Custom made Big 16G???

[DarkstarTsi]

Hey guys, just finished building a custom big 16G...anyway I should call it that eventhough I'm not using a mitsubishi compressor wheel. A friend of mine works on a turbo shop, mostly for diesel engines, and he came across a big 16G compressor housing and a 7cm turbine housing. Got those 2 for free (how lucky can you be ) so the only thing needed was the compressor wheel to do the job. Unfortunately the mitsubishi big16G wheel costs 330 bucks!!! so I ended up with a garret compressor wheel of exactly the same inducer and exducer sizes for 80 bucks!!! Had the garret wheel machined to fit the mitsubishi cartridge and the job is done. The only diference between both wheels is the amount of blades while the big 16G has 12 blades the garret wheel I used has 16(one uo and one down). Do more blades make the compressor more efficient or is it the other way around. Just wondered about that? My car pulls now at 10 psi just as it would pull at 15 psi with the stocker.
Anyway I'm happy because I ended up spending about 150 bucks for the job.

 

[Blitzed95Eclips]

lucky bastard

 

[DarkstarTsi]

some of the benefits of living down here in south america is that handwork is really cheap

 

[RipperXX]

.....wana sell it? $450?

 

[DarkstarTsi]

that would be hard since I live kinda far away from the states.

 

[RipperXX]

i'll pay shiping..

 

[RedTurboEclipse]

hey man.. good job.. make some turbos to sell.. and beat all the other prices .. and u can get a good business going.. get those competitors to lower their prices even more

 

[out there]

i'm going to agree with the "build your own and sell them" option, you could make some mad $$

 

[pneumo]

Do you guys even know how far away Peru is? Hey a big 16G for $450 only $200 shipping!

 

[out there]

fed-ex international pritority for a 12x12x12 box that weighs 10lbs and is declared to be worth $500 would be $138. just threw out some numbers there... i couldn't find a way to determine ups cost from their site, anyone else know ups cost? i don't feel like going to the post office

 

[airbrat]

I'm curious to what kinda #'s that setup you made produces. Any estimate on the CFM?

 

[DarkstarTsi]

Since the compressor wheel has the exact inducer and exducer sizes as a big 16G wheel, but has 4 more blades (16 instead of 12 in the standard big 16G),I assume it has slightly more flow than the big 16G.
I'm guessing though.

 

[DarkstarTsi]

I haven't upgraded my fuel pump yet, im still using the stock rewired so I am running only 10 - 11 psi max boost. When I upgrade the pump I'll run 15- 17 psi to see the turbo's real potential.