T3 turbo, how soon am I gonna run out of breathe?

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sommmatt
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Hey all. So I've got a super basic T3, 60 trim, .48 A/R. Just wondering from anyone's experience with similar or smaller set ups, how soon do you think this will run out of breathe on a KA? I'm fairly sure it's going to spool up nice and quick, but I do want something that can pull right to the redline (SOHC KA redline is 6400ish). Any thoughts?

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Your problem is that exhaust housing, its to small. When coupled with the smaller t3 turbine you'v got a very restrictive turbo for a Ka. The compressor itself is good till about 300 hp and 20 psi. However, if you go for that boost level your drive pressures(turbo 'back pressure') are going to be way to high. This is going to destroy your turbo after a while.

You can use it as a lower boost turbo but again, it might choke the engine out at higher RPMs.

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Good turbo for a low lag setup and 15psi With a decent tune you can get 350 to the wheels

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sommmatt
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Took me a while but thanks for the answers guys.


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