YACT: car terminology

[Cristatus]

I often check out "tuned" "euro" (I live in Europe😉) cars, and sometimes see the reference of stages, usually Stage 1, but I was reading TheCarLounge Forums, and was reading about this car being Stage 6.

How many stages are there, and what are they?

 

[jlee]

AFAIK, there aren't really any specific stages..it's whatever someone wants to label it. From what I've seen, stage 1 may be a non-intercooled turbocharger setup - stage 2 would be intercooled turbo, slightly higher boost..stage three would have higher boost, possibly larger turbo & water injection or something..

 

[Cristatus]

And what's a higher (more powerful?) stage: Stage 1, or Stage n?

 

[jlee]

Stage n, when n > 1 🙂

 

[OrganizedChaos]

its marketing speak

 

[DingDingDao]

A lot of companies have "Stages" of upgrades. Usually each stage can be sequentially achieved by adding additional components to the previous stage, or you can just start at a higher "stage" by spending more money initially. There's no standard for what each "stage" entails, it's on a tuner by tuner basis.

EDIT: For example:

Stage 1: Exhaust manifold, wastegate, BOV, turbo, downpipe, cats, intake, fuel pump, engine management

Stage 2: Add head gasket, boost controller, FMIC, larger fuel injectors

Stage 3: Enlarged turbo, larger injectors

You can start at any stage, just have to spend more money.

 

[nakedfrog]

Any actual performance reason for a BOV instead of a CBV?

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Any actual performance reason for a BOV instead of a CBV?

http://features.evolutionm.net/article/machvcorner/29

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: CadetLee

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Any actual performance reason for a BOV instead of a CBV?

http://features.evolutionm.net/article/machvcorner/29

It's good to see confirmation from a company instead of just hearsay 😛
I'll stick with my CBV, methinks.