Vgt turbo

Mwilbur516 · Jan 19, 2014

strokin6L said:
Probably the most impressive vgt truck out there. Awesome Mike!

I agree.

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Triumph1188 · Jan 19, 2014

Any opinions on the SSX and HO Powermax turbos that Elite offers? Those don't seem to get mentioned ever. I'm curious as to why. Are they not as effective, and "old" tech now in the game?

Joshbaker · Jan 19, 2014

IMO it's because it's elite.

swinky · Jan 19, 2014

They seem very durable but never seen them put down good numbers on fuel.

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stonepusher · Jan 19, 2014

I had elites original VGT-SS for a while and it did 585hp on fuel and 823hp on spray. Swapped to a Barder Stage 3 and truck did 615hp on fuel and 865hp on spray. No tune change.

Triumph1188 · Jan 20, 2014

stonepusher said:
I had elites original VGT-SS for a while and it did 585hp on fuel and 823hp on spray. Swapped to a Barder Stage 3 and truck did 615hp on fuel and 865hp on spray. No tune change.

The SSX has a 64.7mm compressor wheel and the stage 3 has a 68mm so that makes sense.

stonepusher · Jan 20, 2014

Triumph1188 said:
The SSX has a 64.7mm compressor wheel and the stage 3 has a 68mm so that makes sense.

Your correct, I did say VGT-SS though, not SSX. This turbo was built with a gt40 compressor housing and not out of powermax. Fwiw the stage 3 spools faster than the VGT-SS, 64.7mm. Spools as fast if not faster than a stock turbo tbh.

Triumph1188 · Jan 20, 2014

stonepusher said:
Your correct, I did say VGT-SS though, not SSX. This turbo was built with a gt40 compressor housing and not out of powermax. Fwiw the stage 3 spools faster than the VGT-SS, 64.7mm. Spools as fast if not faster than a stock turbo tbh.

What makes it spool faster? Is the A/R different on the harder unit? Number of blades? Billet?

strokin6L · Jan 20, 2014

The a/r's are the same...58. The difference is probably being billet and being larger to flow more air and move more exhaust.

stonepusher · Jan 20, 2014

Triumph1188 said:
What makes it spool faster? Is the A/R different on the harder unit? Number of blades? Billet?

That my friend are questions for the turbo builders, I have no idea what the specs are for each turbo besides comp wheel size. I can only give you the info on the way MY truck has reacted to each turbo.

Triumph1188 · Jan 20, 2014

stonepusher said:
That my friend are questions for the turbo builders, I have no idea what the specs are for each turbo besides comp wheel size. I can only give you the info on the way MY truck has reacted to each turbo.

No problem. I'm not questioning you per say, more of an open ended question to anyone that knows the answer. I'm a curious guy haha.

strokin6L · Jan 20, 2014

The specs on the Elite SSX is
compressor wheel specs: inducer 64.7mm/exducer 94mm
turbine wheel inducer 72.5mm/exducer 70mm

The specs on Barder stage 3 is
compressor wheel specs: inducer 67.8mm/exducer 94mm
turbine wheel inducer 72.0mm/excuder 70.2mm

I don't know the compressor blade configuration on the elite turbo, but I know the Barder stage 3 uses a 11 blade single plane billet compressor wheel