Towing turbo

Spindrift · Jul 2, 2013

For loads greater than 15K, is there a turbo better than the PowerMax, assuming you will stay with a single? I was looking at the BD Thruster 2 and the salesperson said that the PM flowed a lot more air, at half the cost.

HOLDERDOWN · Jul 2, 2013

It's a great turbo for towing...can't go wrong with it.

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Spindrift · Jul 2, 2013

How does it compare to the PM, which is what I have now with a batmowheel.

TooMuch03 · Jul 2, 2013

The thruster is a 62mm non vgt, it will own the powermax for airflow. Honestly, there are better nonVGT options than the thruster for much less money.

Spindrift · Jul 2, 2013

TooMuch03 said:
there are better nonVGT options than the thruster for much less money.

Such as?

swinky · Jul 2, 2013

TooMuch03 said:
The thruster is a 62mm non vgt, it will own the powermax for airflow. Honestly, there are better nonVGT options than the thruster for much less money.

A little baby 62 will out flow a pm that much?!

Spindrift · Jul 2, 2013

I can't get flow numbers for the PM. I'm told the The BD 2 flows 1044cfm.

windrunner408 · Jul 2, 2013

TooMuch03 said:
The thruster is a 62mm non vgt, it will own the powermax for airflow. Honestly, there are better nonVGT options than the thruster for much less money.

swinky said:
A little baby 62 will out flow a pm that much?!

Not if the Pmax has the newest 11 blade single plane wheel that is available for it. If you're looking for a towing turbo that is brand new, I think it is hard to beat a Powermax with that billet wheel for the money.

05charcoal6.0 · Jul 2, 2013

I have the bd thruster kit on my truck with 175/75 injectors and I love it. The most I towed with it was probably around 10k and it just pulled and pulled. I do have the setup for sale though so I can go with a bigger setup.

HOLDERDOWN · Jul 2, 2013

Sorry I was talking about the pmax

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TooMuch03 · Jul 3, 2013

windrunner408 said:
Not if the Pmax has the newest 11 blade single plane wheel that is available for it. If you're looking for a towing turbo that is brand new, I think it is hard to beat a Powermax with that billet wheel for the money.

I would agree with that. Billet wheel powermax will outflow a cast wheel 62. I would bet a fmw 62 outflows the billet powermax.

Twan · Jul 3, 2013

I never had luck with the batmo wheel, I now have the single plane billet wheel on my powermax. Egts get a little warm still, but I can hold 1200 rpms pulling my 16-18k 5th wheel. I can't say I seen a egt change, but the low end power was worth it.

Spindrift · Jul 3, 2013

Twan said:
I never had luck with the batmo wheel, I now have the single plane billet wheel on my powermax. Egts get a little warm still, but I can hold 1200 rpms pulling my 16-18k 5th wheel. I can't say I seen a egt change, but the low end power was worth it.

Did you ever look at alternatives to that set-up? I see you've got Warren's 155s compared to my 175s and still get a little warm. Maybe I should be more concerned about my injectors as opposed to the turbo. I'll never be looking at twin chargers for this truck.

Twan · Jul 3, 2013

I've thought about a fixed, but worried it would have to much lag. I'm sure I'll be trying a 62mm after I find a dually, lol.
I really think a live custom tune would really help my truck.