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Originally Posted by Kibwe Walker

Thats basically what I am saying.

You can run like this as long as you don't push the setup where 1 turbo is doing all the work and the other is way out of its efficiency range.

For that matter thats exactly what I said. The wierd thing is I don't have to break things to figure out how they will break. Riding around on low boost won't ever do anything to our bottom end but for what you risk and what you gain is it really worth it?

Example being a 9b/13g setup. Phalse already ran 11.7 with that years ago. Don't know if it was a true L turbine 13g' or a 9b converted to 13g (same turbines). You can do that big deal. I am not going to recommend something to any 3s owner when their is no real benefit to doing so.

For you both your turbos are within their efficiency range so big nothing. You can roll like that forever. Now if you get fuel and meth or whatever to where you can be outside the 13g's efficiency range consistantly everytime you go WOT then you fall into the POTENTIAL damage area with unequal balance between the banks. It won't fail immediately, it won't fail in 10 miles or even a 100 but it will fail sooner than if you had your engine balanced with equal turbos/backpressure.

When that is, who knows, I have no desire to find out, and like I said our motors are pretty stout, but they are metal, they don't get stronger with use and or abuse. I just want mine around as long as possible and hope you and other 3s owners get the same.

There is a benefit though. Whenever someone is selling a single turbo cheap you can pick one up and always pick up another later.

DR650s do not spool like 13Ts. If I had two DR650s I know it would be laggier than my 13Gs. I now have a combo of the lag with more top end.

I also have probably $400-450 in both turbos combined. I really don't know how you can beat that for a combination that should hold 20 PSI (or close) to redline.

This engine has 142K on it, but still runs perfect. If it failed tomorrow I could hardly be mad at it.

Stock rings and pistons yet, good compression yet and perfect oil pressure now. This engine also ran a 9b/13G for a LONG time.

Feral (I think that was his username) ran a 9b and a DR650 combo for a while without issue.

I can't drive that great, so I need all the help I can get. I want this car to go down the track from power and not from driver. 13Gs aren't going to do that for me, so here we are...

Edit: wait, I sold my stock turbine housing for $50 and if my rear turbo sells for $150 like I hope I will have about 200-250 in this whole setup