Ok, so i'm about 500 miles away from 80k luckily im ocd and take extremely great care of my car...ive recently been offered a great deal for a brand new 18g turbo and was wondering if it would be that beneficial to swap out the 16g i currently have in my VIII. ANYYY thoughts would be greatly appreciated

 

18G? what kind thers no reason why your car couldnt handle a bigger turbo iv seen higher millage evo's with 35R's ect.

 

well im just asking if it would allow me to push more power than the 16 g because of the bigger turbine housing?

 

not familiar with the term 18g but I went to an FP RED at 70k and then my injector went bad and my motor blew right at 80k luckily enough I pulled it for a 2.3L build ..

I would say do it.. Shouldnt hurt anything, mine was more of a freak accident with a clogged injector. Just get a good, conservative tune

 

the 18g is basically just the later VIII models and the evo 9 and 10....basicallly just has the same inlet with the bigger hotside...supposed to be able to make more boost while still keeping it safe. plus i figured it wouldnt hurt to slap a brand new turbo on also lol

 

My car is at 120+k miles and i have a BBK Full with who knows how many supporting mods i have with E-85 and i am nearly at 500whp. So if i can do it, I KNOW you CAN do it as well. 80k miles is no problem what so ever for a bigger turbo with alot other mods. Just makes sure who ever tunes your car is a legit tuner. Non of those fawking copy and paste shats that those tuners do and just grab you moneyz and walk away. :\

 

originally got my car tuned at pruvenperformance i believe it was...Big Al tuned it. next time im goin to dynoflash in stamford because he works for them now and the numbers i got were very impressive and havent had a single problem with the setup i have now.

 

it's not an 18g it's still a 16g

you'd need a re-tune to make use of the turbo

 

yea the turbo doesnt change, its still the 16G inlet with the 10.5 hotside.

just get the car retuned with the new boost levels

 

Remember, we have twin scroll turbos. If you are picking this up from an Eclipse/Talon forum or something, it will not work with your exhaust manifold. Just some food for thought.

 

i really appreciate ur help fellas...and boostismydrug...hes a freind of mine who is building a talon but he bought the wrong manifold and turbo..he actually bought the manifold and turbo to fit an evo so now hes gotta get rid of both of them for crazy cheap and i need a new manifold as well so it worked out perfect...but i should still get it tuned even if im gonna run the same boost i am now? only because im was kinda hoping to wait to tune wen i got a meth kit..

 

that would probably work.. I doubt it will make a huge difference, wait to do the meth and save the money