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The start of my whole project vehicle was a self-destructed Stigan.
I can confirm that it looks very very much (on the outside) like the Sasquatch turbo that I just finished installing.
The little exterior differences I could see were in the center section.
The vacuum module and the compressor housing were, to my eyes, identical.
The main difference was in the "installation kit" Both the oil supply line and the oil return line of the Sasquatch weigh substantially more, enough to easily feel the difference in both.
The steel supply line of the Sasquatch is more robust, and must me made of a more dense metal, as the difference is easy to feel.
The oil return line of the Stigan has a longer thinner flex section which may make for easier installation, however this is one of the pieces that outright failed. If you take a garden hose and twist it until it folds in on it's self, making a crease that cuts off flow, this is how the flex section I removed looks. Also the grommet that carries the oil into the crankcase was soft and mushy. I don't know what it was like when new, but I consider it to have failed as there was major oil loss at this point. The Sasquatch kit piece feels very firm like it may have silicone or some other compound to hold up better against heat and petroleum distillates. The drain pipe is much larger with true high pressure hydraulic fittings at either end of a much larger diameter flex section, and installed with no twist.
The stigan that failed, I disassembled completely to understand what happened.
The compressor wheel had all blades but one worn at the tips and had taken quite a beating. The one that was different was broken off at the base.
I theorize that something made this blade break off. Maybe manufacturing defect, maybe something else, but there was no evidence of anything big bad or ugly going through, as all of the blades would be effected, and the intake had no splits or openings between the filter and the turbo.
The stigan uses an inside plate with 4 special screws to attach the compressor housing to the center section. Something (probably vibration) cause 3 of the 4 screws to loosen, and one not only loosened, but delivered the coup de grace by backing out until it contacted the compressor wheel, where it continued to back out making a groove in the smooth back side of the aluminum wheel, and finally seizing it solid, and cocked to one side.
At this point engine oil began to pump through the shaft seal, the cac hose, filling the intercooler all the way to the exit level, where it continued through the egr valve, the manifold, through the combustion chambers, the exhaust, the turbine (frozen in place) the exhaust (the engine would still start and run but not rev) and the guy ran it until it was running out the exhaust tailpipe. (behind the rear axle)
So, I have exactly 1 experience with Stigan. Not pretty. Very bad.
I have exactly 0 experience with the operation of the Sasquatch, as the engine has not been fired yet, and vehicle has not been driven. My side by side impression of the Sasquatch is that it's more robust, and hopefully the compressor wheel doesn't lose any vanes during operation.
_________________ '06 Lbrty Sprt CRD 150KSasquatch
DSS Turbo
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Weeks Stg1&2 EGRfix
PV-200
BLING
vent gauges
IDParts
head
cams
rockers
Timing set
ARP studs
eTn1 GX2123 5v GPs
YETI Custom Tune
Flowmaster 8325508
Carter P76611M
GM 12611872
Hayden 2986
GM 15976889
PATC Custom Billet
2010 Ram Hemi Trans
Sonnax 44957
Transgo kit
Cooper 51770
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It's a private-label arrangement. We have the turbos made to our specs. We can be considered the manufacturer for all intents and purposes.