed was great to work with. Always answered questions no matter how silly they may have sounded. It took a little while to get this turbo built as it is a custom deal to mate it to the Buick 3 bolt exhaust housing but I will say it was worth the wait. I had an old PT-70 PTE built garret turbo circa 1996 that was replaced with this BW unit. The BW makes boost sooo easy it's just plain stupid. My old turbo really needed to be given the gas to start spooling. Not this one. The PTE turbo was very quiet as far as whistling sound while driving. The BW sounds like a jet turbine even while taking off easy. Now that I have had a chance to put my foot in it, all I can say is, holy crap!!!! This turbo pulls like a fright train! Period. I was able to log a couple of pulls through the top off second gear. Not scientific, I know, but I will say that seat of the pants feel is a lot scarier also. I got the boost dialed back to 24.5psi, the AFR set to 11.0:1, timing at 18.7, and Alky set position 6.5 on a single 10gph nozzle. Injector duty cycle was 84% in first gear and 75% at the top of second gear @6200rpm. My fuel system consists of a single DW-301 pump on a hot wire and caspers volt booster with stock lines that have the saginaw fittings drilled out to 5/16ths. Not sure how to calculate the HP with the Alky thrown in but on just the gasoline i come up with 592hp at the top of second gear. The IAT at the top of second gear was 99*. Thats without the alky hitting the sensor. I can't comment on spool time yet as I need to make some adjustments to the spool fuel. All in all I am very pleased with this turbo and would recommend WORK turbochargers.
