turbo opinions

[Carl]

Turbo\'s have come on a long way since the early 90\'s.
A ball bearing turbo is now not out of the reach of most people,it was back then and a major expense for a car manufacturer.
That is why they are so good and work so well,ball bearing technology that helps them to spool so much earlier in the rpm range.
regards
Carl

[bnaellis]

Lots of good turbos out there, depending on budget. Maybe also worth considering a turbo that may be easy or cheap to rebuild in the event of any issues. Different people have a different opinion on streetable, it\'s down to personal choice. If you can go along to some meets and bump a ride with some of the guy\'s that have single turbos and see what takes you fancy. Porting and tuning play as big a part in spoolup and outright power as does the choice of turbo.
I think the porting affects the car more when thinking of the term streetable mor ethan the turbo but that\'s me. As I said to each there own, but it may be worth numping a ride as I said and also searching around on what other people have posted on thios and other fourms and weighup all the options.

rgds

[20B_boy]

Well said Bri. To me the port and tune are the biggest dominators as far as streetability is concerned.

[Icesurf3r]

Hmmmm..... At the minute i have a T88, from what i\'ve read would it be worth switching this for the GT35 that everyone is raving about?

Hi-Jack over

[maximtaylor]

Big boy eh?

Depends on your aims. What you have now will give you massive power with the right ancillaries, at the expense of spool up being moderately high in the rev range, I\'m guessing full boost around 5k revs? Not worked on one yet.

If you think yours drives fine as is, leave it. If you\'d like more power lower down the rev range, and run less than one bar, then consider going smaller.

What you have now has huge potential, if you want to raise your game and run fairly high boost, like well over 1 bar.

Max

Originally posted by Icesurf3r
Hmmmm..... At the minute i have a T88, from what i\'ve read would it be worth switching this for the GT35 that everyone is raving about?

Hi-Jack over

[Icesurf3r]

Hi Max

Once i got past the problems with "the clutch that is twin plated" it is fairly driveable. Starts spooling at just over 3000 rpm\'s and reaches max at about 5000ish rpm\'s

You do get a massive kick from it though

What i do like about it is, with the boost not coming on till 3000ish rpm, with a careful selection of gears, you can "pootle" around town without an unexpected "kick" from the turbo!

But put your foot down and off you go:D

But do think i will have to get more work done to try and get a few more little ponies out of it without turning the boost up over 1 bar. Need to be ready for RS II. Hoping to try and get around 400 - 450ish at the wheels if that is attainable.:confused:

[bnaellis]

Originally posted by Icesurf3r
Hi Max

Once i got past the problems with "the clutch that is twin plated" it is fairly driveable. Starts spooling at just over 3000 rpm\'s and reaches max at about 5000ish rpm\'s

You do get a massive kick from it though

What i do like about it is, with the boost not coming on till 3000ish rpm, with a careful selection of gears, you can "pootle" around town without an unexpected "kick" from the turbo!

But put your foot down and off you go:D

But do think i will have to get more work done to try and get a few more little ponies out of it without turning the boost up over 1 bar. Need to be ready for RS II. Hoping to try and get around 400 - 450ish at the wheels if that is attainable.:confused:

that power is easily attainable with that turbo
& the rest.

[rx jamie]

wow, thanks for the huge reply. looks like i\'ll be going down the gt35 route. where is best to get the gt35 kit from ?

[Carl]

Clive supplies them at Shy auto.See above banner.
Regards
Carl

[RE:Worx]

RE:Worx (banner up top too) supplies them also and we\'ve probably fitted more than most too. In fact this last week we\'ve fitted a T04E, a T04R - and are fitting a GT35/40 tomorrow as it happens, following by setup and tuning on the dyno of course ;-)

[Carl]

Originally posted by RE:Worx
RE:Worx (banner up top too) supplies them also and we\'ve probably fitted more than most too. In fact this last week we\'ve fitted a T04E, a T04R - and are fitting a GT35/40 tomorrow as it happens, following by setup and tuning on the dyno of course ;-)

Rich,
Out of interest which kits do you buy in for the GT 35/40\'s?As in who makes them?
regards
Carl

[SCOOMER]

I\'d Go with the GT35/40!!!!!

Excellent Turbo, got mine from Clive at SHY Auto! Give him a shout im sure he\'ll be happy to sort you out!

Scott

[20B_boy]

Originally posted by Carl
Rich,
Out of interest which kits do you buy in for the GT 35/40\'s?As in who makes them?
regards
Carl

Not the ones Clive buys if thats what u r asking mate? We get them from the States, spec\'d specifically for us now.