I agree, I think the K24 will be much more suitible for the track/sprint with its midrange grunt, it's also still sufficient higher up. The enjoyment is the surge of torque pulling you out of the corners, this will be less noticeable with the power shifted up the range using a TD04. This will change your driving style completely and take away the fun from the car you've built. And if you want to shift the power up the range then the 4EFTE is the wrong engine to start with!
I think you're making the wrong decision about your car, and for your use 200bhp and very good torque with the K24 will be better than a TD04 at any power for sprint use.
A more agressive cam will make this more noticeable, as would a larger throttle body.
Must be a pretty poor GT. They are feared here. I couldn't get a Evolution IV to race me if I paid. The fastest GTR locally is just milli-seconds off the fastest EP here. Both are 11 seconds cars.I wish my car could match ben's round a track, theres some special about that thing, and as i said im not a 1/4 mile fan and i will never understand the point of it in a fwd car, near stock 4wd car's will out run modded GT's on the 1/4 so thats just my opinion, on track is a different story.
Well today my TD04H arrived and hopefully next week will be putting it on the car so finally will be able to compare these turbos properly power wise, lag, exactly. Mainly I got it to test it out as I was curious to see if the TD04 is better even round corners and not just in straight line speed. Drag wise I think the TD04H will be better but for sprint use I'm still not sure.
Will keep you guys posted as soon as I put this on my car and give you the first impressions compared to the Blitz K24
Also the TD05 arrived but its for another car I'm doin up. Will keep you posted about that aswell
Regards,
Daniel J. Vella
you get to a point and its just useless power on a fwd car, imo that power is about 220-230bhp, anymore and its just pointless
There are 14 different trims of the td04 in wheels alone. Housings are another thing.
Must be a pretty poor GT. They are feared here. I couldn't get a Evolution IV to race me if I paid. The fastest GTR locally is just milli-seconds off the fastest EP here. Both are 11 seconds cars.
Reality check? You just listed a whole load of japanese sheds to back up my point
I don't see one supercar in that list! I know we're on a Toyota forum, but the standard of European cars as a whole today are far better than japanease cars. It's a fact that japanese engines are well built and boast reliability but I'm affraid European cars have caught up and exceeded. (Please don't miss the important word in that paragraph)
The price reflects that. I would consider owning a decent Evo 7 or 8 +, but for not much more I'd rather have an S2 Exige and feel like Superman when I drive to work in the morning.
The amount these guys are spending on their sheds is unreal, I too have fallen into that category and have started to realize that I'm fighting a battle that doesn't exist, not to mention a losing one!
And when it comes to bang for your buck, nothing comes close to a turbocharged Japanese model....and I mean cars LOL
Oh and BTW...I'm sure a CT9 spools faster than a K24..so does that mean it would do better on track? LOL
Reality check? You just listed a whole load of japanese sheds to back up my point
All this banging on about the foreign starlets, most of them haven't got real cars in the country, they just have turbocharged sheds (That includes all the jap cars). So sure they're going to be 'feared' with nothing to race against!
I can do a 12/13 sec 1/4 in a Lotus Exige 1.8 N/A and look good and pull the ladies while I'm at it for the same price