Getting ready to get boosted

Finally have enough to go with forced induction. I just need to know what i need too do to get my Max ready. I have an 97 auto GXE what exactly do i have to do tranny wise. Will a torque converter do the trick or will i have to do that bulletproof lvl. 10 tranny upgrade. Also will i have to upgrade my fuel injectors or will the stock injectors hold up ok. Im not looking to go for a high boost setting yet and im tired of being N/A. Any help would be appreciated.

i'd get new injectors for anything over 6 psi. i saw a kid running 6 psi on stock everything making 267 hp at the wheels. 300zx tt injectors will work too. although i would say to go with a supercharger since you're automatic

is it possible to turbo my auto. On turbomaxima.com they said you could turbo a 95 Max. But i saw nothing about a 97 and up in there. Plus the fact that a turbo max was making more power at 4psi than a supercharged max at 8psi.

Originally posted by Ghost24
is it possible to turbo my auto. On turbomaxima.com they said you could turbo a 95 Max. But i saw nothing about a 97 and up in there. Plus the fact that a turbo max was making more power at 4psi than a supercharged max at 8psi.

Yeah, you can turbo an auto. In fact, in some cases its better(wheelspin,etc.).

Also, a torque converter will do the trick and maybe a Limited Slip Differential.

i doing some research on maxima.org and was looking at some of the nitrous posts. i think im going to do a direct port injected system and hopefully get a 75 to 100 shot. with nitrous alone some of the auto max's were running high 13's which isn't bad. i think this will be easier for right now but don't get me wrong im going to turbo or maybe supercharge it. i wanna hear that BOV.

i hear ya on the nitrous. i would like to get a dry kit and give mine about a 70 shot or so.

I have a question since were talking about turbo'in an auto... if you turbo the auto how exactly does the BOV work. In a manule tran. the BOV gets triggred when the clutch is hit ( i think am i corrrect) but if you have an auto you dont have a clutch what will trigger the BOV. im guessing when it shifts automaticly right?? just wondering cause ive never heard a BOV on an auto befor!! and it it work then im getting one for mine :)

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if ya go to the org, they can prob help ya a lil more than here

Okay i was just kinda spinning around the net and wound up here.
I though i should shed some light on how a turbocharger works and what a BOV does. Especially after reading that post about how the BOV is activated by the clutch.

Okay
when you floor your car the turbo spins up and creates a set amount of boost flowing through the intercooler "if you have one" and into the intake manifold. This creates a max pressure of whatever you have your turbo or supercharger set to. Now comes the BOV otherwise known as a dumpvalve. The second you let off your throttle the butterfly closes making a wall that gives the pressure running into it nowhere to go. So it jolts back down your intake track and back onto the turbine creating wear and slowing it down. A BOV is set between the turbo and the intake manifold to release this excess pressure into the atmosphere and out of your intake track. Making your turbo or supercharger last longer and not lose any boost in the process of shifting. On an automatic however which uses a much quicker and more effective shifting method it is only used to dump the excess boost in the event of a WOT situation where you let off the throttle quickly doing the same thing of making sure none of it reaches your turbine.

There I hope that helps I cant believe the response of that one guy thinking it had something to do with the clutch.

-toddi
P.S
what kind of hp and torque numbers are your turbo engines putting out?
And how many psi do you run?
I could help you run more safely without detonation.
I dont think a whole lot of you arnt aware how to build a good turbo engine.

4psi=267fwhp
7psi=295fwhp
11psi=355fwhp

Roughly.

just a question, has anyone ran a nitrous and turbo/supercharger combo. If so what kind of numbers are you putting out. Could you get into the 12's with this combo. My goal is to have my Max be able to beat my friends SS camaro.

yeah that'll get you 12's

oops ya i ment something like that with the release of the trottle. and the excess pressure getts pushed outa the BOV. just wasent sure how the auto did it... who ever said i was an expert.
but thankx for the clear up todd :finger:



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Originally posted by toddipoo
Okay i was just kinda spinning around the net and wound up here.
I though i should shed some light on how a turbocharger works and what a BOV does. Especially after reading that post about how the BOV is activated by the clutch.

Okay
when you floor your car the turbo spins up and creates a set amount of boost flowing through the intercooler "if you have one" and into the intake manifold. This creates a max pressure of whatever you have your turbo or supercharger set to. Now comes the BOV otherwise known as a dumpvalve. The second you let off your throttle the butterfly closes making a wall that gives the pressure running into it nowhere to go. So it jolts back down your intake track and back onto the turbine creating wear and slowing it down. A BOV is set between the turbo and the intake manifold to release this excess pressure into the atmosphere and out of your intake track. Making your turbo or supercharger last longer and not lose any boost in the process of shifting. On an automatic however which uses a much quicker and more effective shifting method it is only used to dump the excess boost in the event of a WOT situation where you let off the throttle quickly doing the same thing of making sure none of it reaches your turbine.

There I hope that helps I cant believe the response of that one guy thinking it had something to do with the clutch.

-toddi
P.S
what kind of hp and torque numbers are your turbo engines putting out?
And how many psi do you run?
I could help you run more safely without detonation.
I dont think a whole lot of you arnt aware how to build a good turbo engine.

Thanks newbie......

FLAME THE NEWBIE :flamer: