Turbonetics te44/te60 Turbos

[ikle]

Do any of you run these turbos, if so what do you think of them ? Looking for info based on Reliability, Performance and Warranty issues. I am considering them for my next turbo purchase but know little about them. Thanks, Kyle

 

[Homie_Telefrag]

FWIW, I have a TE62 on my car. If I had the right combo, Im sure Id love it more. Ive got a 3000 converter and with everything else on my sig, its about 2 seconds in between me mashing the gas pedal and it hitting boost. That may not seem like a lot, but when Mr. I-Hate-Buicks is pulling, 2 seconds is the world. Id just make sure that with a TE44/TE60/TE-whatever has all the right combo mods and you'll be fine for many years with it.

 

[bison]

te44 and te60 arent very descriptive. Ive seen what were thought to be te60's that had 76 p trim ex wheels. Though they supported more power they were laggy as Homie described. Basically what he has is a 60-1 compressor with a 76p ex wheel. Turbonetics offered at least 3 different turbine wheels that could be run with a 60-1 compressor. Typically if its a large shaft its a 76 p although ive seen small shaft 76p turbonetics product. The large shaft ones use their compressor wheel and the small shaft uses a garrett 60-1 cast wheel. Ive also seen smaller 10 blade turbines that were slightly larger than a Garrett T350 also used. The old stand by stage 3 is also used which is what the old te44 and te60 were originally sold with. If it has any other turbine than a stage 3 you need a good converter or it will spool slow. Fwiw looking at your sig you wont benefit from either since you already have a ta49. Your next step would be cylinder heads and intercooler. Then go with a 60-1 turbo or any of the newer forged milled compressors. Once you do that id bump the spring pressure up a little and re-tune.

 

[chriss4655]

I have a turbonetic's te44 from Jack Cottons ceramic bb , it flat out rips, spools as fast or faster than a stocker. I ran a journal bearing 44 and a 6131 journal bearing both percisions with my combo and the turbonetic's 44 is my favorite by far. I run a stock long block, alky with all the supporting mods and a 2800 stall .

 

[deezdad]

Ttt for any updates? Anyone know out of all the versions described above by Bison, wich one Jack Cotton carries?

 

[ikle]

Ttt for any updates? Anyone know out of all the versions described above by Bison, wich one Jack Cotton carries?

I ended up getting a Turbonetics te60 bb per Cottons suggestion and a PTE SLIC. I don't know how much different, if any, it is from their te44 bb but I am happy with it. All I know is I was running 20-21lbs of boost,with nothing but 93oc, with no knock. I had to add a little over 15.6% more fuel to per 1, since my TT chip was burned for 17-18lbs of boost to get WBO2's down from 12.4 to 11.0-11.2 range, which is a little bit fat. This year I am going to swap out my 42's for some 60's and get closer to 11.4 WBO2 range, since I maxed out these injectors with a duty cycle over 100%. So far my combo seems to be working.

 

[kandc7]

Just get with bison and have him get you a turbo for your combo.. You will get better customer service and better quality...

 

[deezdad]

Is your cam stock Kyle? Wondering if with a combo like yours you could run a tighter 10" converter to optimize the lower power band? With the 3.5" maf, 3"inlet/outlet slic and the ball bearing option turbo I would think you could and still retain quick spool?? As I mentioned in pm im probly going this route only with ported heads and step above stock cam 194/204. Thanks for the feedback...