What turbo are you running?

Slow6_pl

Slow6_pl

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Figured it would be cool to have a list of real world experience in using x turbo vs. y turbo. Pretty much, what turbo you run, and why! Feel free to throw in future plans or questions about turbos nobody has really ran.

For myself: currently on a k04, being swapped out in a month for a Precision 5858, T3 .82 A/R. Picked it because once I'm built it can make a good chunk of power, and it moves the torque up in the powwer band. Oh, and my K04 is smoking.
 
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PTE 5858....basically only wanted to buy a turbo/mani/dp once. Like you said, shifts tq up in the powerband to hopefully preserve my block until i build, but plenty of potential when i finally do.
Screamer sounds amazing, pulls hard to redline and i daily drive it so im not always getting k04 instaboost


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BNR S3 v1. Not the biggest, nor the baddest, nor the highest-tech, but an amazing turbo for the price and performance. Definitely gets my vote for an ideal turbo to come with the Speed 3 from the factory. 24.5psi, 17 degrees timing, and it rips, pulling many a fast car that it's "not supposed to be able to," LOL:
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GT3582R .82ar T3 in, vband out. Bought it because a local was selling it on the cheap. It spools real fast for what it is but I'd like to get a Borg S362-SXE as I've heard very good things lately about the SXE line.

Edit: Dyno sheet obviously is useful in this situation. Motor has a lot of room left to go but for a 35r at 34psi I'm pretty happy
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alexwlwsn said:
GT3582R .82ar T3 in, vband out. Bought it because a local was selling it on the cheap. It spools real fast for what it is but I'd like to get a Borg S362-SXE as I've heard very good things lately about the SXE line.
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I have been very interested in the S300sxe line as well. Very intrigued and wanting to try the T4 divided 1.00 A/R S366sxe, however the thing is massive and I don't know about clearance issues, topmount or not. Plus I decided the car is going to go stupid fast later in it's life, so 90lbs/min seems fun
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Redline said:
BNR S3 v1. Not the biggest, nor the baddest, nor the highest-tech, but an amazing turbo for the price and performance. Definitely gets my vote for an ideal turbo to come with the Speed 3 from the factory. 24.5psi, 17 degrees timing, and it rips, pulling many a fast car that it's "not supposed to be able to," LOL:
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That's a nice power curve right there!
 
Ghetto rigged "HTA" 3076 because I blew up my GT3071 with a paper towel and for $350 it was worth to test the rebuild.
This is on just 93, need more fuel before I can push it any further.

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Maisonvi said:
Ghetto rigged "HTA" 3076 because I blew up my GT3071 with a paper towel and for $350 it was worth to test the rebuild.
This is on just 93, need more fuel before I can push it any further.

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I still think you got a steal. So long as this thing has a great service life, you have both amazing spool and flow for a low rebuild price. Wins all the way around.
 
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I still think you got a steal. So long as this thing has a great service life, you have both amazing spool and flow for a low rebuild price. Wins all the way around.
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Yeah, it really has been an amazing turbo for so cheap. I really want to get things going to I can see what the upper limit of it is.

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I'm a little interested... a... paper towel?
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And yeah, I was stupid and cleaning some blow by oil out of my intake and lost 1/2 a paper towel in there and didnt notice. Put it all back together and the rest is history.
 
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Yeah, it really has been an amazing turbo for so cheap. I really want to get things going to I can see what the upper limit of it is.



And yeah, I was stupid and cleaning some blow by oil out of my intake and lost 1/2 a paper towel in there and didnt notice. Put it all back together and the rest is history.
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Ineed. And the fact that those results are on 93 is all the more amazing. I'm hoping for a similar curve on an EFR7163, but I'll be using a lot of alky (E25 in-tank and ~20GPH of 100% methanol).
 
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Redline said:
BNR S3 v1. Not the biggest, nor the baddest, nor the highest-tech, but an amazing turbo for the price and performance. Definitely gets my vote for an ideal turbo to come with the Speed 3 from the factory. 24.5psi, 17 degrees timing, and it rips, pulling many a fast car that it's "not supposed to be able to," LOL:
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is that stock block, Dizzy is currently tuning my s3v1 on 93 we topped around 340h 330t about to start E85

I certainly dont build boost that quick
 
PURPFOX said:
is that stock block, Dizzy is currently tuning my s3v1 on 93 we topped around 340h 330t about to start E85

I certainly dont build boost that quick
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Yep. Perhaps your WGA is different than mine. Justin neutered it, too. It could be faster. Also, I only went WOT at 3k, so there's that - it'd likely hit 20psi sooner if I WOT'd sooner, but I don't feel like that's a good idea, LOL.

I stopped at a conservative 325/345 on 93 (and our Texas 93 is known to be crappy - not as bad as Cali's, but I digress). Is your mod list comparable to mine? Those numbers were made pre-methanol, too. I now spray a CM10 (12.8GPH) of 100% methanol for cooling, valve cleaning, an extra safety barrier, and more consistent year-round performance.
 
Im about to put a 3.5 inch, but power mod wise we are very comparable.
current 3" turbo back, 3" intake, tr8 w cx piping, 3bar, and 3 port.
That will be a blast if we let it go to that level on e85.
 
I really want to know if there's any real competition to the 6466 at the moment. I know some 67mm will make slightly better top end and the expense for spool, but it seems like if you want anywhere from 400 to 1000 you can just slap a 6466 on and call it quits. Any opinions on this?

Edit; maybe not 400 to 100, but 600 and up. And going for massive, use able power. I know for 500 or so the 7163 would kick ass because of spool, etc.
 
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Indeed. I'm gonna go EFR7163 eventually. Get up to 380wtq ASAP, and stay there all the way to 7k, which will be ~510whp.

I just need to find a spare $8k or so to build and do everything first, LOL.
 
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I really want to know if there's any real competition to the 6466 at the moment. I know some 67mm will make slightly better top end and the expense for spool, but it seems like if you want anywhere from 400 to 1000 you can just slap a 6466 on and call it quits. Any opinions on this?

Edit; maybe not 400 to 100, but 600 and up. And going for massive, use able power. I know for 500 or so the 7163 would kick ass because of spool, etc.
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Garrett did just come out with Gen2 versions of their GTX line and the GTX3582R is rated for 850. I haven't seen any speeds running it yet but if it spools like the old gtx and has that kind of top end I'd say it should be a good competitor. I also appreciate having a water cooled CHRA. Then there's always the Borg S366SX-E which I've heard very good things about, but unfortunately we are in a platform where people just go PTE and really don't experiment with other turbos too much.
 
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