Hybrid turbo's
Discussion
hybrid is a very over used term. I see that they are spraying the word "hybrid" on the front of chavy intercoolers now.
Whatever next..hybrid sandwiches perhapps, 1 slice of brown bread and 1 slice of white bread...
The general idea is that you get a big(er) turbo and fit a smaller turbine section (the hot bit). so you get more air out without loosing response(lag). That's the concept, what each company does is up to them. I would expect new bearings, seals, turbines, shaft even as a minimum.
I believe that turbotechics pioneered the concept, but that could be BS also.
>> Edited by eliot on Thursday 21st July 14:23
Whatever next..hybrid sandwiches perhapps, 1 slice of brown bread and 1 slice of white bread...
The general idea is that you get a big(er) turbo and fit a smaller turbine section (the hot bit). so you get more air out without loosing response(lag). That's the concept, what each company does is up to them. I would expect new bearings, seals, turbines, shaft even as a minimum.
I believe that turbotechics pioneered the concept, but that could be BS also.
>> Edited by eliot on Thursday 21st July 14:23
A hybrid is exactly that, a combination of two turbos.
A popular one being a T3 Turbine housing and bearing housing with a T4 compressor housing and wheel. Not much more lag but considerably more air flow capacity and a straight bolt on to the very popular T3 flange.
However most Hybrid's these days aren't. Their merely standard turbo's with larger compressor wheels, e.g. T3 with a Trim 60 compressor wheel which was substituted in place of the previous Trim 45 wheel.
Regs
Matt
A popular one being a T3 Turbine housing and bearing housing with a T4 compressor housing and wheel. Not much more lag but considerably more air flow capacity and a straight bolt on to the very popular T3 flange.
However most Hybrid's these days aren't. Their merely standard turbo's with larger compressor wheels, e.g. T3 with a Trim 60 compressor wheel which was substituted in place of the previous Trim 45 wheel.
Regs
Matt
Watch where you buy from too, Dont want it splitting in half...
www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1097918&page=1
There's alot of chinese clone t3/t4 hybrids about,cunningly avoiding the "Garrett" word. Dont want to name names though... study the photos above and google around abit.
www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1097918&page=1
There's alot of chinese clone t3/t4 hybrids about,cunningly avoiding the "Garrett" word. Dont want to name names though... study the photos above and google around abit.
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