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Standard Turbo Help - Autech Stagea

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Hi All,

I really need help/advise to confirm what my current turbos are on my stagea.

I really don't think they are standard but whats the easier and best way to confirm?

I think they were changed on compliance.

I've got a little camera that i can more around or look at pulling parts off.

Can anyone tell if i was to get the numbers off them?

I've been running 14psi through them for like the last year and have another boost setting which seems to have gone to 17.9

I don't want to run that unless I can confirm that i don't have ceramic exhaust wheels

Any held would be greatly appreciated.

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They won't have been changed "on compliance" unless they were special in some way and therefore "stolen" by the compliance shop. If they were changed under those circumstances then it is more likely that the only turbos anyone would put on would be the cheapest and easiest to get hold of - ie, std GTR turbos.

Checking the numbers on the cores won't help you at all unless it proves that they really are something special. Even std turbos can fairly easily have the ceramic wheels changed out for metal ones without the numbers on the outside changing. The numbers won't tell you anything in that case except that they may still have ceramic wheels.

If you have ceramic wheels, don't even think about running it at 14 psi all the time unless you like the idea of rebuilding the engine. 17+ psi would obviously be stupid. This is not to say that ceramic turbos won't do it - I ran my RB20 turbo at 17 psi for a few days once (before realising why it was going so fast!) and it didn't self destruct. But keep doing it and it's like playing Russian Roulette with 5 bullets in the gun, not 1.

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Try to see the I.d. plates then Google them.

Otherwise, remove a dump and l ook at wheel (you would have to be very keen to do it)

Edit. GTSBoy beat me with more info.....

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