Mark- get a life yourself. I took back what I had to say earlier. Get some reading glasses my friend.
I did smore tuning today, sliding the plate (yes, I have one now) around. I slid it all the way back and it runs like O... ... M... ... G!!!!! It hit 1400 degrees at 115 mph, and got a bit scared at the rate traffic was coming up, but I could not peg the pyro any more. My truck couldn't be running any better imo. (accept for MORE power

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Spooling- it spools very well considering I have a 91%tc.

I have my afc tuned for NO SMOKE off the line at wot, and it hits HARD right as it shifts into second when I stomp it from a stop. Then it makes a little puff then immediately clears to an almost invisible haze. With my plate 3/4 forward... ... James Bond smoke screen which boost can't even touch.
Kurt told me that the smaller housing would have the same temp drop -75 degrees or so.
And as for the FOD damage, I was being way anal when I told Kurt about that. I took the truck to a turbo shop as Kurt told me to, and they said THE FOD DAMAGE IS NOT AN ISSUE. The turbo is fine. An extremely small amount of sand got into the intake and the leading edge of some of the compressor blades got pitted a little. I have better than 20/20 vision and I can't see it from farther than 5 inches away. You can just barely feel the pits with your fingernail.
Very happy Chris
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OMG the cummins corvette is scary!!!!!