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Old 08-12-2009, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by KarTek View Post
For a given turbo, a .50 A/R turbine will spool faster but have more back pressure/higher potential EGT's than the .60...
OK, now I'm REALLY confused. I thought it was the compressor (cold) side that was a .50 AR (on the ebay turbo you guys recommended) - vs. .60 AR (on the one I'm looking at locally) - not the turbine (hot) side. I thought both of them had a hot side turbine with an AR of .63
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