well everyone the guy i got my hx40 from told me it had a 16cm exhuast housing on it, but i got it today and looked inside the flange and its an 18 cm housing. is it worth it to upgrade to a 14 or 16 cm housing? or am i pushing enough fuel to still make it spool decently quick? thanks

 

Either get your money back, or try it... I've heard that anything but the 16 is best used for a door stop. What flange is it? T3 or T4?

 

its a t3 flange

 

I dont know what you paid for it but to most a 18 is worth less then a 16, Give it a try and see what you think. You can always look for a 16cm housing...

 

i paid 220 for it its a genuine holset with 0 shaft play, 4" v band housing. can i take the turbo itself off of the old exhuast housing and just put a new housing on it?

 

yes you can put a diffetent housing on it, and i'm still running my 18cm, housing the lag sucks, but apart from that it works good, give it a try, you may be supprised.

 

i just gotta find a different housing i cant find any on craigslist or ebay or anything

 

go to ebay and type in holset turbo. Sometimes u ll get lucky and they'll split the turbo from the housin and sell it to u try it and see

 

searched it multiple times cant find any. im just going to have to keep my eyes open

 

ya go to the classifieds here would a 12cm wastegated housing work?