2 slightly slower spool time than ball bearing turbo.
Ceramic ball bearing turbo vs journal bearing.
Additional ball bearing options another option one will find is a hybrid ball bearing.
6 with a properly designed manifold and properly selected turbo for your setup you can actually see better spool from the new journal bearing turbo s.
Hmmm actually cannot.
This consists of replacing only the compressor side journal bearing with a single angular contact ball.
My con reasons to using a journal vs ball bearing are as follows.
The old days are over.
The journal bearing 70mm that i had originally spooled a lot quicker but that was a 68 vs a 96 a r exhaust housing which obviously makes a difference.
In addition the opposed angular contact bearing cartridge eliminates the need for the thrust bearing commonly a weak link in the turbo bearing system.
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1 longer cool down time for journal bearing turbo.
The cartridge is a single sleeve system that contains a set of angular contact ball bearings on either end whereas the traditional bearing system contains a set of journal.
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I do believe that on a lower boost application you can strike the right balance between size and response but on a larger high hp setup with larger turbo.
The 76 bb made 680rwhp 700rwtq on my 2v 4 6 at around 23lbs.
However a ball bearing cartridge is the latest affordable ball bearing technology providing much momentous performance enhancements to a turbocharger.
Ball bearing innovation began as a result of work with the garrett motorsports group for several racing series where it received the term the cartridge ball bearing.
Back in the early turbo days turbo lag was so bad that drivers used to hit the throttle a full 1 3 seconds before it was time to accelerate as.
This consists of replacing only the compressor side journal bearing with a single angular contact ball.
This is a teardown and rebuild of both type of turbos step by step.
Competitor ball bearing options another option one will find is a hybrid ball bearing.
This driving style allows my non ball bearing journal bearing turbo to negate the advantage of the ball bearing turbo but i get the reliability of the journal bearing turbo.
As we know the journal bearing has long been the strength of a turbocharger and is still currently used within most turbochargers.
In addition the opposed angular contact bearing cartridge eliminates the need for the thrust bearing commonly a weak link in the turbo bearing system.
