not me

 

nor me... the MD series is good but there are great (and cheaper) alternatives

 

bump for irony

 

LMFAO !

 

Couldnt believe my eyes when this popped up this morning.... How wrong I was

For irony's sake I tried the FP Green and FP HTA Green and now on the MD321V and it beats them both for response, spool up, torque, bhp and reliability all the way up the range.

It just shows that saving money short term to buy a cheaper alternative in order to get the peak figures (the green made 465bhp on mine) is only part of the story. There is so much more to a turbo/engine than peak figures. Buy one turbo and buy the right one.

 

Me too

Oh well, at least he has come around

 

PMSL... well I bet we've all been in that sort of situation about some mod or other over the years Fair play Duncan

 

Bought a to my face reading that, good one Duncan

Banny

 

lmfao.. you took some persuading though!

Simon

 

out of interest, what size is the compressor outlet on the 321's?

and is the V in the middle of the H & T in size/power?

Steve

 

V is the biggest of the bunch.

 

Broadly speaking:-

H.... c.400
T..... c.450
T+... c.475
V..... c.500

 

I've just had a thought...

I want to get 350/350 and would like to replace my TD05 16g (possibly).

However, that said, if my goals change in the future, then the hassle and expense of keeping changing turbos doesn't really float my boat, so would a MD321H be okay? (it'll easily make 350 as it's a 400 turbo). I'm basically looking to 'future proof' myself with a "one-stop shop" choice of turbo, and the H would seem to bridge the gap nicely between 350 and - possibly, later on - 400.

...BUT... will it still spool about the same - or at worst, a shade slower - as my 16g? Or, being a 400-rated turbo, would it be uneccessarily laggy for only a 350 goal and, therefore, not really recommended?

 

It is a 400 bhp turbo.

As good as it is, it cannot (and nor can any other) spool as quickly as a pint-sized 16g.

For 350 there are plenty of much cheaper options but really depends on what you want to drive. 400bhp is an awful lot - don't forget that.

 

Thanks Duncan - thought that was the case.

I was just hoping it would still do impressively low spool despite it being a 400 turbo, that's all.

I'll rule it out then.

Ta.

 

How quick does the V spool on say a 2.5?

And what sort of boost is it happy running? cheers.

 

I can get 2 bar at 3000 and I have run 2.4 bar through it. Sounds pretty special at that boost I can tell you and the seat feels like it is gonna break off the hinges.

Most of the time I peak at 2 bar and tail to 1.8 top end or run it on lower boost (1.5 bar) to save myself the temptation

 

Hi Joz, to repeat myself, I reckon the H needs a forged motor to give it's best, my std STI is on 390 bhp but this is at 1.5 bar, turbo can easily manage 2 bar.

HTH

dunx

 

Duncan, what rpm do you make peak power and is that on standard STI heads?

 

I do have forged STi 3/4 pistons and STi 9 rods, etc. but still prob not strong enough for 400.

No worries, I'll happily settle for upto 350 (or whatever the TD05H 16g ends up making...).

 

Thought I'd add my results to this thread.

Made 402.5bhp - 359lbft following my map with Simon at SRR Tuesday.

OEM TMIC
MD321T
Forge recirc DV (RED spring and shim)
Fuelab regulator
Walbro 255 fuel pump.
RCM Team Ice 3" with Sports Cat exhaust system.
Lateral 3 bolt headers and up-pipe
Hyperflow cold air feed
V-Power with 100mls of NF
550 Pinks (was at 90% duty)

Steve

 

Steve, get some mapped 650's or 740s in there - you're losing out on that all-important extra c.50bhp that the T can make on a 2.0L AVCS! (or is it only the STi that gets thoses heads?).

Also, is it not advisable to run 450 on the OEM STI v.7 TMIC?

 

the top mount and injectors holding Steve's car back.. well not really holding it back as it is damn quick.. and errrrmmm the injectors were higher than 90%.. but within a safe margin of maxxed!

Simon

 

It's so easy to get 'blase' about 350+ (let alone 400+!) in a relatively light car - especially with turbo delivered 'fat' torque backing it up.

 

Cheers Joz8968, I'm on the case. But in a couple of months. The misses will have my nuts on a plate and feed them to me if I spend anymore money. lol


Simon, sorry matey. As you could tell that day I had eyes like **** holes in the snow due to lack of sleep. I heard you mention the 90% so assumed thats what the injectors were running at.
And your right, it don't half go now. lol

Steve

 

Steve, don't worry about the injectors not pulling their weight - they will be!. Simon would have chosen an appropriate IDC level to what's optimal/safe - and as said, it would be more than 90%.

With mine, for example, Simon set the IDC to 98% which is allegedly still safe, as the variance across all 4 injectors is way less than 2%, in worst case scenarios. So they should never get maxed out, as the 2% is still giving headroom (but also without being over-cautious, therefore otherwise wasting power).

 

There is also a bit of debate as to whether they go static at 100% or whether that IDC includes latency / opening time of the injectors.

 

Brill thread is there any more info people can add?? As i believe there is a newer version of the MD321 realeased soon

 

Really? Where/when did you hear this?

Also, API David told me that Blauch will soon, or already have, a new range of 321-rivalling turbos out...

 

I have recently got myself a MD321T & cant wait for it to go on. Currently have a VF24.