Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #38032
From: John Slade <sladerj@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: New lurker on the list
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:51:24 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
>Check the archives for some of the mods done to the stock turbo for aircraft longevity.
If you find the mods I had done - don't bother. After blowing two stock turbos and one modified one, I can safely say its not a question of IF, its a question of WHEN. I might also mention that one failure mod involves loosing your oil and/or coolant through the turbo housing bearings. Not advisable if you're more than 20 ninutes from a landing site.
Get a T04 with an external wastegate. I installed a Turbonetics T04E-50 big shaft tangential with P trim, wet housing, an aspect ratio of 0.96 and a TiAL Sport 46mm waste-gate. I have almost 50 hours on it with no trouble.
John Slade

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