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Old 04-15-2011, 04:51 PM
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Yeah its pretty dissapointing. You think BNR should have done the same as on the 2871 and used the upgraded compressor housing on the 2860?
Old 04-15-2011, 04:55 PM
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I guess these turbos arent really living up to their expectations

I think I know the route I'am not going now, sucks to say I think sombody wasted there money

Or... maybe there might be more room to play and might get that 360 I don't know but as of now I don't think so

But once again sorry to hear man
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Originally Posted by iboost
Damn that sucks man. SOrry to hear about this...
No worries dude. Things like this happen with early adopters of new tech. At least you guys have some numbers to base your decisions off now.

I emailed BNR to let him know whats going on. Hopefully we can get this resolved somehow.

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Old 04-15-2011, 06:29 PM
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Ok so we only have dyno numbers from the 2860 and people are jumping ship? I'm going to be posting before and after numbers. My set up right now is:

Stock k04 HPtuned to 25psi with meth, dejon charge pipes w/hks, hahn intake, zzp catless downpipe
Old 04-15-2011, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by iboost
Ok so we only have dyno numbers from the 2860 and people are jumping ship? I'm going to be posting before and after numbers. My set up right now is:

Stock k04 HPtuned to 25psi with meth, dejon charge pipes w/hks, hahn intake, zzp catless downpipe
yea idk why people thought the 2860 was a good idea lol i mean it was basically a k04++ bit more flow and alot more stable/ reliable

the fact that it's somehow choking and not gaining power from 16-22 psi just is weird to me

the 2871 was for gains
Old 04-15-2011, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by elecblue06
yea idk why people thought the 2860 was a good idea lol i mean it was basically a k04++ bit more flow and alot more stable/ reliable

the fact that it's somehow choking and not gaining power from 16-22 psi just is weird to me

the 2871 was for gains
why I looked at it was go big or go home...
Old 04-15-2011, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by iboost
why I looked at it was go big or go home...
srsly why spend money twice.. do it once and turn the boost down.. then when you want more power (which is inevitable) just turn it up .. be more efficient

i mean i understand people not wanting to by all extra parts but really if you're gonna buy a new turbo that bolts up on the exhaust side the least you can do is have it get air in easier
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Originally Posted by elecblue06
srsly why spend money twice.. do it once and turn the boost down.. then when you want more power (which is inevitable) just turn it up .. be more efficient
Well, you've convinced me. I'll just need to figure out how to shoehorn a GT45r in there
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Originally Posted by elecblue06
srsly why spend money twice.. do it once and turn the boost down.. then when you want more power (which is inevitable) just turn it up .. be more efficient

i mean i understand people not wanting to by all extra parts but really if you're gonna buy a new turbo that bolts up on the exhaust side the least you can do is have it get air in easier
Honestly, if the advertised numbers on the 2860 werent so high I would have put money into the 2871. The fact that it was advertised at 360 is what made me get the 2860. That was my goal as far as power was concerned. I never imagined it would max out at 300whp LOL

We still dont have 2871 numbers, and, from what I hear, they arent so great either.
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Originally Posted by cubaniche
Honestly, if the advertised numbers on the 2860 werent so high I would have put money into the 2871. The fact that it was advertised at 360 is what made me get the 2860. That was my goal as far as power was concerned. I never imagined it would max out at 300whp LOL

We still dont have 2871 numbers, and, from what I hear, they arent so great either.
i dont see how you make no more power on 22 psi then you did 16 .. something seems defunct but idk
Old 04-15-2011, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by elecblue06
i dont see how you make no more power on 22 psi then you did 16 .. something seems defunct but idk
That was Bpass when Nick was trying to dyno tune it, but mine would probably do the same. Dont know what to tell ya man.
Old 04-15-2011, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by cubaniche
That was Bpass when Nick was trying to dyno tune it, but mine would probably do the same. Dont know what to tell ya man.
i guess we'll find out when i throw the 2871 on my car lol
Old 04-15-2011, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by elecblue06
i guess we'll find out when i throw the 2871 on my car lol
LOL I sent a certain someone that has it on their car already to see if it truly was a worthwhile upgrade. I may try to negotiate an exchange with BNR. THe 2860 for the 2871.
Old 04-15-2011, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by HHRSSouth
Not me, the stock compressor K04 housing chokes it up top, I've said it numerous times.

Cubaniche, since you basically paid for an upgrade and didn't get one, maybe you can talk Brian @ BNR to give you a 2860 with upgraded compressor housing for free to save face and dyno it.
Thats what Im hoping he will want to try out. I sent an email earlier today with no response as of yet and the weekend is here so I dont expect to hear from him until next week. If I dont, then I will give him a call and see whats up. The ZZP was another idea too but Id have to see about getting a full refund from BNR.
Old 04-16-2011, 01:26 AM
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I'm glad that I'm patient and that you guys are willing to pioneer these sorts of products. You hardcore guys have saved me a lot of money. I'm still waiting on this whole Ethanol tuning thing to get some age, as well. Now I know not to bother with the BNR upgrade.
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Originally Posted by HHRSSouth
Not me, the stock compressor K04 housing chokes it up top, I've said it numerous times.

Cubaniche, since you basically paid for an upgrade and didn't get one, maybe you can talk Brian @ BNR to give you a 2860 with upgraded compressor housing for free to save face and dyno it.

If your gonna spend cash again for a turbo upgrade wait for ZZP's, because by the time you add in BOV cost with a BNR 2871 you could have spent $350-500 more for a true bolt on with dyno results with alot more power.

