The car runs perfectly now, but is not at its full power potential. Estimated power levels as the car stands now is probably around 200-215 awhp.
#Turbo flutter install#
All that needs to be done is to install an EVO 8 MAF and have it retuned. This car is currently about $500 away from making a consistent and reliable 300HP. This would likely be an easy repair for a professional. See pictures for details. Due to age and probably heat, it has begun to peel up on the passenger side.
The only real issue in the cabin is the dash pad. I redid the headliner with a heavier vinyl when I bought the car. The steering wheel retains its leather wrapping and has no discoloration or tears. The rear seat is immaculate and appears to have never been used. The carpet and front seats are very, very clean with no holes or significant stains. The interior of the car is also a 9 out of 10. There is only one mark on the car from any kind of "accident." Just behind the left-rear wheel there is a quarter sized scrape from me backing into a curved retaining wall. There are knicks and dings from normal driving, however, this is to be expected from any 22-year-old car! Paint on the door mirrors is beginning to fade due to them being plastic. The exterior of this car is an 9 out of 10, especially for DSM standards. This Laser has lived the majority of its life under a carport and it shows. This is exactly what happened with my car. All 1st generation DSMs were notorious for leaking capacitors within the ECUs. When I purchased the car it was in very good cosmetic shape but had a few mechanical issues. All of these miles are original and there is no indication of any rollback whatsoever. The husband then drove it on the weekends until they decided to sell it.
#Turbo flutter manual#
The wife had driven it for a while then got tired of the manual transmission. VERY LOW ORIGINAL MILES! The owners before me were an older couple. When I purchased the car, I became the third owner at 57,042 miles. In the years to come they began showing up in the used car market and for a relatively small amount you could have the platform for a great, FAST, weekend warrior! Costing over $16,000 new in 1992, they were the hot ticket for those looking for a thrill. Not many were made and production was actually halted mid way through the 1994 production year. By far the rarest of these was the Plymouth Laser AWD Turbo. They all came in front wheel drive and all wheel drive layouts, manual or automatic, and turbo or non-turbo. The respective models were the Mitsubishi Eclipse, Eagle Talon, and the Plymouth Laser. Ever since high school these machines have fascinated me.īeginning in the early 1990s, Diamond Star Motors (DSM) began producing a car that was available from three different brands: Mitsubishi, Eagle, and Plymouth. I knew from the moment I saw it that I had to have this car. I bought this car in May, 2010 while working as the Used Car Manager at a local dealership. I am commissioning in the Army in May and need to have a more utilitarian vehicle that can take me cross-country along with a lot of my personal belongings. I know I'm leaving out the thermodynamics, exhaust expansion, and pressure optimization stuff, but, I didn't want to add confusion.I would first like to say that I am very sad to have to sell this car. So throwing a stock map on it will probably cause more "flutter" noise. The less boost you want to run, the more the wastegate works to bypass the turbo. So why does this cause your wastegate to flutter? Freer flowing exhaust lets the turbo "spool up" faster, so the wastegate needs to work more to keep the turbo spinning at the right speed to make the boost you want.Ĭhanging your tune probably won't affect your wastegate the way you think it will. It's not exactly the same (backwards, but similar), but I hope that covers the basic idea in a visual way.
A wastegate is like having a hole in the straw/hose that you can open and close to limit the air going to the pinwheel, let's say by covering the hole with your finger for example. If you blow on it through a piece of garden hose, you can get it spinning more quickly because more air can flow over it faster. If you try blowing through a straw at a pinwheel, you can get it spinning, but it takes effort. The turbine (the exhaust side of the turbo) is like a pinwheel. With a smaller exhaust, pressure builds up behind the turbo slowing down the exhaust gasses and how fast the turbine spins. The faster the turbine spins, the more boost pressure is created on the compressor side. Your freer flowing exhaust piping allows exhaust gases to exit the turbo faster.
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