I'm thinkin of getting this turbo to replace my stock evo ix gsr turbo, how much hp gain do u think i will get, i have all the basic bolt-ons, intake, tbe, intercooler, manifold. AND can u tell me what there changed on this turbo and what 20G means. I know wat the rest means

 

You don't even know what it is, but you plan on buying it when you already have a IX turbo, which is what this turbo is based off of? That's amazing.

20g means it's your turbo with a 20g wheel inside of it...oh, and I'm guessing you're going to get the 20g wheel with 6 blades. My guess is you'd gain nothing noticable in terms of power, but maybe a little spoolup improvement due to the Ti/Al, although that might cause surging.

 

No, I want to buy the 5-Blade design, because it is better, and i had an idea what 20G means, but i wanted a more technical definition.

 

Not much technical about it - it has a 20g wheel, but it's not a true 20g TD06 (much bigger). I didn't know the 20g-9-5 was available in "stages" like that. I thought those stages were for the 6-blade unless I just missed it and Buschur is now offering it. He had originally chosen not to offer the 20g with Ti/Al internals due to expected surging problems.

 

Just so u know i don't know if it comes in a 5 blade design, i just know from different threads that the 5 blade is what i should get

 

Ok, well the the stage II stuff with Ti/Al internals is from vendors selling the 6-blade.

 

keep your oem evo Ix turbo bro. the 20g is junk. the damn thign was never made to be on a car, it was made for a heavy industrial vehicle. save your money and get a real turbo kit like 50trim, GT30R, Gt3076R, adn GT35R.

 

which has good spool-up on stock engine, and what can i do to get more power from the stock turbo, i was thinkin i have enough money to build the head.

 

warr,

have you picked up a IX turbo yet?

 

No, not yet, but I have a bead on one coming off a 9 in a month or so.

 

i'm very curious to see the gains...i'm contemplating doing the same.

 

We had a Dynoflash customer (and friend of mine) from the DC area who added one and gained ~20whp across the board and immediately gained .2s in the 1/4-mile without a reflash. It seems to really make a difference. My testing will be slightly different, though, since I'm at 6000' elevation. I'm curious to see if the IX can sustain more boost at high rpm at this altitude, because my stock 05 completely runs out of breath and tapers to 16psi even with a strong MBC and upgraded WGA - it simply cannot flow enough to maintain that boost with so little oxygen. If the IX can even give me 18-19psi at redline, it would be a huge difference.

 

Why not get a bigger turbo since you are doing more and more racing? Also, what SCCA class will you be running in?

 

Because I'm autocrossing and road racing mainly, and this will be pretty much a near-free upgrade without having to change anything else. I will get the IX, take it apart, put on my ported/coated hotside, then put the other hotside with my 05 and sell it as a whole turbo. The difference in cash will be negligible compared to doing a full turbo upgrade. I want to maintain quick spool, which already suffers here at altitude (lost 400rpm of spool).

Eventually, I'd like a BR 2.3 + BB 50-trim, but that's a lot of money, so it's down the road. For now, I just want to try a basic switch to the IX. In SCCA Solo II, I'm in SM. In NASA Time Trials, I'm in TTA, and I'd like to stay out of TTU, since that is where the crazy cars are.