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#1 ·
I finally bought one . Looked everywhere for info only a couple have talked about installing it . I pull for a living have 300k on my 6.7 and love it just wish it quit breaking down :-( will update with my thoughts on it ..
 

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For 460 bux I have to say I wasnt impressed so far out of the box unlike the 7.3 or 6.0 wheels. The weight difference is barely noticeable unlike the 7.3 or 6.0 wheels and I was really hoping it was alot lighter .the over all fin design looks just like the stock wheel So I didn't see much of anything impressive So I'm hoping that the 11th vane really makes a huge difference. It pretty much looks like a polished stock wheel besides the fact it has 11 fins vs the stock 10 . I tried to get diesel site to give me one for cheap and let me try it out since u can't find anyone saying anything about it for the 6.7 amd I would post my thoughts on the net to let others know how good or bad I thought it was but they assured me they sell 400 of these a month and they are not croOKs lol I asked what do u call taking a stock 75$ oem wheel and remarketing it as a wicked wheel in the beginning and charging double for it ... he ended the conversation. For 400 a month sold u sure don't hear anyone talking about installing them or enjoying them ...
 
#14 ·
Improper material combined with poor design eventually leads to failure.

Not at all uncommon in Chinese compressor wheel "knock offs".

I would never buy a wheel unless there is a published compressor map for it.

An improperly sized wheel (actual air flow not diameter) can result in over spinning and subsequent failures (wheel, shaft, bearings).

Hal
 
#12 ·
Man that's a u call I'd guess . 450 is pretty tuff but **** tuners have gotten out of controll too .. I think it made a bug difference but I tow for a living I don't care about over all power . I want mpg . This thing shines about 65 mph I've seem 12.6 mpg with 20k behind the truck witch is fantastic when bine stock I stayed high 8s low 9s . The turbo noise is nice . Couldn't hear it before
 
#17 ·
what year is your truck randykey
 
#19 ·
I wanna know a timeline of your 6.7 repairs in relation to its 300k lifespan...that would be interesting to see, knowing you work the truck and I wanna know what will fail around when ��
 
#20 ·
The fuel system went about 87k . Pretty much issue free till the dpf plugged up no signs or warnings blew gaskets and the turbo and got the engine really hot around 260k . The rear end went shortly after this keep in mind this is the sra with the light duty 10.5 sterling. A few egr probes failed over the miles . I cracked both fuel pressure regulators on the hpfp about 285000.
 
#25 ·
It may make it louder, but it'll never sound anything like a 6.0