I know that a thread like this is brought up over and over again but I wanted to see if I could get anymore up to date info. I'm looking at picking up either turbo, my car is daily driver for now but during the spring and summer I like to get it out and race it. I know that with the TME I'm looking at a quicker spool but less top end, with the evo 9 I'm looking at less bottom end but more top end. Or at least that is what I'm lead to believe. As a way for future mods I'm not looking at much, downpipe, fuel pump, larger FMIC and maybe a set of 272s. I know that the cams sound a little excessive but a friend of mine might be selling his so I can pick them up for a decent price.
In anycase, with those 272s in mind would it be useless to have a a TME and should I just go to the evo 9 ? I'm just a little lost in what I should do.

Thanks!

 

get the evo 9 and eventually turn it in for FP green

 

fp green!!!!!!!!!

 

Just buy the IX turbo and then send it to either Forced Performance, or Blouche Turbos and have them fit the Titanium-Aluminide turbine wheel from a TME turbo onto the shaft in place of the stock Inconel turbine wheel. This way you'll have the same lower rotational mass of a TME turbo as well as the increased flow of the IX turbo's improved compressor housing design.

 

Spark, that is the answer that I wanted. Thank you very much, now does Blouche have a website that I can check out?

I was thinking about the FP Green but I wanted something different. There are a few other guys around stl that are getting they're Greens and I just didn't wanted to be a follower I wanted to be an innovator. lol

 

Sure, Blouche Turbo has a website. They are a top flight outfit and have a VSR machine to balance your modified rotating assembly . Good luck! It should work just fine with the HKS 272's, the GSC's, or an HKS 272/264 combo, and a set of adjustable cam gears. It'll spool like a banshee with the HKS cams set at +1/-1.

 

i was looking to send an evo9 turbo to blouch before i found a sweet deal on a 20g, let us know your results. and the cams are far from overkill, you;ll be very happy you installed them.

 

Blouch does good work. Really good turn around too. I had them rebuild the T25 that's in my Mirage. I dropped it off and it was finished and shipped back to me within 2 days

www.blouchturbo.com

 

a 9 will make more power than the tme....if your considering the tme, that suggests to me, you favor transient response.....

you give up transient response between 2600-3600 for more top end power tme > evo 9 > fp-grn

i never had a evo 9 turbo in my car, but i did go from a tme to a fp-grn.... i make a helll of a lot more power, based off of calculated aem whp data, but i also gave up some transient repsonse....once above 4k, it's no contest, the fp-grn will just leave the tme.....all my tesating has been on punk gas = california's 91 octane.

choice depends on what your after.....

 

awesome. thanks guys !

 

Just put a Stock 9 Turbo on my car few weeks ago and am really surprised at the difference. Cant wait to get the FP Green.