Texx
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Since my manifold has near enough shat itself beyond repair, I've been trying to decide the best way to rectify the situation. Do I port out my stock manifold and just keep that on the car or do I spend money on another aftermarket manifold that's just another simple replacement for what I've already got? Both of these options seem to me to be a pointless exercise apart from curing the extreme exhaust leak. So the next obvious choice would be to change to a TD04 set up, however I'm not so sure it'll provide what I want?
I'm not interested in drag racing the thing or driving around everywhere flat out and I'm not really interested in chasing any phallus enhancing power figures. What I am interested in though is maintaining some of the response that the stock CT9 delivers, but maybe sacrifice a little from lower in the rev range for a bit more grunt further up. I want the car to drive well on the road and not have to work at it to get it going. I don't want a set up that can't provide boost when I open the throttle in 5th gear when on the motorway, if I need to drop a gear to get going then I've made the wrong choice.
So if a TD04 set up cannot provide what I want, then the next obvious option would be some form of Hybrid CT9 set up. After looking at the range of available options, the Tong Turbos TD12 appears to be a promising candidate as an alternative. However this then begs to question as to whether a Hybrid CT9 will realistically provide a sufficient gain in performance over the stock CT9 to warrant the price tag? So maybe I'd be better off keeping the stock CT9 and buying another basic aftermarket manifold to replace the one that's falling apart?
I'll likely be replacing the stock management with the Haltech Platinum Sprint 500 ECU. It's list of features, seemingly well designed 'ECU Manager' software and price tag makes it the main contender, although I still haven't ruled out using a Megasquirt based set up. Either way I should have the potential to support whichever turbo option I opt for.
So do I go for an externally gated TD04 set up or a Hybrid CT set up using a WEPR externally gated power up kit?
Or can the stock CT9 provide me with what I want? Boost is currently set at 0.8bar with the stock ECU, at 1bar with better management maybe I'll get what I'm looking for?
What are the pros and cons of your set up?
TD04 users, do you miss any of the response you had from the stock CT9 or previous hybrid?
Hybrid CT9 users, do you honestly believe you made the right decision to stay with a CT9 based set up?
I'm not interested in drag racing the thing or driving around everywhere flat out and I'm not really interested in chasing any phallus enhancing power figures. What I am interested in though is maintaining some of the response that the stock CT9 delivers, but maybe sacrifice a little from lower in the rev range for a bit more grunt further up. I want the car to drive well on the road and not have to work at it to get it going. I don't want a set up that can't provide boost when I open the throttle in 5th gear when on the motorway, if I need to drop a gear to get going then I've made the wrong choice.
So if a TD04 set up cannot provide what I want, then the next obvious option would be some form of Hybrid CT9 set up. After looking at the range of available options, the Tong Turbos TD12 appears to be a promising candidate as an alternative. However this then begs to question as to whether a Hybrid CT9 will realistically provide a sufficient gain in performance over the stock CT9 to warrant the price tag? So maybe I'd be better off keeping the stock CT9 and buying another basic aftermarket manifold to replace the one that's falling apart?
I'll likely be replacing the stock management with the Haltech Platinum Sprint 500 ECU. It's list of features, seemingly well designed 'ECU Manager' software and price tag makes it the main contender, although I still haven't ruled out using a Megasquirt based set up. Either way I should have the potential to support whichever turbo option I opt for.
So do I go for an externally gated TD04 set up or a Hybrid CT set up using a WEPR externally gated power up kit?
Or can the stock CT9 provide me with what I want? Boost is currently set at 0.8bar with the stock ECU, at 1bar with better management maybe I'll get what I'm looking for?
What are the pros and cons of your set up?
TD04 users, do you miss any of the response you had from the stock CT9 or previous hybrid?
Hybrid CT9 users, do you honestly believe you made the right decision to stay with a CT9 based set up?