Has anyone here ever had one of these turbos dyno/tune on their personal car? Im looking for feedback on it and wondering if im in the right ball park of what this turbo should be making. I went with one of these turbos because it was cheap and was suppose to flow more than a 16g. What we found out is that it's a lazy turbo that flowed similar to a 16g on pump. Funny thing is my 16g made more on pump than this sucker but it could be because of my rewire on my fuel pump melted itself on the dyno. It really wasn't making anymore power around 20-22psi on 91 (302whp) but it did outflow my 16g on e85. Final numbers on e85 were 387hp and 355qt at 26psi to all four wheels on a dynojet. I was really hoping for 400hp from this sucker but it failed me
My profile is not up to date because i've havent done anything to it since the website change but here is the basic run down: 6bolt motor/2g head, FP2s, RC 1200cc, AEM 320lp, P/P Evo 3 manifold, P/P 2g o2 housing, 3inch dp to 3in exhaust, ETS FMIC, evo 9 bov
Let me know what you guys think.

Sounds awesome. On E85 you should hit 400

please read. I'm looking for feedback on this turbo and their numbers that they were putting down. I already got tuned with this turbo on e85 and i fell short of 400.

They were indeed a bit of a dud- and also had reliability issues focused on the quality of the turbine housing casting as well as the turbo's thrust system...which I'm sure is why they were promptly discontinued.

The 18G, in general, is a bit of a bastard compressor. It has the same exducer as the Evo III 16G and 20G....yet the Evo III, despite having a smaller inducer, has thinner blades and a smaller hub to the wheel....allowing it to flow more AND spool quicker than other wheels in it's immediate size category.

The Evo III also is right at home with an unclipped TD05H turbine, so there's no reason an 18G would require a larger turbine unless you're running very high boost or have an engine like a high-compression stroker that has a lot of exhaust energy that may lead to tuning issues on low-quality fuels.


The way I describe to most folks is nobody really "sets out" to buy an 18G. They seem to think that it's a good substitute for someone who can't decide whether they want a 16G or a 20G, but in reality they're probably better off just buying a 16G or 20G.

Haha crap.... Well in reality it was cheaper than a used Evo 3 16g and had less than 2k on it. You say it has reliability issue yet everything on this turbo looks MHI? Did they swap out the internals (thrust system) to fit this larger turbine wheel? I think i am going to port and polish my head and see if we can squeeze 13hp out from that.

The entire turbo is made in Taiwan by the same company that built the Evo III GT long ago...there are no MHI parts in one of these turbos, though MHI internals are compatible. If you look closely at the cover on these turbos, you can see where "Evo III GT" once existed, but had been ground off:

You're so right!! I thought that those letterings were shaved off so that people could distinguished between this turbo and a normal 16g. Errrr not sure if i should stick with this thing now, thanks for your input!