batmo turbos, fact or hype?

[TrentNell]

50 psi is maybe what most trucks run but on a balls to the wall truck with no compromises, s400's commonly see 55-60 psi and double that almost in a twin setup, no?

In a twin application its being run less hard ( roughly 3:1 PR usually ) and ya I know some run higher than 50 psi but that's the area i was capable of testing to when i did it , I have a BATMO S472 on my truck now for a bit and have plenty of fuel on board now , just have to install DP gauge , i'll re post my findings at the higher boost , I dont have a dog in the fight really , i sell a lot more cast chargers than billet or BATMO , and have made some of my highest HP numbers and track times on cast turbo's , but still think there are advantages to them for certain applications / budgets . .

 

[moss]

Just going to throw in a quick comment:

When the BatMo wheels came out I was very skeptical that they were anything special or worth buying and thought they were just a fancy leading edge on the blades. I took 7 blade cast, straight 6 blade billet, and 6 blade single Bat S475 wheels and laid them out to compare. The difference in blade profile is not only along the leading edge of the blades - they have a different profile all the way down the blades.

kinda of why i started this thread. i can understand the curve on the leading edge in a mathematical sense. but does it really work as science would have it

 

[bullfrogjohnson]

Spend your money on the turbine side. No s400 is in it's efficiency range at 50psi.