UPS Stopped by, Left a few goodies :)

[EclipseOwner95]

UPS Came by, Finally gonna get rid of the 16g !! Should be on by the end of the week, I'll be one of PTE's guinee pigs and let all of you know how the newer GT style wheels work out for me.

http://66.193.230.60/~dlara/sedsmorg/showthread.php?t=17582

 

[yo2001]

Cover up the oil feed and return holes. don't want nothing getting into there

 

[DSMTurboEclipse]

I'm envious. Good luck with it.

 

[eclipse90gsxt]

Very cool dude.

 

[Aurora-Hybrid]

How much green$$ did you have to throw down for that beauty????? Cant wait to hear how well it does!

 

[VRMAN]

I just bought my SCM32, so we both have PTE installs to complete!

 

[Sk8er07999]

Wow that is the exact turbo I will be ordering this friday. You have to post a review! A few questions. Who did you go through? Why didn't you get the internal gate? All in all look awesome. Just makes me want one that much more!

 

[VRMAN]

Why didn't you get the internal gate?

Why would you want an internal gate? 95% of people running a large turbo prefer external gates and it works much better to prevent boost creep.

 

[DSMTurbos]

cool. i don't see how you are a guinee pig though, i have sold a lot of those turbos in the past

 

[kraka]

Congrats! That thing is a beast!

 

[Lurker]

Nice! I got the smaller version of your turbo. GT3251E versus your GT3255E.

There's very little lag on my turbo, so I think I should have gone bigger!

 

[Sk8er07999]

Why would you want an internal gate? 95% of people running a large turbo prefer external gates and it works much better to prevent boost creep.

Ease of installation. Don't have to get a wastegate flange welded onto the manifold. Yes I agree it's better. I was just wondering why he wanted the external gate. Possibly because he want's to run lower boost? Maybe he heard that the internal gate isn't big enough and create's boost creep? Keep in mind I am in the market for this exact turbo and wanted to know what's up that's all.

 

[1fast97gsx]

Ease of installation. Don't have to get a wastegate flange welded onto the manifold. Yes I agree it's better. I was just wondering why he wanted the external gate. Possibly because he want's to run lower boost? Maybe he heard that the internal gate isn't big enough and create's boost creep? Keep in mind I am in the market for this exact turbo and wanted to know what's up that's all.

installation is not going to be that much easier ... less time consuming yes, but flanging a manifold at a good shop isn't too difficult. I am also running an external gate with my turbo and love it ... I just hate the noise it makes.

 

[Sk8er07999]

ah I see. I am surprised they don't give you a different exhaust housing if you chose to run an ext gate.

 

[anconover]

external wg isnt hard to install, i had an internal pte 50trim, couldnt hold less than 17psi steady, not that id ever wanna run any less. But its been at 24psi daily driven, and noticed the flapper opening a little. I just fabbed a o2 housing to switch to external.

 

[EclipseOwner95]

Wow that is the exact turbo I will be ordering this friday. You have to post a review! A few questions. Who did you go through? Why didn't you get the internal gate? All in all look awesome. Just makes me want one that much more!

I'll deffinatly post a review when its on, hoping by the end of this week, dont know if time will be permitting tho. I have a buisness account with PTE so I went directly through them. I got the turbo, tial 38mm, and 2 SS flanges for 997 shipped. I wanted the external just for the ability to run any desired boost w/o having to deal with creep. And I personally love the sound.

 

[Lurker]

FYI, I run internal wastegate on my PTE GT32E turbo.
I can run 15 psi with no boost creep.

My setup is :
ported 2G manifold
ported O2 housing
2.5" turbo-back exhaust. Straight-through muffler and resonator.
Turbine housing wastegate divider is uncut.

It might creep with 3" exhaust, but then again, it might not.

 

[Sk8er07999]

FYI, I run internal wastegate on my PTE GT32E turbo.
I can run 15 psi with no boost creep.

My setup is :
ported 2G manifold
ported O2 housing
2.5" turbo-back exhaust. Straight-through muffler and resonator.
Turbine housing wastegate divider is uncut.

It might creep with 3" exhaust, but then again, it might not.

Now thats what I wanted to hear.

 

[DSMTurbos]

i have been up to 25psi with little to no creep on my internal gated gt35r

 

[Sk8er07999]

So how's the install going? Any review for us yet?

 

[91nbtsi]

i have been up to 25psi with little to no creep on my internal gated gt35r

Creep is when you outflow your wastegate passage. This will happen at low boost when trying to get all of that gas to flow through your wastegate instead of past your turbine. So, you will be able to run high boost no problem on an internal gate, as long as you can get it to stay shut long enough.

 

[EclipseOwner95]

So how's the install going? Any review for us yet?

Well bad news guys. I got the turbo and everything fabbed up, installed it, primed the turbo. And then cranked it up. I rev it a few times and I hear this strange " screeching " noise. So I turn it off and take a look at the compressor housing, I'm not sure if it wasn't balanced correctly or the bearings were shot as soon as it cranked up but the compressor blades are physically hitting the compressor housing, digging a " ditch " so to speak in it. So I had to take it off yesterday and now I have to run external on my 16g. I'm sending it back to PTE to have them swap it out. I'm just going to go with the SCM50, screw all that custom stuff, always bites you in the ass. And BTW it spooled like a SCM61, @ 3500 rpm in 4th gear i was at 5lbs, didnt hit full spool until about 4500 ish. No boost leaks. I'll post some pics of the blades and stuff later today.

 

[Sk8er07999]

Wow that really sucks. SOB!

 

[Lurker]

Sorry to hear about your turbo.

Another FYI:
I found that one needs to be careful when removing the compressor housing to avoid contacting and possibly bending the compressor wheels.
This is especially true if you have the PTE internal wastegate option, because the wastegate canister/actuator is attached to the compressor housing. So, the wastegate spring will be pulling and twisting the compressor housing and possibly make the housing touch and bend the compressor wheel.

I did not bend my wheel, but I can see how it could happen with improper removal of compressor housing.

Best of luck getting your turbo fixed and installed.

 

[PaleDSM]

Sheesh, what a buzz kill. Hope you are up and running with minimal hassle.