Well I'm interested... I havn't RR'd mine yet.

Sweet, it would be at CC Tuning in Stoke. How are you finding yours Joe?

Sweet, it would be at CC Tuning in Stoke. How are you finding yours Joe?

Date dependant Dan I'll be up for a go on the rollers

I'm pretty sure the difference between stage1/2/3 for the PD150 turbos are:

 

Stage1: Bigger turbine internals

Stage2: Cut back exhaust side blades - quicker spool/flows more exhaust gasses

Stage3: Bigger exhaust side wheel, but i've heard they are a pain to control when mapping.

 

Mine too was mapped and tweeked by the guys at Dirty Torque. Fantastic service as mentioned above and still going strong 10k miles later

Edited 17 September, 201312 yr by NoSmokeNoPoke

Not been on here much lately, so only just picked up this thread.

 

Good going Dan! Glad it's coming along :-)

 

I will 100% agree with the comment about not waiting for it to go pop though. Mine went pop after a run pushing the car to stupid speeds at silly o'clock in the morning on a bare road, and I nearly lost my engine....  By the time I could come to a stop it had nearly burned through all the engine oil. Ant at AP took it apart and gave me a piece of the shaft that was close to entering the engine     Had that happened then I'd have been paying for a new engine also....

 

As Dan suggested, extra labour had to be spent to remove and clean all the intake system. So it's simply not worth waiting for it to go! I was lucky to say the least....  Not to mention the fact that due to having no car I had to plump for a brand new turbo - hence £££. Plus because my turbo was well beyond repair, I had to pay a £200 +VAT surcharge. Ant did a cracking job and was quick to turn around I will add :-)

 

How's the smoke with yours now Dan? Mine smokes a bit more than a stage 1 map when it comes on boost, but I'm guessing this is partly due to not having a FMIC yet. I absolutely can't wait to get a FMIC and Helix before unleashing it properly! I want the extra torque more than anything. Ant reckons mine should be around 200bhp'ish at the minute. Torque feels slightly less than a stage 1 map, but that might just be me. I'm running a PD150 Hybrid freshly manufactured by Garrett (annoyingly they didn't have any on the shelf when mine blew...)