Compressor wheel design, Garrett GTX
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Compressor wheel design, Garrett GTX
A look into what's involved with designing a compressor wheel and some GTX detail info:
http://www.motoiq.com/magazine_artic...ochargers.aspx
http://www.motoiq.com/magazine_artic...ochargers.aspx
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Uh, they look about as similar as a STI hatch and a Miata. Yes, they're both machined out of aluminum, but that's about the only thing that's the same about them.
I take it you don't know much about the history of Garrett (now offically Honeywell Turbo Technologies), so here's a link:
http://www.honeywell.com/sites/ts/tt...us_history.htm
And some really cool info about the latest stuff:
http://www.honeywellbooster.com/
I take it you don't know much about the history of Garrett (now offically Honeywell Turbo Technologies), so here's a link:
http://www.honeywell.com/sites/ts/tt...us_history.htm
And some really cool info about the latest stuff:
http://www.honeywellbooster.com/
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Uh, they look about as similar as a STI hatch and a Miata. Yes, they're both machined out of aluminum, but that's about the only thing that's the same about them.
I take it you don't know much about the history of Garrett (now offically Honeywell Turbo Technologies), so here's a link:
http://www.honeywell.com/sites/ts/tt...us_history.htm
And some really cool info about the latest stuff:
http://www.honeywellbooster.com/
I take it you don't know much about the history of Garrett (now offically Honeywell Turbo Technologies), so here's a link:
http://www.honeywell.com/sites/ts/tt...us_history.htm
And some really cool info about the latest stuff:
http://www.honeywellbooster.com/
but i had never seen a billet wheel on a turbo before FP and the hta turbos. those turbos have proven to be monsters and now im starting to see most new turbos come out with billet wheels.
i really dont know much anyways, my evo was the first turbo car i owned. i do know that in the 5 years of owning it, i was constantly looking for turbo upgrades and non of them had billet wheels. then fp came with their hta turbos and bam, now they are popping up everywhere.
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Garrett chose to fully machine these due to low volume and time to market. They chose to machine them from forged billet to increase strength and therefore reliability.
OEs stick to speed limits for turbos, people in aftermarket do not; i.e. people overspin the hell out of turbos so might as well make the compressor as strong as possible short of going with titanium.