NO ONE is gonna get to 400whp with the BNR2871, Sure a true GT2871 can achieve right at 400whp, the BNR is not a true GT2871, its a step lower.

If someone with a BNR 2871 wants to prove me wrong, I'm all eyes.

What is very weird is that DDM using the DDM 2871 (BNR2871) had posted a dyno of 371 rwhp on a Solstice/Sky. Either we aren't tuning these correctly or there is something majorily different between there engines and ours (or there dyno is lying). 371rwhp on a Kappa should be 380-390 fwhp on our Deltas.
the problem is with a true 2871 you should be able to hit 450 whp... soo a 50 whp drop mean something is wrong aside from the exhaust housing.. it should hit 400 whp on my car i mean ****.. the stock turbo hit 360 wtrq on 15 psi..
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For those of you who are curious, I have the 2871 and just got to the track tonight. 2.3 60', 12.9 @117mph. According to the DA calculator that would put me around 12.5 and 120mph on the east coast. I wish I had slicks because with a 1.7 60' I might even crack 11s. Anyways, I haven't dynoed it yet but when I get a chance to I will post it then.
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Originally Posted by tglems
For those of you who are curious, I have the 2871 and just got to the track tonight. 2.3 60', 12.9 @117mph. According to the DA calculator that would put me around 12.5 and 120mph on the east coast. I wish I had slicks because with a 1.7 60' I might even crack 11s. Anyways, I haven't dynoed it yet but when I get a chance to I will post it then.
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Originally Posted by cubaniche
Honestly, if the advertised numbers on the 2860 werent so high I would have put money into the 2871. The fact that it was advertised at 360 is what made me get the 2860. That was my goal as far as power was concerned. I never imagined it would max out at 300whp LOL

We still dont have 2871 numbers, and, from what I hear, they arent so great either.
As with others, i respect that you are sort of the pioneer dyno for this upgrade, and what i'm saying is not a shot at you just something to think about.

If BNR is rating the 2860 upgrade at 360 BHP, then applying a typical 12% FWD drive train loss comes to right around 315 whp max. So actually your dyno is pretty damn close to their advertised rating. And there is something to be said about holding steady power to 7k or so if you can. So all in all you are pretty much getting what you paid for right?
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Originally Posted by oldskool
As with others, i respect that you are sort of the pioneer dyno for this upgrade, and what i'm saying is not a shot at you just something to think about.

If BNR is rating the 2860 upgrade at 360 BHP, then applying a typical 12% FWD drive train loss comes to right around 315 whp max. So actually your dyno is pretty damn close to their advertised rating. And there is something to be said about holding steady power to 7k or so if you can. So all in all you are pretty much getting what you paid for right?
EDIT: fixed the BHP comment I made but my thoughts on the whole turbo upgrade still remain.

Thats assuming you do this upgrade with a tune. The power I and others made with this turbo is what I would expect if you just threw this on without a tune. We can push the K04 to make 340-350whp so I assumed that we could do the same to these and make more. But as BYT proved, even at different boost levels it still maxed out at 313.

All Im saying is that I can make this kind of HP with the stock K04. Did I get what I paid for? No, not really. Is it worth the price? No, not really. Like I said earlier. This was an untested product solely based on stock garrett GT28 flowcharts. It looks good on paper but it doesnt translate to the real world. I took a chance hoping for the best and it didnt go so well, thats just how it goes when your the first to tryout something new.

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Originally Posted by cubaniche
BHP is supposed to be at the wheels, with that percentage already removed. If Im not mistaking thats what BrakeHorsePower means. Second, thats assuming you do this upgrade with a tune. The power I and others made with this turbo is what I would expect if you just threw this on without a tune.

All Im saying is that I can make this kind of HP with the stock K04. Did I get what I paid for? No, not really. Is it worth the price? No, not really. Like I said earlier. This was an untested product solely based on stock garrett GT28 flowcharts. It looks good on paper but it doesnt translate to the real world. I took a chance hoping for the best and it didnt go so well, thats just how it goes when your the first to tryout something new.
BHP is measured at the engine not the wheels. It refers to the (water) brake type engine dynos used to measure engine HP.
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Here's a screenshot of the log from Pbass' dyno:


Here's a couple pulls overlapped:


The bright green is 16-17psi the other 2 are 22-23psi. I tried everything on this car including cam changes which did help a lil bit up top but still had a spot where it dipped. Again, I did 17 pulls with this car on the dyno, every single one looked like that with changes only before the dip lol. We changed plugs, checked the cat etc.. He is trying a catless dp now for ***** and giggles.

To be fair:
PBass showed me a dyno prior to this and it died hard up top on the stocker as well. So Im still not ruling out some other issue!
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Nick, I sent ya the dyno log and chart btw. I know it probably wont change anything but, there you go

Well, heres a pic of the log of one of the runs on the dyno. Not sure if Im really flowing 36lbs at the MAF or not.


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Old 04-16-2011, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by cubaniche
Nick, I sent ya the dyno log and chart btw. I know it probably wont change anything but, there you go

Well, heres a pic of the log of one of the runs on the dyno. Not sure if Im really flowing 36lbs at the MAF or not.
36lbs/min with the 2860? That just strikes me as awfully low considering the stock turbo can flow that..
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Originally Posted by 09CobaltSS1
36lbs/min with the 2860? That just strikes me as awfully low considering the stock turbo can flow that..
Me personally, Ive never hit 36 at the MAF on the stocker. Id average 32-34 peak. This one was constantly flowing 37-38. That 36 was on the dyno. Anyways, I dont know if I can even trust those numbers anyways since weve already established that it does not flow as we though it would.


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