I have been playing with the e-bay 20g turbos for three years now. First it was Robert at FP that slander the quality of the copies. He was the one who stated the flat leading edge was not aerodynamic. I have done back to back test on my car and you cant tell the difference between geniune MHI and the copies. HP remains the same. and the MHI 20g had 3 inch inlet, copy had 2.25. there are all sorts of nice compressor wheels made by reputable companies with flat leading edge. If you want to repeat roberts statements at least have some good data to support it. Outlet temp is not gonna rise 150. that is poor posting dont you think?

although the performance of these turbos is quite satisfactory the quality is sub standard. the wheels in these turbos can shatter and ruin your day. at least the early ones I bought. I am 100% certain the turbo you have here is not MHI. but like I said they do work well if it dont blow up on you. The numbers on compressor cover dont mean a thing. they stop at nothing to make good copies. I can clearly see casting flaws in your turbo that dont exist with MHI turbos.

on the subject of reverse rotation 20g. Turbocharges.com was sued by MHI for making and selling the reverse rotation 20G. they got there hand slapped to the tune of 70,000$ local here was buying the wheels from them and modding them to work in SRT turbos. he is currently looking for new source.

he is picture of MHI on left and copy with baseball bat leading edge.

 

the turbo looks nice lol but idk anything. I hope it works out though I would like to see what it does once you put it on.

 

That was only an example and purposely exaggerated, note the words "if I have" leading most that speak english to see its hypothetical. I have done testing and seen no increase in load which means no increase in airflow. Like I said that was the Turbochargers.com, but I am nevertheless curious to see what this does. A swing of 15% adibiatic efficiency can make a big difference in compressor outlet temps though. I actually can see some differences in those wheels just in that picture to be honest.

On a side note, I dont make turbos, turbo kits, intercoolers, piping, or cams. It doesnt mean that I havent tested many combinations over the years just to see what they will or will not do. I have tested Ebay intercoolers that were surprisingly efficient and ones that werent. I am sure that there are some chinese turbos that are good, much as I know there are turbos that are not. What turbos have flat leading edges and in what sizes so that I can compare them to turbochargers that I know have enhanced aero?

It seems though that in general we are in agreement these arent without their issues however.

 

I know two locals who have run the turbochargers.com 20g. I would be in disagreement with your statement they make no more flow than 16g. Both cars saw pleasant seat of the pants improvements. One was logging with AEM and saw clear improvements in the logs.

Flat leading edge? you can start with FP HTA turbos. That little areo curve does absolutely nothing for efficiency.

many have bad experiences with e-bay china turbos. so sometimes they get branded as crap before it is even given a chance. they arent all crap. It might surprise you to know where some of the wheels these top turbo companies in USA are coming from.

 

Any updates? Has someone installed one of these yet?

 

I never wanna be the test mule for ebay products, hell I don't ever buy stuff with mechanical parts or electronics from ebay anyway. I do wanna see someone test this piece though as it would be an interesting read!

 

Do you know where Apple Ipods are made? If you don't they are made in China. BTW, I am talking about the real ones.

 

That doesn't mean anything to me. What matters is who runs the plant, the R&D that is behind the product, and so on and so forth. If an American company or Japanese company decides to build a plant in Taiwan, but they are using that cheap labor to make a good product, it can still be a good product. But if a Chinese company makes a sloppy copy of someone else's work and then builds it a Chinese factory with cheap labor, that's when you can have problems.

 

You would be surprise by going to a manufacturing plant in China or Malasia and see the brand name units and the ones you call "sloppy copy of someone else's work" comming out of the same line. I am not going start a flame war here. But I have been working as a Product Engineer in manufacturing for the last 13 years. Not all "chinese copies" are good but not all are bad either.

 

Sure, I understand that's also a possibility. Many goods are just sold with a different brand on the same product. But I also understand that sort of assumption can't be applied to everything, it just depends.

 

Quick update. I installed the turbo last week. I have not tune it yet but it spools very fast. I see full boost just under 4K RPMs. With my previous setup Evo 8 turbo with the 9.8 hotside I was seeing full boost at aprox 3.6K now with the 20G and the 20.5 hotside it goes full boost about 3.9K. Full boost is now ~300 RPMs later. I am not usre if this is good or bad but it is not noticeable. I need to tune the ECU boost control now.

For now I am running it at WG pressure (WGDC @ 50%) which is ~16 psi for the actuator that came with it. I will put may be 100 miles at lower boost just in case it needs any kind of break in and then I will and adjust it to 23~24 psi. Still on stock cams. I will buy Kelford 264 or GSC S1 soon.

PS: Just to clarify. This comparison is between two pulls starting at about ~2800 RPMs on second gear. Data is taken from data logs and JDM Map Sensor. If I do the same thing at fourth gear and start at 2000 RPMs I will see full boost about 3200 RPMs on the 20 G. I testing this today but looking at the boost gauge and the tach.

 

Keep us updated. Thanks!

 

I installed the Kinugawa 20G last week. I am still playing with the boost and fuel map. I want to add cams so I do not want to spend too much time with the current tune. I will post pictures when I have a chance.

I also need injectors. With this turbo and stock cams I am now at 93% IDC at 22~23 PSI. I do have a walbro but still I am close to the stock injectors limit. I am sure that with cams I will be injector limited. I have a set of PTE 880 that will be installed soon.

I may take it to the dyno to test it before adding the injectors and cams to see how much power I got. With the stock 8 turbo I made 265 awhp with an TBE when I took it to the dyno. Kind of low I know, but with a very conservative self tune on the road. It feels WAYYYY stronger now.

 

How is the quality of the turbo and the install kit?

 

I am eagerly awaiting your results...I am considering the T67-25G listed on his ebay store for my 2JZ...