Garrett Turbos?

[Diesel Freak]

I talked with Turbonetics a while back about a turbo. They said they had abandoned the Cummins Project... . they did not tell me why.

 

[Pat@BD]

Very Shortly we are going to have something very worthwhile taking a look at. Keep your eyes on our site for more information.

 

[TxDieselKid]

Garrett is really working hard on getting some stuff out there for us Dodge and Ford diesel guys.

 

[nickleinonen]

ooh... how about a stand alone variable geometry controller for a nice VG turbo with ceramic roller bearings, composite compressor wheel that is big, and i mean BIG, but spools like a hy35. oh i am drooling at the thought of something like that

 

[Dennis Garrett]

I love the name

 

[HVAC]

Of Course You Do!!!

LOL!:-laf :-laf

 

[Hornball]

I was at the BD dyno day today and seen the product that pat was talking about. They are developing a twin setup that uses a Garnett and Swarlizer(sp) turbos. These turbos have a small compounding effect but there main purpose is to provide quick spool-up and still have good top end. Similar to what the new variable vane turbos are trying to do. They looked like a pretty sweet setup.

 

[R.ebel]

Turbo's

WANTED--A turbo for a 500+ HP truck that will spool up at 1600-1700 rpm and flow enough air to keep the egt's under control while towing a heavy load.



I'm currently towing with an PDR HX40-18 which works OK. But after tryin out an PDR HX50 I'm now looking for that topend rush of the HX50 Oh yeah baby! I guess I'm having with-drawls.



For my preferences the HX50 spooled just a little to late to be practical for heavy towing at high elevations with lots of grades and wind.



Maybe I should just bite the bullet and go for twins? I keep hoping that some one will come up a turbo that is can flow enough air for 500 HP without the lag.

 

[HVAC]

Twins

Your perfect for a set of twins.

 

[J.R. Adkins]

Rebel,



I have done several sets of twins and they are your answer to towing with your 500 hp.



J. R.

 

[Fueler]

thought id bring this thread back to see if anyones seen or heard anything from Garrett??????????

 

[HoleshotHolset]

I'm on their mailing list and they sent me their 'updated' catalog about two weeks ago.



This catalog wasn't any different from the last one.....



The Garrett stuff is a LOT more bread than your run of the mill Holset, Schwitzer turbos - this is probably the reason not too many people have plunked down the $3k+ to experiment with the large frame GT series turbos from Garrett.



The plus side of the GT series being available is that the T-series stuff has come WAY down in price.



There's a lot of 'trade secret' type of stuff involved with turbos... . amongst other things..... so getting any nitty gritty information out of anyone will be difficult.



Matt