Hi Dean, yeah been making a deck, looking after the kid etc. As for the car going great guns, runs like a dream. The only issue and it has been this way from the start is the power vs torque steer problem. If I really give some stick she's all over the place. I was behind this Commonwhore ute and could have been up his arse but had to take foot off pedal to bring her back under control. That will be my next big effort to sort out steering and suspension (But have a feeling there ain't much that can be done). Oh and tyres, all gone in 4 months (may be my driving don't know?). But overall very happy and get lots of nods, waves and talks at the lights when they see the front mount intercooler .

The next thing is a SAFC II to sort out the very rich running, oh also my neighbour over the back fence decided to inform me that he was ex head mechanic for Minardi in Fomula 3000 in Europe!!! So he has raised his hand to install it when I get or to install a full aftermarket when I get it...

Also had a great time at Summernats lots of interest and saw a few Ausminiers there too.

Cheers

Matt

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225hp atw on 14psi. 1/4 Mile no idea. Take one 1971 Mini Clubman, one Starlet GT Halfcut, Simmer over a warm MIG Welder, and Voila Minstar! www.mpdesign.id.au

Hi fellas....chatting to a friend today who buys and sells...he just got rid of little Starlet with rear end damage....are all little Starlet thingies injected and only some Turbo'd?? I will get him to keep an eye out for Suzis as well

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Oz Starlets were all NA, injected- no turbos.

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Hi Matt et al,

With the three big builds now dynoed, here is the results....

MiniMad: 150 fwhp @ 12psi

Minstar: 170 fwhp @ 12 psi

Bigbad: 202 fwhp @ 12psi

Just goes to show you that you dont need to spend bug bucks to get big hp (but sometimes it does help!)

I just thought I would compare them as they are all running at 12 psi.

Cheers,
Tricky

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2 and 6 are close together on the keyboard

he must have HUGE fingers!

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Thanks for pointing that out gents.

What I meant to say..............ahh forget it, I've fixed it now!!

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Is the KKR a bigger turbo than the IHI TDO4L?

Mine peaked at 160ish on a ramp up run to 13psi, but on it's own the wastegate on my turbo will only hold 7psi so we're bleeding it to atmo to make more boost and it wont hold more than 12...but we'll sort something out.

When does boost hit on your car matt? mine doesn't seem to have any lag at all it's very instant power..will get a graph on sunday

I am also getting a bit of blow by from the rocker cover..motor has covered 152,000km..

Awesome figure matt

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Starlet Conversion:
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15484

Umm hard to say I get the feeling the KKR 280 is about the same as a Garrett GT25 in fact it looks almost identical and bolts up to G/T25 flange. I have seen a TD04 up close and it was considerably bigger IMHO. But given that it is designed for a 2-2.5L you'd expect that.

Minimad here's a photo of (me praying to) the new KKR if that helps. Also can't rave about these KKR more, really good honest turbo for about half the price of a garrett equivalent.



Yeah the turbo starts to hiss at 3 and you get the kick in the pants at about 3750 - 4000. I think this has to do with the length of my manifold runners possibly. Longer runners later onset. Also Minimad install one of those turbotech boost valves as because the only open once you reach your desired boost level the boost comes on a lot quicker (as opposed to the standard which starts to bleed early on meaning a longer period to full boost if that makes sense at all).

Also Minimad sorry to hear about the blow by that sucks...

Dean's lucky because he has strengthened the internals he can start running high boost unfortunately with stock internals I believe 180atw bhp is about the limit if you don't want the engine going bang. It pulled 186atw on 15psi. But I wound it back to 12 for that reason. Also it is running 10:1 AFR on boost and the guys who dynoed it said it may get a few more ponies especially in midrange if I bring that back to 11.8 or 12:1. So that's the next pursuit...Can we have another dyno day I completely missed the info for the last one...

Thanks for the interest. Cheers M.

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225hp atw on 14psi. 1/4 Mile no idea. Take one 1971 Mini Clubman, one Starlet GT Halfcut, Simmer over a warm MIG Welder, and Voila Minstar! www.mpdesign.id.au

Hi Josh,

You will probably find that the TD04L is slightly larger than the KKR, and is designed for an engine with slightly more cc (like WRX eh?). So the larger displacement engine pumps more air into the turbine housing which the turbine wheel can use more efficiently

This would mean that it would most likely spool later, and develop its peak hp further up the rev range, a thing that you cant do with stock internals. So, if you went to 7500 rpm, then it may pull the same figures (and more) than the KKR, while at 6800 rpm the KKR has maxed and the TD04L has only just got started.

We need graphs to be able to see the difference in how they perform, not just numbers.

Bloody good start though - from both cars!

Cheers,
Tricky

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Well done Matt...sounds like minstar is a beast....thinking out aloud about your stock internals concerns....I wonder if the engine is way, way less stressed because:

a. you have less weight to push off the line than the Starlet, and

b. the smaller wheels will tend to break traction before you get the engine-breaking bite that larger wheels and tires with more weight over them

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What injectors are you using to still be running rich at 170hp?

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1998 Toyota starlet.....161.1hp atw

Hi All,

Yeah No More, that occurred to me about the injectors, I was always of the opinion that they were stock but to be runing 10 AFR on boost makes me wonder and as you say at 170 an it was no different when I took her up to 186, the loom did contain a fuel cut and speed cut defencers wired in when I got her so maybe they ain't stock injectors as I would have thought that these would have been running almost 100 duty cycle to achieve that.

Also Andrew, I actually bought a TD04 with a view to putting it on the Starlet but first took one look at it and saw it was way too big and plus trial fitted at the front and it stuck out to buggery. As for the KKR 280 this has been tested on a C18DET and was still boosting quite happily to redline on 15psi. Given that it really doesn't mumbo till 4 would indicate that it takes a decent amount of huff to get it going from a 1.3L.

Cheers

Matt

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225hp atw on 14psi. 1/4 Mile no idea. Take one 1971 Mini Clubman, one Starlet GT Halfcut, Simmer over a warm MIG Welder, and Voila Minstar! www.mpdesign.id.au

FYI

http://autospeed.drive.com.au/cms/A_010 ... larArticle

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