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Old 01-04-2009, 08:41 PM
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Can someone please educate me on what teh trim refers to and the differences between all of the trims? Thanks.
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Old 01-04-2009, 10:12 PM
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Can someone please educate me on what teh trim refers to and the differences between all of the trims? Thanks.
The trim of a turbo refers to the difference between the inducer and the exducer of either the turbine or compressor wheel.
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What about say a q trim compared to say a p trim? what do the letters mean in referance to trim?
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That's what I was talking about...
Can someone PLEASE shed some light on this subject.
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http://forcedinductions.com/help.htm
http://www.turbobygarrett.com/turbob...ch_center.html
http://www.turbomustangs.com/smf/index.php?topic=5385.0
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The Q-trim and P-trim are simply names given to the numerical trim values. Nothing more then that.
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