All the mods are in, 43% increase in power, I'm happy!
Dec 3, 2004, 11:39 PM
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Much faster spool, although some of that has to be attributable to the free-er flowing exhaust. If one were to just do the housing, the spool up might actually be slower, but having the lighter internals does wonders IMO.
You can get just the housing, but it's my understanding that it's somewhat of a pain to install. Or, you can do like I did and get the whole turbo http://linux.forcedperformance.net/m...ode=Lancer_EVO
Either way the whole turbo needs to come out for the install, with a whole turbo you just swap the O2 housing and put it back in. If you were to just do the 10.5 housing you'd then remove the stock 9.8 housing, replace it, then put back in the car. Just the housing is significantly cheaper but I didn't want to sacrafice low end a'la lag.
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You can get just the housing, but it's my understanding that it's somewhat of a pain to install. Or, you can do like I did and get the whole turbo http://linux.forcedperformance.net/m...ode=Lancer_EVO
Either way the whole turbo needs to come out for the install, with a whole turbo you just swap the O2 housing and put it back in. If you were to just do the 10.5 housing you'd then remove the stock 9.8 housing, replace it, then put back in the car. Just the housing is significantly cheaper but I didn't want to sacrafice low end a'la lag.
Sam
Dec 4, 2004, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by gsujeff55
didn't answer my question at all. i know it has a bigger turbine housing....but do you get just the housing? or a brand new turbo?
Dec 4, 2004, 08:53 PM
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For some people if they're going to spend that much on a turbo, they might go for broke and get a much larger kit for a little more.
I wanted to retain stock driveability so I went with this one, and as you can see the numbers are very nice and the car has almost no difference in feel.
The true test was whether or not my wife would hate it (like she ends up doing with all my cars) She loves it now, loved it before, loves it even more now. I'm very happy with this setup so far.
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I wanted to retain stock driveability so I went with this one, and as you can see the numbers are very nice and the car has almost no difference in feel.
The true test was whether or not my wife would hate it (like she ends up doing with all my cars) She loves it now, loved it before, loves it even more now. I'm very happy with this setup so far.
Sam
Dec 7, 2004, 04:37 PM
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I did them all at once. I figured since I'd have the top of the engine off to do the cams I might as well do the turbo too. But, it's much easier to just do the turbo and not a lot of what needs to be removed to do the cams applies to the turbo R & R. Oh yeah, since I was doing the exhaust at the same time it made sense there too as the downpipe needs to be removed for the turbo too.
Okay, nutshell answer. I went from a completely stock car to all the mods you see in my sig at one time.
Sam
Okay, nutshell answer. I went from a completely stock car to all the mods you see in my sig at one time.
Sam
Dec 7, 2004, 07:44 PM
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Smart move, if you're planning on Modding. No cents to pay labor two or three times, and don't forget the tunning charge too...
Originally Posted by EvoSam
I did them all at once. I figured since I'd have the top of the engine off to do the cams I might as well do the turbo too. But, it's much easier to just do the turbo and not a lot of what needs to be removed to do the cams applies to the turbo R & R. Oh yeah, since I was doing the exhaust at the same time it made sense there too as the downpipe needs to be removed for the turbo too.
Okay, nutshell answer. I went from a completely stock car to all the mods you see in my sig at one time.
Sam
Okay, nutshell answer. I went from a completely stock car to all the mods you see in my sig at one time.
Sam
Dec 7, 2004, 08:22 PM
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So what performance difference is there in just paying $300 for the new 10.5 hot side and installing it on your existing turbo, rather than dropping nearly a grand for a complete turbo that ends up being the same thing.
Maybe Im missing something. Did the turbo that you bought have the titanium internals like the TME 6.5?
Maybe Im missing something. Did the turbo that you bought have the titanium internals like the TME 6.5?
