BanSUV, I called Sean with a list of your questions, and they are good ones, here's the skinny,
It's a Garret T-28 same as in the Sylvia.
Compressor sizing he didn't know off the top of his head, I'm sure if we look up the specs for the T-28 that will tell you .
The intercooler is fairly large Sean is going to measure it when he gets home this afternoon. You can see a picture of how it sits at
http://www.rallitek.com/featuredcar.html
As you can see from the picture, only the Syms style strut brace will fit. It has a short pod air intake with K&N style filter.
The kit comes with a highflow cat in the DP and will bolt to the factory flange points at the uppipe and end of the downpipe. So if your hedder sits in the factory flange position it will work.
Duty cycle is 94% with the factory injectors. We do not have figures for higher boost levels. Sean tried to explain some electronic magic the Link does with the Injectors, you'll have to ask him about that. The tubo has an internal wastegate that is controlled by the wastegate actuator itself, no electronic boost control, just 6psi when you want it, which is basically 2300 rpm It can be adjusted between aprox 4-7 psi mechanically. There is no fuel pump, because at the kit's parameters one is not needed. The Link is the Link Plus model. It is pre-mapped and we will offer support with further maps, our dyno is in Portland so you might want a link tuner nearer to you to accomodate your pursuit of more power!. It does not come with the plug in tuner control and cable.

Hope this helps, I'll edit later with the intercooler dimensions.

Hers some link info. From Link website.
http://www.link-electro.co.nz/lem_link_plus.html

Sean would love to help you make a good kit even better, the garret is rated at 320 hp it should be able to get you to 250whp you only need 40 more!

 

sean took me for a ride in his car a few days ago...DAMN!! he has the avo kit in and a couple extras (upgraded clutch and turbo timer) that you will want and maybe need if you drive hard on a regular basis. definately a great setup and worth the money. the strut brace was made by GP motorsports(?) meaning you dont have to source a syms bar to have one that fits. IMO, its a great kit for someone who wants boost but, reliability for a daily driver.
you may wonder about speed so, in the time it took to reach 90 my rs with a weapon R intake would MAYBE have made 55 on my best run.
hope this answers a few questions

 

Im starting to give considerable attention to thinking about getting a job to turbo my 02' RS. I was wonder what I am going to be looking at to spend on internals of the engine to make it very reliable. I have been known to drive my cars hard and put anywhere from 30-35k miles on my car in a single year. I want a turbo system that will not screw up or toast my engine down the road from the compressions and all. To do a proper engine build of the engine is this looking at running me up to $10,000 ? I am a college student and yeah I was able to pull 10 grand out of me **** last time I checked though. Would it be much easier and reliable for the money to get my car up to 250-280ish for the money instead of doing a turbo with engine rebuild ? Thanks for the help or any information anyone has available.

 

Pick up a spare motor as a plan B for if/when yours blows you can put in the spare and take your time rebuilding the orignal motor. Just don't turbo the spare cause you won't have a backup.

 

I'm currently in the process of blowing my motor up. The compresssion is 110 for cylinders 2 and 4, and 180 for cylinders 1 and 3. Makes for a lumpy idle and funky exhaust smell. I used a piggyback fuel computer and boost controller and ran it for about 10,000 miles.....TOAST...

I really wish I would have spent the extra few grand putting a built ej22t motor and standalone engine management in. Lesson learned.

It seems prudent to go as cheap as possible now, but it's worth it to do it right the first time. I only hope everyone here can read this and learn from my mistake.

Imprezzaless for the next 8 months,

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So i take it the top mount on the AVO won't fit with a Cusco OS type strut brace even though it bends to the firewall? Anybody offering a FMIC for GC8 style that isn't one off?

Is AVO Going to offer any other stages or upgrades for people who desire more then the 6psi kit offers?

350 is nice but with an eventual power goal of at least 450 i would like to not have to shell out for a kit and then have to upgrade half the hard turbo parts to accomodate AFTER a costly engine and tranny build just to reach loftier goals...

-DE


Anybody working on 2.5XT or 04STi engine swaps?!?!?!? This seems like the most logical choice but nobody is talking or trying it?

 

ok i am extremely new to this so waht type of engine do i have? i have an 04 2.5 rs.

 

im not claiming to be knowledgable about this but i though i read that pushing injectors to 94% duty cycle was bad/dangerous. do most kits require you to upgrade injectors and fuel pump?

 

Cobb Tuning has some badass engine internal parts for the 2.5 RS (98-04) .

<www.cobbtunning.com/impreza/>

 

I'm new to this discussion, but I'm looking at getting a 98 or 99 2.5 RS and possibly turboing it. I am almost 18, NO I am not your average F&F teenager. I want a very modest boost so I don't blow the thing up during my 1st semester at college. I'd like to run 14.5 -14.0 in the 1/4, is this possible and which kit will suit my purposes best?