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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 01:00 AM
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and probably get close to the same mileage as you anyways!

gawd i hope not

you've seen how much fuel dumps out my exhaust lol im at a solid 12.5mpg with my daily suburban driving....and foot smashin the pedal half the time
 
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 01:01 AM
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Originally Posted by 91dirtydiesel
gawd i hope not

you've seen how much fuel dumps out my exhaust lol im at a solid 12.5mpg with my daily suburban driving....and foot smashin the pedal half the time
Ok, I get better than you!
 
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 01:03 AM
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ill let you know what the turbo shops have to say about the stuff tomorrow
 
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 05:22 PM
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definitely looks like excessive heat to me (replying to the blades)
 
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 10:44 PM
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I agree with Justin. Get the .72 housing and the 70mm wheel. Anything over 1.00 is huge and will have really bad spooling issues like he said. That would really hurt your low end power. I may have missed but what size is your compressor wheel?
 
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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by turtlemann14
definitely looks like excessive heat to me (replying to the blades)
What he said...
 
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Old Mar 2, 2012 | 11:14 AM
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I agree with Justin. Get the .72 housing and the 70mm wheel. Anything over 1.00 is huge and will have really bad spooling issues like he said. That would really hurt your low end power. I may have missed but what size is your compressor wheel?
Comp wheel inducer 61.4mm and comp wheel exducer is 82mm.
 
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