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50 trim installed, finally!

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sarge

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I picked up one of the Precision turbo SCM 50 trim turbos about 2 months ago (the one rated for 450hp). Jay and matt (if you are in the carolinadsm club you have probably met these two guys) were kind enough to install my turbo on christmas day. the 50 trim replaced my frank Jr. 17c turbo. The 17c was a pretty good turbo, but I decided I wanted to go to something bigger.

Well, later on christmas day i picked the car up. Boost was set at 12psi, and it was incredibly strong there, roughly like 17-19psi on the 17c. Several days after that i messed around with the wastegate actuator arm and got the base boost level up to 15psi. 15psi on this thing is fast. About as fast as the supercharged roush stage 3 mustang. I happened to run into one on the highway about a week ago, and from 60-140mph, he had less than 2 cars on me. Later I talked to the guy and his mustang put down 328.8whp, and ran the 1/8th mile in 8.07, so I am guessing that my car is making somewhere close to 300whp. Thats just a rough guess though.

The pte 50 trim w/.63 ar is an excellent turbo. I have this in conjunction with the dejon tool 3 inch intake. I can hit full boost in 2nd gear at less than 4000rpm, and in gears 3-5, it hits full boost by about 3600-3700rpm. Very impressive for a turbo that size i think. Currently its pretty untuned. I took the SAFC settings for a big 16g equipped car and 550's and FMIC from RRE, and just added several % more fuel in the 4-7500rpm range. EGT's peak at about 850C on runs from 0-120mph. I was planning on on having the car dyno tuned at 17-18psi, but my car started to burn more oil than usual (valve stem seals are starting to go, 120k miles on them). So instead I will have the head rebuilt on my car, then probably in the summer get it dynotuned after the head rebuild. Or, if you guys think that dynotuning will still be effective on a car that has bad valve stem seals/guides i may go ahead and have it done.

I didn't see any good reviews of these turbos, so I figured I would write one. Tell me what you guys think!
 
i enjoy my 50trim, though i got a port and clipped at 15* thrown on for the hell of it. I'm running 15psi as of now, and took out the 660s, in swap for the stockeys until i can get a Afpr. I've got tuning to do but it pulls like a mofo. This is with the injen intake, stock o2 unported, and no tuning. :)
 
Originally posted by PokinatchaPunk
This may be a little retarded but I plan on getting one of these and just want to check out the benefits of getting it either internal or externally gated.... :|

External.

Accurate boost control, better spool response zero chance of creep at lower boost levels. To name just a few.

Internal.

Price, and works about as well as a external when running high boost levels 20 psi+ with propper preload in the actuator arm and flapper.
 
I've been running my 50 trim for about a week now. unported/unclipped, and this thing runs and pulls like a dream. I can't wait to get this thing tuned. :D
 
That's sick bro.

Hope you have fun with that new turbo, I know I would.
 
Are all you 50 trim'rs daily driven? Any complaints or comments about the 50 trim on the street?
 
Hey GSntncT if you ever wanna give out rides in your car, let me know:thumb: I'd like to see how a 50trim pulls.
 
Originally posted by jake98gst
Are all you 50 trim'rs daily driven? Any complaints or comments about the 50 trim on the street?

Mine is daily driven. Love it. Spool up response is great 21psi by 3600 in 2nd or 3rd. 4th at about 3900. At 3200 it's at 15spi. 15psi with this turbo is pretty good.:thumb:
 
Originally posted by 44pirate
Mine is daily driven. Love it. Spool up response is great 21psi by 3600 in 2nd or 3rd. 4th at about 3900. At 3200 it's at 15spi. 15psi with this turbo is pretty good.:thumb:


mine is driven daily, its like driving an older porsche turbo, thats the feel of it
 
Originally posted by IMMORTALSPYDER
Hey GSntncT if you ever wanna give out rides in your car, let me know:thumb: I'd like to see how a 50trim pulls.

No problem bro. :)

Mine I also drive daily. The low rpm pull, and the top end is more than I could have ever imagined......I guess this is why my B16G is so hard to sell now. :)
 
Originally posted by GSntncT
No problem bro. :)

Mine I also drive daily. The low rpm pull, and the top end is more than I could have ever imagined......I guess this is why my B16G is so hard to sell now. :)


LOL, i hope i can get some 660s for my 17c, i would call that an even trade :D
 
Originally posted by sarge
LOL, i hope i can get some 660s for my 17c, i would call that an even trade :D
Have you listed it in the handy-dandy classifieds?

;)


BTW, I have ridden in Chris' car, and the 50trim pulls like crazy.
 
Originally posted by LandoAWD
Have you listed it in the handy-dandy classifieds?

;)


BTW, I have ridden in Chris' car, and the 50trim pulls like crazy.

LOL i havent yet, i ordered the 7cm gasket to replace the temporary 6cm turbine gasket thats between the exhaust manifold and the turbo, i will have to give you a ride when its replaced with the right one. if RRE gets it here before friday i should have it in. I think that will help it spool quite a bit faster :thumb:
 
Originally posted by GSntncT
No problem bro. :)

Mine I also drive daily. The low rpm pull, and the top end is more than I could have ever imagined......I guess this is why my B16G is so hard to sell now. :)

What about it makes the b16g hard to sell?
Andrew
 
It doesn't suck......it's just not the super huger turbo that everyone love.
 
Originally posted by AL92
I just got my new polished AGPRS49 in the mail yesterday.It looks like a nice piece.I cheaped out and went with internal gate so see how it works with my evo non ported o2.

I was running like 20psi on my 14b the other day and it seemed fine.
So hopefully it will also be fine running the 50 trim.

Be a few weeks likely before I can get the turbo on my car and can maybe give a review on it.

I have a little problem with a rear wheel bearing that went bad and wrecked my trailing arm,stubby axle and flange and caliper and bracket.:(


20psi on a 14b is nothing like 20psi on a 50 trim.
 
i ported out my 02 (port matched it, took 7hrs to do) about 3 weeks ago and so far i think it spools a bit quicker, but once it starts spooling, it definately hits max boost faster than before. so if you still run a stock o2, do this!

i'm gonna rebuild my head this summer and swap in some hks 272 cams as well as a 1g TB

wish me luck
 
hahah, this thread is still alive.

whats up sarge..same euphoric from csi :)

Im thinking of by passing the 50 trim and just going with an sc61(gt40 comp wheel in there :) ) ala honda stylz ;) :D


spoolage should be roughly the same too(just a tad slower for the 61)

currently am checking out whats needed since I really ahvent done so yet(although I have an idea ;) )
 
Originally posted by Euphoric
hahah, this thread is still alive.

whats up sarge..same euphoric from csi :)

Im thinking of by passing the 50 trim and just going with an sc61(gt40 comp wheel in there :) ) ala honda stylz ;) :D


spoolage should be roughly the same too(just a tad slower for the 61)

currently am checking out whats needed since I really ahvent done so yet(although I have an idea ;) )


cool man, when did you pick up a dsm?
 
Anybody have any experience with this 50 trim on an Auto GSX..with supporting mods?
How is it for daily driving arround town and at higher speeds, say 55 and higher..
I dream of the day I get to install one of those monsters on my baby (if it ever happens)
 
great thread. after reading all the post, comments, reviews i made up my mind. now that my 14b took a $hit. the 50 trim will be my next upgrade along with a few other goodies :D
 
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