Trick or 122 Radix or TVS 1900
Jul 4, 2008 | 11:03 AM
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I have a Radix, granted it's not on yet
, but I'll say the Trick, esp. if u already have some stuff.
But I'm not.
I tweaked WJ's list. If I lived in a warmer area, I prolly would've went turbo. Why does this matter? Cause I'd ride to work. I wanted a boltin pkg w/ no dickin around. I didn't want to be dialing in or if it leaked, be screwed in winter. To me, a Radix is rock solid reliable. To be fair, I've never done FI nor a turbo, but my comments are prolly geared more toward problems associated w/ STS. Trick is higher standard.
, but I'll say the Trick, esp. if u already have some stuff. But I'm not.
I tweaked WJ's list. If I lived in a warmer area, I prolly would've went turbo. Why does this matter? Cause I'd ride to work. I wanted a boltin pkg w/ no dickin around. I didn't want to be dialing in or if it leaked, be screwed in winter. To me, a Radix is rock solid reliable. To be fair, I've never done FI nor a turbo, but my comments are prolly geared more toward problems associated w/ STS. Trick is higher standard.
Jul 4, 2008 | 06:34 PM
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Dennis,
You already know what I'm gonna say
Why waste such a great turbo with shelf duty
Rick is pretty easy to work with. You just say: "Hmm. I'm thinking about doing a front mount." Then he goes out into the shop, welds up some pipe and sends you a pic of what you're new kit will look like... (In case you missed my thread, Rick is making me a set of tubular twin manifolds and DPs for BRT
)
You already know what I'm gonna say
Why waste such a great turbo with shelf duty
Rick is pretty easy to work with. You just say: "Hmm. I'm thinking about doing a front mount." Then he goes out into the shop, welds up some pipe and sends you a pic of what you're new kit will look like... (In case you missed my thread, Rick is making me a set of tubular twin manifolds and DPs for BRT
)
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Jul 4, 2008 | 07:51 PM
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Dennis,
You already know what I'm gonna say
Why waste such a great turbo with shelf duty
Rick is pretty easy to work with. You just say: "Hmm. I'm thinking about doing a front mount." Then he goes out into the shop, welds up some pipe and sends you a pic of what you're new kit will look like... (In case you missed my thread, Rick is making me a set of tubular twin manifolds and DPs for BRT)
You already know what I'm gonna say
Why waste such a great turbo with shelf duty
Rick is pretty easy to work with. You just say: "Hmm. I'm thinking about doing a front mount." Then he goes out into the shop, welds up some pipe and sends you a pic of what you're new kit will look like... (In case you missed my thread, Rick is making me a set of tubular twin manifolds and DPs for BRT
)Trick has a few guys going real fast in 5.3's and 6.0's ... Good thing its a long weekend. I'm going to pull the trigger on something Monday.
Jul 4, 2008 | 07:57 PM
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Jul 6, 2008 | 12:20 PM
#28
Please let me reiterate. I said that FI will be new ground for me. I'm rather ignorant of turbos, therefore there's an intimidation factor. What w/ BOVs, wastegates, & all. I do have a Q for ya WJ. Do u drive in the snow & ice w/ your turbo truck on a regular basis? I think u have 4wd. I thought traction might be a bigger issue w/ the sudden surge of power on a turbo in winter. I guess it's learning how to drive your power in weather, much like I'll need to do w/ Radix.
Leaks, well that comment as I said b4, was directed more @ the STS units. They seem to have more problems w/ that pump in rear leakin fluid, burning up & quality. I was told that in winter, I'd (potentially) see issues w/ oil traveling to the rear mount STS. The guy was also tryin to sell me on doing a front mount.
I really thought of an STS when figuring what I wanted FI-wise. I also thought there'd be leak issues w/ manifolding due to all the heat generated on turbos. Customer service w/ STS also went downhill from what I heard. TRICK makes a 1st class unit in my eyes. At the time, IIRC, I don't think Rick was doin front mounts.
His stuff came out after Brain got me a unit. I've no intention on gettin rid of my 04, but if I go FI again, I'll call Rick.
Rick is pretty easy to work with. You just say: "Hmm. I'm thinking about doing a front mount." Then he goes out into the shop, welds up some pipe and sends you a pic of what you're new kit will look like...Rick is making me a set of tubular twin manifolds and DPs for BRT )
)Rick's customer service ( from what I read) is 2nd to none. He'll educate on what'll work for your appl. & build the way u want. My hat's off to him.
Buying w/ room to grow is an idea that fits well on turbos. Brian, are these quick change hubs available on the Radix112?
Jul 6, 2008 | 08:38 PM
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