Who supplied/manufacture the turbos for Ford on the 6Liter?

 

Garrett makes the turbos for the ford 6.0l powerstroke.

IF aftermarket is what you are meaning to ask, then Garrett makes an "upgrade" for the 6.0l which is a direct bolt in turbo. It is called the "PowerMAx"

The turbo I have is made by Adrian at MadTurboWerks who is a god at building turbos. He provides a better turbo, at $500-600 cheaper then the PowerMax, it is proven better on dynos as far as I know and moves more air, it is a bad turbo.

I have the Stage 1.5 with the Stage 2 Batmo wheel, he also put the 10 vane turbine in it for me for the whistle we all know and love. The truck runs amazing and I am so glad I went with his turbo.

 

I'm not sure what you use your truck for but I'm what you would call conservative or easy going. I noticed today while cleaning my egr valve how big the turbo on my truck is. I could only see "GARRETT" written in it nothing else. It just seems bigger than what I've seen in the past. (that's what she said)

 

These trucks require more air to fire off the diesel at an effective rate which requires a bigger turbo. The little rice burners you see with turbos on them only need small turbos being as they only have 4 or 6 cylinders and a lot smaller heads and cylinders. The rice burners only need 5-10psi to notice a huge difference where as we should be running 15-25 to run at a steady pace.

 

These turbos are tiny... probably the smallest you could buy on a stock diesel. 57mm...

Rob, pretty sure a powermax moves more air than a stage 1, but it's not really an apples to apples comparison. Do you have the hybrid then? The hybrid was just above the stage 1 and has a billet wheel (non-batmo though...).

 

This sounds good but isn't the full truth. Going to a bigger turbo isn't the only answer ....airflow thru the motor is the answer. Running a modified intake manifold will achieve the same if not better results, which unfortunately is more expensive in the long run . In the end it's easier to swap in a turbo versus swapping out manifolds so everyone sells the idea a big turbo is needed.

Since Adrian mods used turbos of course they will be cheaper than a NIB Pmax.

 

Adrians hybrid turbo is the same price as a powermax, except he requires a core, and the powermax does not. Granted the hybrid gets you a billet wheel too, but still. The only turbo he has that is cheaper is the stage 1, and even he has admitted it will not outflow a powermax.

With that said, I'm doing my own stage 1. I may send it to him, but I'm providing the turbo, the LLY stock impeller (all he uses) and a turbo rebuild kit. He quoted me $375 to do all of that. Not too shabby.