I cant seem to find the exact thread where I read it, but some very knowledgeable turbo guys on tech are the ones who posted it. It makes sense to me. I mean BW prolly has millions in R&D to make the turbo as effecient as possible, then a aftermarket performance shop decides to see what they can do with a CNC without putting in the countles hours of testing that BW has.

 

I don't think Jose uses the batmo wheel. It's a different billet wheel I think? Call and talk to reed at work turbochargers to see what he says. That's where i got my s476

 

Not finding a hole lot, there's some input from the diesel guys saying less blades pull in moreair and spool quicker, also found a test done with the exact same wheel just billet vs cast and saw 0 gains in performance, they also claim the main reason for billet was that they could design a new wheel much quicker. So far it's not looking so good for the billet wheel we have to pay almost 300 bucks more for.

 

I'll call him in the morning and see what he says.

 

Let us know Jake!

 

lol I'll keep researching, I just keep thinking how much stupid power foose04 truck makes, it's not like I could go wrong with the billet wheel according to his... Idk.

 

Ok I just got off the phone with Reed at work turbochargers, first of all he's a really nice guy and great to work with. Anyways he said they didn't do billet wheels on there s475s, he said they had done a little testing on them when they came out and seen no gains at all so they didnt do anything with them. I told him what turbo I had and he said there was much to be gained and he would set me up a turbo that would still spool up good and push my 4.8 on up to the 1000hp mark. well once again I have no idea what to do lol.

 

Go with Reed, sounds like he's not trying to sell you stuff that you dont need like a billet wheel that provides no advantage

 

Depending on what billet wheel your talking about. My billet wheel is a custom deal separate from the BW billet wheel from boost lab. It has 11 full blades and ETT. I have no doubt it out performs a standard wheel and the track times stand behind it's performance.

 

I'm talking about the batmowheel. Rob there is no doubt your turbo is working really well!