Sidewinder

[jaluhn83]

IF someone has a Banks Sidewinder WG turbo sitting around can you take pictures or post what all the casting numbers on the exhaust housing are, especially if there's an AR number somewhere. I have a strong suspicion the problem with my turbo is that's it's got the wrong housing and I have it off now so I can check it against a know good one if I can find one.

Thanks!

 

[hesutton]

I've not seen A/R numbers on the turbine housing. Both of mine are installed now, but looking at my photos of the turbo, I don't see A/R on the casting.


Heath

 

[cpdenton]

Give me a day or two...I will go look at mine. It is in the shop at my in-laws house right now. What exactly are you looking for, because I also don't remember any numbers on the housings...just the part #s on the tag.

 

[typ4]

The one I tried to rebuild for a member had no numbers on the castings to tell the ar, Its banks super secret ********. and for everyones info the rebuild kit you need for the mitsubishi pos is a tdo7 superback , not a 6 like is thought. I have zero desire to do another of the wastegate banks, my goal is to find a garrett or BW to fit in there.

 

[cpdenton]

Thanks for the info Russ. I do intend to rebuild this turbo of mine, and this is good information to have.

I am interested in a turbo upgrade as well. Seems like this Mitsubishi turbo might be a weak link, or at least a better option might be put there.

 

[jaluhn83]

Interesting that you say TD07 Russ, mine is a TE06H - says it right on the label plate that's usually covered by the Banks plate.

However, the one I have is an oddball that may or may not actually be right. It's an ebay special that I got incomplete and never used. It looks like a sidewinder and has the "sidewinder turbo' cast into the compressore housing, but was missing the wastegate actuator and heat shield when I got it. After some tinkering I come to find out that the wastegate flapper was about 2 mm smaller in diameter that the wastegate port. I wound up cutting a access port in the housing and making a press fit seat insert which has worked well. At the time I thought it was a case of someone sticking the wrong flapper in, but given the low boost I get out of it I'm thinking maybe it's the wrong exhaust housing. My suspicion is that it was a factory reject due to the wg screw up which someone 'recovered' out of the scrap bin and recycled.

 

[Wicked97]

The teo6h is the Mitsubishi turbo banks uses. What Russ is saying is the rebuild kit for it is actually the t07.

 

[typ4]

Thanks for the info Russ. I do intend to rebuild this turbo of mine, and this is good information to have.

I am interested in a turbo upgrade as well. Seems like this Mitsubishi turbo might be a weak link, or at least a better option might be put there.

gladly sell you the kit I have sitting here. pm me.

 

[typ4]

The teo6h is the Mitsubishi turbo banks uses. What Russ is saying is the rebuild kit for it is actually the t07.

Nothing from a 6 will fit, at least in the three I tried to do. so something is rotten in denmark with these turbos and thats why I dont want anything to do with them, How do you warranty a repair on something that has no valid part numbers???

 

[Wicked97]

Its a banks proprietary everything bs.
They want you coming to them for a new turbo so they got in bed with mhi and put a ******* turbo on there.
Everything is like that with them.