{"id":705,"date":"2010-10-09T15:05:45","date_gmt":"2010-10-09T22:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/specialtyz.com\/blog\/?p=705"},"modified":"2013-09-15T14:59:01","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T21:59:01","slug":"melissa-drifts-godspeed-turbos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.specialtyz.com\/?p=705","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Drifts & Godspeed Turbos"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve known Miss Melissa for a few years now and she’s been a die hard drifter ever since she had the opportunity to try it herself.\u00a0 There’s a good chance you’ll see her if you frequent the drift circuits like Irwindale in SoCal.\u00a0 Her poor car has seen alot of abuse but it just keeps going.\u00a0 She sent me a text one day out of the blue if we would install a pair of turbos on her car.\u00a0 I kept an open mind and knew something like this undertaking was opening a can of worms.\u00a0 Its not as simple as one may think, throw some turbos on and your done.\u00a0 Doesn’t really work that way most of the time.\u00a0 Melissa’s Z32 is pretty stockish in the performance department.\u00a0 It packs a JWT Single POP, Boost Jets, JWT ECU, Stock Fuel Injectors, Genie Catback, SZ Clutch & Flywheel.\u00a0 That’s it for mods.\u00a0 So when she asked about upgrading turbos we scratched our heads.\u00a0 There was plenty more to do before she truly maxed the stock turbos potential.\u00a0 For those who missed it, this is the pride and joy (click me).<\/a><\/p>\n

Godspeed hooked her up with a pair of their new turbos and intercoolers.\u00a0 Our opportunity to see what cheap Chinese made turbos look & perform.\u00a0 Chinese parts\\copies have taken over our market by storm.\u00a0 Its amazing that the consumer will buy the cheapest option, thinking only with their pocketbooks.\u00a0 Anyways that’s enough of ranting, I can go on and on and on and on and on……..<\/p>\n

To simplify things and minimize the can of worms we opted to install the turbos with the engine in the chassis.<\/p>\n

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Specs direct from Godspeed:<\/p>\n

Compressor Trim 60 Exhaust Trim 63
\nIntake side inducer 46.48
\nIntake side exducer 60
\nExhaust side inducer 53
\nExhaust side exducer 47.12
\nInternal wastegate set at : 12 psi<\/em><\/p>\n

We found that the wastegates were totally off.\u00a0 One opened at 5 psi the other at 9 psi.\u00a0 We set them for 13-ish psi.\u00a0 Keeping in mind Melissa has no boost controller.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Dual port actuator is included.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It’s “hot” side.\u00a0 4-Bolt housing.\u00a0 Much larger housing than stock though.\u00a0 Turbine wheel is a good size.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The “cold” side.\u00a0 You’ll notice that the inlets and outlets are cast made to fit the Z32 configuration.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Turbo Manufacturer (JiaMu).\u00a0 A quick Google search brings up some diesel truckers experiences with them.\u00a0 Let’s hope they last for Melissa’s sake.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Stock cold side on the left, Godspeed on the right.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Stock hot side on the left, Godspeed on the right.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Melissa’s Z32, checkout her site when you have the opportunity @ www.melissadrifts.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The results:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This isn’t a straight apples to apples comparison as you can see the boost levels were different along with supporting mods.\u00a0 11 psi on the stock turbos, 13-14 psi on the Godspeed.\u00a0 The Godspeed turbos also received a help from their intercoolers along with some down pipes & test pipes.\u00a0 So I wouldn’t go off this graph.\u00a0 This is just to show the difference on how the car ended up.\u00a0 287 whp on stock turbos, stock pre-cats & cat pipes, and stock intercoolers.\u00a0 341 whp on Godspeed turbos, intercoolers, down pipes, test pipes, and higher boost.\u00a0 Just so we’re clear on differences.\u00a0 No tuning was performed and the factory injectors are still performing fueling duties.\u00a0 This power level is easily attainable on stock turbos as most already know.<\/p>\n

We wish you the best in luck with your drifting quest Melissa, and let us know how the turbos hold up.\u00a0 At least now she’ll be able to smoke the tires more effortlessly through the drift.\u00a0 Rock on.<\/p>\n

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We’ve known Miss Melissa for a few years now and she’s been a die hard drifter ever since she had the opportunity to try it herself.\u00a0 There’s a good chance you’ll see her if you frequent the drift circuits like Irwindale in SoCal.\u00a0 Her poor car has seen alot of abuse but it just keeps […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3,1,4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-300zx-z32","category-dyno","category-general","category-new-products","category-racing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t