I have one of the UFI 16g,
I am interested RLI that you say the 18g is spooling better than the 16, the 18 is meant to be the bigger turbo with more lag and more top end, the 16g better for loads etc.
The UFI 16g is pushing 20PSI by 2000rpm,
in first you might find tis a little doughy up to 1400ish, I am going to get diesel central to have a bit of tweak with mine and see if we cant get it on song a bit lower down.
everyone needs to remember the turbo is post air filter, if the taiwanese turbo lets go, one of 3 things can happen. Well theres more than 3 things, but lets be a doomsday-ist here.
1, spits a exhaust wheel, down the exhaust it goes and you fish it out the muffler and buy a new turbo. not so bad.
2, spits a comp wheel, you get an engine full of metal and rebuild the motor. rather bad.
3, spits oil seal into comp wheel housing, diesel will burn oil as well as they burn diesel, essentially operating at full noise until the engine goes bang, usually because it runs out of oil to lubricate the bearings, as its busy burning it all as fast as it can pump it into the air intake, the bearing spins on the crank and siezes, the rod has no option but to snap under the rotating force and punches out the side of the block.
at which point you hope the motor stops, but it might take a touch longer yet.
this is all worst case, but it is also why I dont mess around with cheap turbos. Those sellers dont care if your turbo shits itself and costs you a 12K motor, guys like UFI do.
Cheers, Andy
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