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  1. 01-06-2006, 04:22 PM #1
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    Default Tommi Makinen turbo upgrades...

    This one is for the evo guys. Does anybody around here run the Tommi 16g/20g? I know of a few evos up north that have used it and the benefits sounds modest but as far as 16g performance goes (low 12's on an evo 8) I hear its bulletproof.

    I just want to know more about how it actually performs.
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    From an Evo VI right? My roomie has an Evo III 16g on his project now but I believe he was going to go with the TME 16g instead, Ill ask him what he has heard.


    it is a DSM so Im not expecting much....

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    btw its a built 1g tsi/awd

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    Was the EVO 6.5TME a twin scroll or something? I'll have to do some research. I thought the 6.5 was mechanically identical to the 6. Skilly, you talkin about Gavin? He's got an EVO big 16G (pretty sure it's EVO III-spec). Those EVO IV+ turbos are a completely different ballgame. Or maybe I'm wrong. Who the hell knows.
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    Yeah I thought he was talkin about something bigger later on, could be wrong though. From what I know the TME has a lighter center section, titanium I think.

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    TME 16G ... same as the normal big 16g except it uses titanium-aluminide wheel which theoretically allows it to spool 33% faster. It also uses the 10.5cm^2 hot-side instead ot the 9.8cm^2. The "TME" just refers to the titanium-aluminide wheel in the 16g or 20g allowing faster spool... not really worth the money if you ask me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ct9a gsr
    TME 16G ... same as the normal big 16g except it uses titanium-aluminide wheel which theoretically allows it to spool 33% faster. It also uses the 10.5cm^2 hot-side instead ot the 9.8cm^2. The "TME" just refers to the titanium-aluminide wheel in the 16g or 20g allowing faster spool... not really worth the money if you ask me.
    Yeah that's what I was wondering. I knew I had the titanium wheel but I wondered what it did, durability or power. Yeah I'm not getting one....I was just looking at what made them special.
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    the 16g spools fast enough as it is, and 20g are great if you don't want to spend a lot of money, but there are better BB turbos that put out comparative power and faster spool times.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ct9a gsr
    The "TME" just refers to the titanium-aluminide wheel in the 16g or 20g allowing faster spool
    The "TME" refers to Tommi Mäkinen Edition:
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    Yes... and the Tommi Mäkinen Edition turbo sports the turbo-aluminide wheel... so therefore, when you hear all the buzz about a TME 16g, they're referring to the alternative material of the wheel, not Tommi Mäkinen himself. =]
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    weak^ lol
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    hahahaha whats up mang

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    Quote Originally Posted by ct9a gsr
    Yes... and the Tommi Mäkinen Edition turbo sports the turbo-aluminide wheel... so therefore, when you hear all the buzz about a TME 16g, they're referring to the alternative material of the wheel, not Tommi Mäkinen himself. =]
    Thanks for clearing that up cus I was wondering the same thing too.
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    i have a TME 16g, its TME cause that nigga tommi signed it himself
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