I thought iridium was stock. Thanks for confirming.

Starting to dig out parts from the various places that they have been stored.

Hello clutch and CrMo flywheel. Should add a bit of character to the drive.

Got the turbo in today and it looks great. Can't fault the packaging nor lines, studs, etc. all there including gaskets and a couple of actuator spring options should I decide to stretch some head studs.

What made you choose the Mamba turbo? Never heard of them.

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Its looking good... 6 puck clutch though, be a bit annoying in city traffic hey.

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06 STi: 337hp @23psi on E85...
06 STi: 309hp @22psi on 98ron...

Mamba are new company set up by the Japanese head engineer that set up Kinugawa before he sold it about 12 months ago . He has developed all the turbos using Genuine Garret or brand name cores with his own billet wheels and housings . The housings ,wheels, fittings and actuators are made to a tightly controlled standard in Taiwan . He had gone out of his way for me several times when ordering from him and has a good grasp of english .

He Has just spent a packet on the new factory buying the best german CNC and balancing machines etc . Email him and have a chat nice bloke . Havent had an issue with him

I agree that Eiji was a champion to deal with. Very pleasant and prompt.

As for why I chose the Mamba... Loved the apparent quality, specs and the fact that they are dual ceramic ball bearing using the same spec bearing as Borg Warner EFR.

I am hoping that it will still have enough torque to be able to pull slowly in traffic but at the end of the day, I used to have an old 911 that had a very light flywheel and internals. Once you get used to it it is quite easy and just adds to the character of the drive.