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John,

1) Was the turbo you sent them one from 86-88 or from 89-91? Does it 
make a difference (this is a modest difference between the two turbos 
though it looked like they ported away any significant difference in the 
wastegate between the two)?
2) What did they charge you, including freight?

Barry Gardner
Proud owner of an Hitachi turbo from an 86TII.
Wheaton, IL

John Slade wrote:

>  >The stock turbine housing is just plain too small for aircraft use.  
> I'm not entirely sure that's true. Perhaps not totally ideal, but it 
> can work, and it's a lot easier / cheaper to install.  I'm now 
> running the stock '89 turbo modified to look like a T04-V1 (I think) 
> by http://www.turbonetics.com.au/ and balanced to 120k rpm.
> It seems to be behaving quite well so far. 48MAP at Sea level = enough 
> of power to turn my big 84 pitch prop at 4070. 46MAP at 10,000' - no 
> problem - prop rpm 6100 and 235 kts TAS.
> John
>
> Well John, you are the one flying a turbo rotary and I still fly 
> behind pistons. so you must be right! Nothing like real world 
> experience. If I recall you fly a Cozy? How many hours do you have on 
> the turbo now John? 
> Just 30 hours so far on the plane.  About 10 on the new turbo.
> John
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