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Old 07-13-2015, 03:09 PM
m1tch m1tch is offline
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Originally Posted by Dan Stokes View Post
I sorta did that - well, actually Tim's Turbos in Virginia did it for me on my OM617 turbo. My turbine side is OEM with a T03 (I think) compressor side with clipped wheels. I can get up to near 20 PSI with an acceptable pressure ratio. As you may be aware, you don't want the exhaust manifold pressure to be more than 1.5 times the intake manifold pressure. If the pressure ratio gets "up there" you'll have to upsize the turbine side.

Dan
I will measure the turbine wheel on this turbo, its actually quite small and seems about the same size as the OEM one so I might be lucky and find that its correctly matched.
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