So finally after having my FD parked up for almost 5 years I gave it in for a rebuild early August 2014 and hope to get it back some March April this year. It had GT4088 on it that done just about 1K miles before the engine issues came up which was getting full spool around 4500RPM (yeah almost midway of RPM).
The engine's getting street port which should aid the spool but I don't think it will still be enough to make this thing spool under 3500RPM! I would love to invest in a GT35R but don't think I'll have the kind of money one of these cost after splashing on the rebuild and getting the car road worthy, it also needs a respray.
Can I just change the exhaust housing to something smaller or there any other turbos that I can consider without upsetting my bank manager or my wife divorcing me?
Your GT40 should still fetch good money so I would say sell that and put the money toward a smaller unit.
I use this turbo and was surprised to read how late you was spooling up, I wonder if your wastegate wasnt seating or you had huge ports, ?
Engine it self was stock and had no porting or any work done to it, as for the wastegate I can't remember the make I had on it but I think it was a Greddy and was installed from you new. See picture of old engine bay below, wastegate was mounted onto Greddy elbow.
The guy's already moved the turbo and put it up for sale but no one's showed interest yet so far.
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Quote from: clive on January 04, 2015, 10:23:09 AM
Your GT40 should still fetch good money so I would say sell that and put the money toward a smaller unit.
I use this turbo and was surprised to read how late you was spooling up, I wonder if your wastegate wasnt seating or you had huge ports, ?