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Identifying CT26 turbine wheels
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Here's the only half decent info I could find online.
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Inconel/Metallic wheel on the left, Ceramic Wheel on the right
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So according to this info you can identify the wheel type by the shape of the nut,
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Info is from here:
http://www.mr2oc.com/showthread.php?t=282510&pp=30
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This info ties up nicely with the three turbo's I have at home.
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Turbo number one is a totally standard CT26 from JDM Rev2 MR2 Turbo so should have ceramic wheel:
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You can see it has the six sided nut
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Second up a Turbo Technics rebuilt CT26,
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12 point nut,
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Finally my Hybrid CT26, which is the one I actually care about:
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This one also has the 12 point nut,
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So can anybody confirm definitively how to identify the
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Can anyone confirm if ceramic turbine usually has 11 fins and metallic has 10 fins?
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From what I've found, neither will be magnetic so can't use that to test.
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I did try using the search feature to find this,
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Cheers
Dan