t3 on a 998???
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well basically as title will it work? i have a few bits kicing about such as a 12g295, plenham and a complete t3 but would it be worth putting it on such a small engine?

any input welcome

It will work, but an educated guess tells me that it may as well be N/A until you hit over 5000rpm.

I guess you could always keep the compression high and the boost low to give it a bit of a power hike at high rpm's?

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Unless your hillclimbing or sprinting it, don't bother with a T3.

see thats what im thinking, anyone know what revs it may kick in at for sure then?

I believe the best qualified people to comment with be wil & ben. I'm not certain but I think they used a T3 on their hillclimber.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

We did use a T3 on the hillclimber and I would not advise it on a road car. The power came in with such a bang and at such high revs that it was not great.

I am sure Wil has a print of the power graph somwhere, but not much below 4k and then all done by 6k. This could be improved, but we decided that a different turbo was a better place to start development.

http://www.twin-turbo.co.uk
http://www.hillclimbandsprint.co.uk/default.asp

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Here is a RR comparison of the T3, T2 and GT1752 on the twins hillclimber

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=164482

On 12th Nov, 2009 Paul S said:

I think Gary OS has taken over my role as the forum smart arse

It actually looks on that graph that the T3 and GT17 are comparable in boost threshold, but the T3 was a lot worse to drive.

Also the T2 on that graph was improved massively by modofing the exhaust elbow and manifold.

I would not recommend fitting a T3 or a GT17 for roaduse on a 998 other than for a laugh.

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

Hmm we were considering putting the gt17 on the efi 998 to replace the t2.

I guess we won't know what it's like on a road going car until we try...

Wil..

1275 N/A Sprite, 998 T2 Turbo Mayfair
1275 EFi Turbo

I had blended the adapter plate to the shape of the Metro manifold, but this leaves it very narrow on the two outside bores.

I basically took a grinder to the seperators in the manifold to open it all out.

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

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i think i ran around 115 to 125 lb/ft for ages with no probs paul.

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

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I have a feeling that if you stuck the T2 turbine on the 17 comp then you'd run into surge.

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph