pt-88 housing ?

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Feb 11, 2011 | 04:20 PM

yessir

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pt-88 housing ?

has anyone used the on center housing on the pt-88. If not any *KNOWLEDGE*(dont want to waste $1500 on an educated guess) on the on-center housing vs the tangential would be greatle apreciated. the turbo will be going on a stock cube lq9 with a mild cam.??

Feb 11, 2011 | 04:56 PM

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on center housings never work well. Go with the tang housing.

Feb 11, 2011 | 05:21 PM

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On-centers suck basically.

Feb 11, 2011 | 06:45 PM

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problem is .......no space. When you say they never work well what exactly do you mean,,,, poor spool? backpressure?

Feb 11, 2011 | 09:04 PM

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Somewhere a while back I saw an article, which I could round it up, but I swear it said 15% loss from on center vs tang. But in a space type situation, where no other option is available, a turbo with an on center is better then none at all right? Lol

Feb 12, 2011 | 11:18 PM

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hmmmmm. is there anything that can be dont to an on center housing to make it more efficient. At a 15 percent loss in efficiency wouldn the pt88 now perform something line a 76gts with a **** ton more lag???

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