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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 10:11 AM
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sometimes its hard to tell if things help or hurt without a baseline time to base the time off of. the small turbo might not make as much peak power but it might make as much average power not to mention if you have a faster spooling car it will get out of the hole good . and we all know if it wont come out of the hole it wont et . then you know if it likes the bigger turbo.
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 10:29 AM
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What most people fail to understand is when they call that a 75 exhaust wheel they are giving you the front side. John Bewley told me the other day that the 83mm exhaust wheel offered in the s400 line of turbos is the same as the 7675 exhaust wheel. So while you may at some point run into some back pressure it should still get your fairly far before doing so because it's not as small as people tend to believe
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 10:44 AM
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What most people fail to understand is when they call that a 75 exhaust wheel they are giving you the front side. John Bewley told me the other day that the 83mm exhaust wheel offered in the s400 line of turbos is the same as the 7675 exhaust wheel. So while you may at some point run into some back pressure it should still get your fairly far before doing so because it's not as small as people tend to believe
Hmmm but that is something else to think about. But the S400 line that I am thinking about getting has a 96mm exhaust side. Which should breathe much easier. But the whole point of what I am trying to figure out is with my ci and compression on E85 would that be a tad bit too much for the 7875? I know the turbo will work hands down, but will it work to its potential? You know what i mean? I am just trying to get a theory for my setup set in stone for being the best for me and my car. Even with a 83mm exhaust side backpressure is still an issue and could hinder my ET.
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If you can fit an s480 1.32 t6 with a 96 exhaust wheel then that's what I would put on there.
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Originally Posted by yenkomike
sometimes its hard to tell if things help or hurt without a baseline time to base the time off of. the small turbo might not make as much peak power but it might make as much average power not to mention if you have a faster spooling car it will get out of the hole good . and we all know if it wont come out of the hole it wont et . then you know if it likes the bigger turbo.
Thanks man! Im just hoping my compression alone will help me get out the gate and at the same time run in to any backpressure problems.
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 11:09 AM
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If you can fit an s480 1.32 t6 with a 96 exhaust wheel then that's what I would put on there.
Cool. That made me a tad more comfortable. But a 1.32 housing wont be to big?
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by I8URLS1
What most people fail to understand is when they call that a 75 exhaust wheel they are giving you the front side. John Bewley told me the other day that the 83mm exhaust wheel offered in the s400 line of turbos is the same as the 7675 exhaust wheel. So while you may at some point run into some back pressure it should still get your fairly far before doing so because it's not as small as people tend to believe
S400 wheel is actually even smaller. It's an 83/74. The S400 "96" is a 96/87.
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Old Sep 24, 2014 | 11:35 AM
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Cool. That made me a tad more comfortable. But a 1.32 housing wont be to big?
No it will not, keep in mind Borg Warner exhaust housing classifications are much different than most others. Also the 1.32 is a split housing, run 2.25" from each manifold up to the housing and that thing will light off no problems
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S400 wheel is actually even smaller. It's an 83/74. The S400 "96" is a 96/87.
Well I guess thats adequate flow for me. I see why the Turbonetics T-Series is so expensive and undersized. They pack a good punch!
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No it will not, keep in mind Borg Warner exhaust housing classifications are much different than most others. Also the 1.32 is a split housing, run 2.25" from each manifold up to the housing and that thing will light off no problems
I think mine is intially being built that size for the 7875.
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For under 900hp, Id' go with 2" if you haven't built it yet. Fits each side of the scroll better and is easier/cheaper to fabricate. Guys are making great power very quickly on large frame turbos doing this.
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For under 900hp, Id' go with 2" if you haven't built it yet. Fits each side of the scroll better and is easier/cheaper to fabricate. Guys are making great power very quickly on large frame turbos doing this.
I already bought the piping. I was thinking about that. But I figured that would be ok with my CR being where its at
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Bump.Anyone else that would like to chime in?
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After crunching numbers and talking to different people I am going to a S480 T6 with race cover and billet wheel with a 1.10a/r. I think that should secure any back pressure issues and still have good spool response with the smaller housing. I should make decent HP too. Im really glad and excited I got rid of the old turbo and ready to see what hp it will put down. Kinda pumped
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