Times for TE44

[v8snvme2]

I was just wanting some times on a TE44 turbo.I've got the TE44,big neck intercooler,009's,ported and polished big valve heads,208-208 cam,2800 stall non-lockup,full race 200-4r by century trans,plenum spacer and hotwired walbro pump.and 26x11.50 ET streets.What are ya'll's best times in the 8th mile or even in the quarter.oh and a scanmaster of course.

 

[JDSfastGN]

I actually just got back from HRP a little bit ago. I ran my best time on friday night, 11.72 at 114 (1/8 mile was 7.47 at 93.4 mph). My 60 ft was a 1.74 on the nitto drag radials. Boost was at 23 psi with a 19* street chip. I blew off a few vacuum lines and went lean, with 8 degrees of knock on that run. I went back tonight with a friend to watch him run his Gn, but it was too empty not to run mine. This isn't the norm, but with 17 psi, right off the street the way i drove it there, i ran a 11.98 at 113.48 tonight on my first run. That was only a 1.86 60 ft. I was shocked when the booth told me to pull over to inspect it. I turned it up to 18 psi but forgot i had put my friends full size spare and jack in the trunk and ran a 11.91 at 113.5 with a 1.78 60 ft. After that they didnt let me run again for lack of a roll bar. Your car should go mid 11s or so in race trim and mid 12s in street trim on drag radials when you get it tuned in right. Everybody has different experiences with different combos. Good luck with it man.

 

[UNGN]

I think 7.35@93.5 with 23 psi of boost was my best in the 1/8 (11.53@118 1/4). Longblock was stock, had Big neck stock IC, 36# Blue tops, TA49, THDP, 2.5" duals with ultraflows, JJ 62mm TB, 275/60 BFGDR's. Race weight was 3530. Ran 7.37 with a 3605 race weight. 60 fts were in the 1.65-1.67 range.

 

[Randy Greenoe]

I went 11.78@115 mph with a te 44 with a 85 housing 50# injectors,Casper chip, 3" single shot,62 mm throttle body,v2 on drag radials with 18# boost on a stock motor. Oh yeah a 3200 converter.

 

[fitz3820]

I went 11.9 @ 115 with a TE-44, Blue tops, J. Carter 110 chip, red stripe converter, drag radials, V2 frontmount.

Bad 1.9 second 60 foot times.

I love this turbo on the street and it is pretty good at the track. Nice proven technology, not sure how it stack up to the new turbo's though.

I am too poor to "re-invent the wheel" so I went with the proven combo.

Mark F. 87 GN

 

[d0n_3d]

11.52 @ 118 mph

bone stock motor 90k miles, fresh valve springs
stock intercooler
fresh rebuilt stock tranny by Janis trans...stock converter rebuilt
TE-44 turbo @ 27 psi of boost on c-16 race fuel
50 lb injectors
extender chip, LS1 maf sensor translator
3" downpipe, open downpipe
cold air intake
28x9 slicks

with your combo i would say very low 11's is capable...when you have ported and polished heads and a cam it REALLY wakes the motor up as far as power...the te-44 and ta-49 turbos are AWESOME turbos for how small they are

i sold my te-44 thinking i was gonna go bigger but have decided to go with a stock look so i will have a ta-49 this year...same turbo just stock appearing

 

[CHARGED]

See sig. , that was almost 2yrs ago and I've done some stuff since but need bigger inj's since the blue tops seem to be maxed.

 

[ACLR8R]

I just put on a TA49 and I dyno'd my car (numbers are in the sig) and I was wondering what you guys think it will run? I am happy with the numbers. Also how is the spool on your tubo's going to the TA49 the spool is really slower then I had expected, it is very noticably slower than stock. Is there a break in time on turbo's (I have had mine on for about 50 miles).
Thanks

 

[UNGN]

Originally posted by ACLR8R
I just put on a TA49 and I dyno'd my car (numbers are in the sig) and I was wondering what you guys think it will run? I am happy with the numbers. Also how is the spool on your tubo's going to the TA49 the spool is really slower then I had expected, it is very noticably slower than stock. Is there a break in time on turbo's (I have had mine on for about 50 miles).
Thanks

Spool should be very similar to the stock turbo, maybe 300 RPM higher, but within stall range of the stock converter. If it's spooling very slow and you haven't changed anything, it's one of two things:

1. the header flange is slightly warped and leaking preturbo.
2. the puck isn't completely covering wastegate hole.

If you added injectors with the turbo, they may be too rich.

use a scan tool like turbolink to see what RPM the turbo spools. if it spools from 2300-2400, its your converter. If it spools at higher than 2400, it's a leak or you are too rich.

 

[ACLR8R]

I dont think I have a leak (but I will check) or its to rich (42psi line off). So it could be the convertor I was planning on upgrading to either a 2800, or 3000 I havent decided yet.

 

[Ryan87GN]

Hey ACLR8R--

Just get a convertor. It makes the car a lot more fun to drive. My car has a 3000 in it and its fine for daily driving. Hell my car has been through 8'' of snow with no problems.

Have you verified that it is infact a D5? I only ask because my car had a D6 in it, and I didn't know until I pulled the tranny. I figured the motor was just wore out but I went from a 2.37 best 60ft (after about 50 passes on D6) to a 1.65 on my 2nd pass on new conv/slicks.

I'm no expert, but with 42psi fuel, your running at least 21psi boost right?

HTH,
Ryan

 

[ACLR8R]

No I am not sure that it is a D5, it only stalls up to about 2000-2100rpm. What did your cars stall to with the D6? I am running 22-23psi.

 

[Ryan87GN]

Rpm wise I'd say it was in the neighborhood of 2200 or less. I can't remember the exact number becuase I didn't have a tach in the car at the time.

Boost wise I could only muster 4 psi on the launch at WOT

I only bring up the convertor issue because my car was 100% bone stock (or so I thought) when I bought it. I only found out later that the convertor was the wrong one later.

Its something to check out, there are only a few screws holding the convertor cover on. I'm not even sure what a D6 is supposed to stall at because it's the wrong convertor for our cars. I think that there are even different grades of D5's, but I could be wrong.

One last thing- if you've ridden in other stock turbo'd cars (besides yours) how did the spool up stack up to your (stock turbo) spool up?

HTH,
Ryan

 

[ACLR8R]

Ya it doesnt spool as fast as stock, thats why I was asking. I will have to look at the convertor, but I think I am going to go with a 3000 hopefully it will wake my car up out of the hole!