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Old Aug 26, 2005 | 04:31 AM
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What is the difference between the ptrim, qtrim and GTS? Does one make allot more power then the other?

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Old Aug 26, 2005 | 11:17 AM
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Ptrim refers to an internal style wastegate (WG) in the turbine housing, Q trim is an external gate style turbine housing with no provisions for a WG and requires you to put one on the headers/crossover to control boost, and the new GTS style housings I believe work with a larger exhaust wheel and newest design in turbine housings with the need for an external WG like the Qtrim.

Ptrim produces the least amount of power; however can be easier to package (as it requires the least amount of room and when a properly sized WG puck is installed it can control 750hp+ without creep). Ptrim is maybe 30hp or so less compared to a Q trim. GTS is supposedly one of the top dogs out when putting together the turbo hot side.
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Old Aug 26, 2005 | 11:23 AM
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go to www.forcedinductions.com

they have a very good explination of all that.
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Old Aug 26, 2005 | 11:27 AM
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gnx7......what you say!.....P trim is just the name of the turbine wheel, so is the q trim...actually not trim at all, just O, P, Q and so forth. They get larger and flow more exhaust the higher the letter goes.
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Yes the letters represent size. Higher is better
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Originally Posted by gnx7
Ptrim refers to an internal style wastegate (WG) in the turbine housing, Q trim is an external gate style turbine housing with no provisions for a WG and requires you to put one on the headers/crossover to control boost, and the new GTS style housings I believe work with a larger exhaust wheel and newest design in turbine housings with the need for an external WG like the Qtrim.
Wrong, P-trim refers to the wheel and has absolutely nothing to do with what kind of waste gate is used. None of the wheels sizes determine whether or not wastegate is internal.
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I thought it referred to the WG setup as well. Oh well.

Here is a link to a Q trim T-70. Looks like it has the capability to have a WG in the housing as shown in the first picture on the left side: http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/pictureguides/turboguide/T70.html
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Old Aug 27, 2005 | 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by JZ 97 SS 1500
Yes the letters represent size. Higher is better
Did you get my PM about the turbos?
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