9 Blade Turbine
Who rebuilt their turbo? MVS Forums member Fosgate rebuilt his turbo. Here are his words on what he bought and how it went together:
Just to give you a bit of feedback on turbo replacement to a cartridge with 9 blade turbine wheel.
The car is 1997 S70 T5 (yep we got them in 97 where in Oz) that had standard TD01HL-16T turbo with 190k kms on it.
My engine has been blowing bit of smoke in the morning after its been sitting there over night and I thought its time to replace the turbo as its done close to 200k kms on the original turbo.
So found a company in Japan/Taiwan who were offering both 12 (standard), 11 and 9 blade 16T replacement cartridges for a reasonable price and after bit of discussion with them I end up ordering 11 blade unit as it would reduce the lag of the stock turbo (I have auto) and at the same time give me the performance of the original unit. Also the 11 blade unit was around $100 cheaper then the 9 blade unit.
1997 S70 Replaced the 16T Turbo to 9 blade turbine unit
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Last Updated on August 19, 2020
