My new turbo

a3 turbp · May 1, 2017

hey guys
I've recently had my turbo rebuilt by a really good old school turbo specialist I know I can trust after having turbos done by him in the past onmy old da turbos. He told me it was built using a billet compressor wheel and 360 deg bearing, having speaking to different people I've heard this means my turbo is now a hybrid and should help with bhp figures come stage2+ time? My builder as advised me to run my turbo in for 500 miles then a oil/filter change before I can boost which is a killer.
Do you guys think this sounds right?

S3Alex · May 1, 2017

a3 turbp said:
hey guys
I've recently had my turbo rebuilt by a really good old school turbo specialist I know I can trust after having turbos done by him in the past onmy old da turbos. He told me it was built using a billet compressor wheel and 360 deg bearing, having speaking to different people I've heard this means my turbo is now a hybrid and should help with bhp figures come stage2+ time? My builder as advised me to run my turbo in for 500 miles then a oil/filter change before I can boost which is a killer.
Do you guys think this sounds right?

That sounds pretty much right.

The billet wheel will be lighter and should spool a bit quicker.
Unless it's larger,or has better flow characteristics,it won't add much to your bhp figures,so it would be worth asking him what he's done to the compressor.

A typical old school hybrid was a stock turbine,with a larger compressor.

Running in varies a lot between builders and tuners.
For instance,mine has just had a complete turbo and engine rebuild,and is being "run in" at 1.8bar.

a3 turbp · May 1, 2017

I'm a little concerned about my map that's on the car as I've had it running live data it's saying I'm also running 1.8 bar of boost which as far as I'm aware is only stage 1 at 320 bhp? Seems a little excessive but may also explain why my turbo went the map was on the car when I bought it so not sure who it's by. I can't wait for the 500 miles to be up and to get my uprated hpfp fitted so I can get it mapped "properly" for piece of mind

S3Alex · May 1, 2017

Having it done properly is essential.

These engines,as I've learnt,are nothing like the old school engines I was used to,and mapping them correctly is quite an art.

Also a larger turbo will flow much more air at lower boost pressures.....yours is using 1.8bar to produce a fraction of what a larger one could do.

a3 turbp · May 1, 2017

Thanks for the info, finally what oil am I best to run on? Millers nanodrive or is castrol edge from TPS ok

S3Alex · May 1, 2017

a3 turbp said:
Thanks for the info, finally what oil am I best to run on? Millers nanodrive or is castrol edge from TPS ok

Oils such as Nanodrive or Motul 300 are the absolute best but Edge is fine for anything but a big power engine.

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