compressor wheel swap

[daarkness92]

hey guys..there is someone selling a big 16g in the classifieds with a chipped up comp. wheel and he lives right next to me...anyway if i buy this turbo how difficult is it to replace a compressor wheel? and i was also thinking of putting a 20g wheel in it and i know you have to modify the housing some but i have never taken apart a turbo before so do you think i can do it?

 

[lee101315]

You will also need the plate that goes behind of the 20G wheel, its bigger than the 16G. You should have the assembly balanced after installation.

Why is the compressor wheel chipped up? Did something fall in or was the turbo rebuilt at one time (after it made contact with the housing )?

 

[daarkness92]

http://www.dsmtuners.com/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=65593&cat=7
heres the add but i havent asked him about it yet i just wanted to see what i was getting into first
and how much does it usually cost to balance a turbo?

 

[daarkness92]

i am sure someone has done this before...can anyone tell me how to take apart a 16g and replace the wheel or better replace with a 20g wheel? thanks!

 

[lee101315]

I do not know how much a balance will cost you. In my opinion, you should just keep looking for another used undamaged 16G

 

[dsmmike50t]

Balancing is about 50cad over here in most shops so it should be the same in the us and like you mentioned you need some work done to the comp housing.

Link below will help



http://www.vfaq.com/mods/Turbo-rebuild.html


btw they call this a bastard 20g

http://www.slowboyracing.com/estore/product.php?productid=1977&cat=195&page=1

 

[daarkness92]

Thanks

 

[laserspeeddemon]

If you take apart, you will need to rebuild it and sticking a 20g compressor wheel in there requires machining. This is not an easy job. In other words, if you have to ask the questions like you did above, you should not do this unsupervised. If you do, just realize you risk damage to both turbos.

 

[laserspeeddemon]

Actually after looking at the Ad, I say you are better off going with an ebay turbo. You are risking more damage to the turbo(s) if you try to do the work yourself, the ebay one is the same price, and it's new!

 

[dsmmike50t]

Your better off buying something on ebay as metioned above. I have a frank 3 thats needs a rebuild and I was planning on rebuilding it myself, and I was looking into upgrading it to a frank 4 but it was going to cost 250 just for machining then about 100 for an ebay kit and 50 to balance, so I decided not to waste my time and just bought something else off ebay.