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I am in NZ, a mate of mine was running a Turbonetics T66 on his GTS4 for quite some time and it did hold on fine until he blew his motor and the oil got contaminated and stuffed the turbo. It was quite impressively laggy given it was on a 3litre, though granted it was a plain bearing/non GTK version. I'm surprised to hear they are potentially competitively price in Oz as here they are really expensive, probably part of the reason they are never used.

Its interesting that in their country of origin hardly anyone seems to use them either if you look through specs of all their time attack and top drag cars.

Yeah you have to buy them from the states to get them at the prices listed before. Otherwise you can get them from Turbonetics in Australia for about $1000 dearer.

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Yeah you have to buy them from the states to get them at the prices listed before. Otherwise you can get them from Turbonetics in Australia for about $1000 dearer.

Ahh ok, yeah so once you have paid freight + GST then they are equally expensive...

Holy macaroni, Ive never heard of this turbo! is it new?

i gotta find some cars using this on youtube

Here is some pics of the 1st HKS T62R BB in Australia that is sitting on my desk. HP junkies enquire to [email protected]

Cheers

Marty

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Here is some pics of the 1st HKS T62R BB in Australia that is sitting on my desk. HP junkies enquire to [email protected]

Cheers

Marty

Will it boltup to my HKS manifold and dump that my HKS T51R SPL BB is currently fitted to?

If so whats the damage to upgrade to this turbo?

Here is some pics of the 1st HKS T62R BB in Australia that is sitting on my desk. HP junkies enquire to [email protected]

Cheers

Marty

Who's the lucky bugger that works for Performance Wholesale then?

Off topic but is Wendy Mac going well? Do you hear from or see her?

Will it boltup to my HKS manifold and dump that my HKS T51R SPL BB is currently fitted to?

If so whats the damage to upgrade to this turbo?

Maybe you need to give Mark a call and have a chat with him. It is standard repalcement for you T51R SPL BB in every way. Got to love another 200HP......

Cheers

Marty

Who's the lucky bugger that works for Performance Wholesale then?

Off topic but is Wendy Mac going well? Do you hear from or see her?

Yep, she calls a few times a day. Busy working for KRE (her husband). I can't believe the amount of engines Ken pumps out the door. The guy doesn't sleep! Cheers for asking.

Anyway back on topic now - sorry.

Regards

Marty

Don't be silly, HKS aren't so helpful as to provide what kind of flow you should expect from one of those turbos. Aside from price, its the main reason I'd never own an HKS turbo :3some:

It's not HKS's responsibility to provide compressor maps for these, considering they are a Garrett turbocharger. It's like the T51R, HKS won't even sell the compressor maps for these. Garrett on the other hand....

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