The UPS god finally arrived with the Forced Performance 3065 turbo

The polished version costs 200 more, not worth it...IMO
It has V-bands for the Tial 44mm wastegate and downpipe. The custom stainless steel housing is one of the best features..along with the Garrett GT30 cartridge

I just dropped it off at TorqueFreaks with the flange for the manifold. The long part is waiting for the manifold to get built...

you can enlarge the pictures here:
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/704821/3

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Scott
90' GSX, 06' Effo SSL

(parting out 95 GS)

:eek
ooo man sexy imo

Boca Raton, Florida
95 Eclipse GS- sold
99 Eclipse GSX- 386awhp
98 Eclipse GS- sold
92 Prelude

good god.

that is all.

I eat emo kids for breakfast

1995 Eagle Talon (SOLD)
72' SuperBeetle
72' Standard Beetle
56' Deluxe Beetle

Nice. How many pounds are you going to push?

I'm jealous It sure is nice.

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Kon C

"Sometimes, a man has to do what a man has to do."

That was originaly going to be my turbo for this stage...im going to hold off till mid year to get one...

Either that or go with a nice nitrous shot to acheive my goal

vote for your choice of body style for Bluie!! http://www.cardomain.com/id/bluemooneclipse

Ooooooooooh...... aaaaaaahhh....

Joel Baldridge, ASE Certified Master Technician, Audi Certified Expert Technician

VERY nice

say bye bye to traction

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98 Silver Eclipse RS ATX
CAI, header, bored TB, Apex N1, Pro-kit/Tokico combo, custom lower tie bars, cross drilled/slotted rotors

those pictures give me a funny feeling in my pantaloons...

Damn that looks extremely nice and professional. Why couldn't we get that from Hahn... V-clamps and all in the beginning...

-K-

because my friend thats a 1300 dollar turbo

If it would include a turbo like that the price of your kit would be at least 700 dollars more (and thats a top end turbo...it does not fit everyones need)

vote for your choice of body style for Bluie!! http://www.cardomain.com/id/bluemooneclipse

WOAH...very jealous..

1998 GS
Mods: Cold air intake, Ported/polished stock intake manifold, AFX 55mm TB, Pacesetter header,
Custom Magnaflow cat-back exhaust system, AFX Underdrive pulley,
B&M short throw shifter(cut/welded), Symborski Shift Kit, Solid front motor mount, Monster ground wire kit.

Status: Finally up and running!

damn so the wastegate stems right off of the turbine housing.. weird

FS: 2.5" Test Pipe 25 shipped

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Scott
90' GSX, 06' Effo SSL

(parting out 95 GS)

I really couldnt see to understand. Gimme a quick 101 on how these clamps work. Im assuming there cupped like a V, but how do they fasten? Do they tighten like a hose clamp or what. Also, gimme a pick on how the DP flange looks. Is it just a tapered ring or something. Sorry for the questions, lol, Ive just never seen one.
By the way, that is a really pretty turbo. Nice pick man.

Originally posted by DJ420a
I really couldnt see to understand. Gimme a quick 101 on how these clamps work. Im assuming there cupped like a V, but how do they fasten? Do they tighten like a hose clamp or what. Also, gimme a pick on how the DP flange looks. Is it just a tapered ring or something. Sorry for the questions, lol, Ive just never seen one. By the way, that is a really pretty turbo. Nice pick man.

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Scott
90' GSX, 06' Effo SSL

(parting out 95 GS)

Welcome to the Family....I hope everything works out for you with this project.

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Jerrome B.
1995 GSX - Race
1997 GST - Drive
1995 GST - Who the hell knows

V-band clamp:

Holy crap!!! Stainless steel, i've been waiting for someone to use this on a turbo (mite be others out there, jus havent seen em). Iron is crap. Stainless steel can resist over 150 degrees more heat, is lighter, twice as strong, and doesn't rust (someone whos been in metalurgy as long as i have has to know these things). Why is using stainless a new concept for a turbo? Price maybe?

Stainless is nice, but it isn't all that heat resistant... It is a lot less thermally conductive.

I would rather see them use an Inconel, maybe 625, but that would add a bit to the price.

1750 degrees isn't heat resistant enuff for you...lol...i've heating a simple piece of 2 diamter stainless to 2300 on accident in a heat stress, took the insulation off and you could see straight through the pipe, but it never bent nor melted. I'd say that heat resistant enuff. You'll never get tht housing that hot, i dont care if ya runnin 1000 horsepower turbo.

Well, it does depend on the alloy, mostly, but wouldn't inconel be more fun?

i can agree wit that..fun

Boca Raton, Florida
95 Eclipse GS- sold
99 Eclipse GSX- 386awhp
98 Eclipse GS- sold
92 Prelude

That turbo is very nice indeed.

But to answer some questions... Outside of tooling cost and other operations to actually cast or mill stainless steel, the stainless in general contains a higher thermal expansion rate than iron. because of this it is much easier to develop hairline stress fractures from the expansion and contraction as it heats and cools with repeat usage. This may be a reason why there aren't a ton on the market today. To help get around that a higher quality 321 or even a low carbon 304 or 316 could be used with a thicker wall. However in real world scenarios it may not make sense because stainless steel prices have gone through the roof. Anything over the "industry" standard T304 and SUS304 have nearly doubled in cost. As for iconel, it averages out to being four times the cost of stainless and double the cost of titanium. Either of those would be great, but instead of a high quality $1300 stainless housing, try getting something like that for less than $5000. The FP turbo looks well thought out and already carries a great reputation, this thing should kick ass for you. Enjoy!




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