Ah the age-old question, which turbo is right for me? Stock ihi took a crap after 222k mi. I've been reading and researching for the last week, that being said, time to turn to the experts! I'll preface with, I have stock fuel and Id like to stay as close to stock driveability as possible. Id love to go to a 366 but after buying everything for install and turbo, it's out of the budget. So I'm looking at drop-ins. I'm really leaning towards Mark's 63.5 stg2 reman but I'd like to talk to everyone about what I have on my mind and gather more info before I pull the trigger. My biggest concern is getting egt's down because my truck has recently become a garage queen/weekend warrior and with the new camp trailer, it sees 14k gcvw often and I get into some pretty nasty hills here in ID. So DT and Ryan's Diesel Performance in Wisconson both use a larger turbine housing and 10 wheel turbine. Mark and Brent's turbos use stock turbine housings and wheels. Ryan's and DT use adjustable wastegates where Mark and Brent's are solid and Mark still runs a boost valve. I do like the fact that all 4 are still liquid-cooled, one reason I'm kind of steering away from the Cheetah. So if anyone could chime in with any helpful info or real-world experience, I would greatly appreciate it. I would turn to Russ but it sounds like he has left the turbo game. Speaking of Russ, another question that comes to mind is, I'm not sure if any of these 4 turbos have polished compressor housings. I haven't looked into HiTech yet, but I will here in a bit. Also, the reason I'm not just throwing a stock charger back on it is because like I said before, I want lower egt's. And, the truck will never see over 500hp.
