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R31Nismoid Grand Master

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Mate considering he has only 150 feedback items - what do you honestly think?

You'll be hard pressed to find 10 people who've purchased from that person to be honest. :cool:

IMO buying R33/R32 N1's is a waste. Bush bearing, older design etc etc.

Just get R34 N1's or some Garrett's if you want an upgrade.

gtr fan Experienced

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I asked his same question a few weeks ago but go no replies.

I asked the seller a couple of questions and he seems pretty reasonable to deal with.

If you just wanted steel wheel turbo's, which run more boost without going chick chick boom then these are very reasonable for $1250 for a pair (exchange), which is a fair bit less than around $2,500 for N1's or 2860-7's etc (obviously these are much better turbos but they would want to be at double the price).

He also sells steel wheel rebuild kits for $330 or something but then you have to get someone to rebuild and balance the turbines for you.

If your used to a standard GTR these aren't going to be much lagier and will have better power (especially if over 1 bar).

Theres a guy on the forums Hypergear or something who rebuilds 32/33 gtr turbos to N1 specs for $660 each, which again is pretty reasonable.

R31Nismoid Grand Master

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unlucky for you :(

most ebay threads end down the same path though at the end of the day

R32/R33 N1 turbos - you will notice the lag, R32 items are even more pronounced.

R34's are less than each model before it.

The "$300" kit - will just be the wheels and not much else i would think?

You'd be looking at roughly $300-$350ea for a rebuild kit for each core (bush/journal bearing), then the wheels...

Then getting someone to balance it and so on. So his price of $1300 for two journal rebuilds with steel wheels is pretty much where it should sit

gtr fan Experienced

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unlucky for you :(

most ebay threads end down the same path though at the end of the day

R32/R33 N1 turbos - you will notice the lag, R32 items are even more pronounced.

R34's are less than each model before it.

The "$300" kit - will just be the wheels and not much else i would think?

You'd be looking at roughly $300-$350ea for a rebuild kit for each core (bush/journal bearing), then the wheels...

Then getting someone to balance it and so on. So his price of $1300 for two journal rebuilds with steel wheels is pretty much where it should sit

Yeah the $300 kit was just for wheels and seals etc. And like you said by the time the are built and balanced you end up around $1300.

However I asked GCG about rebuilding my stockers and they said about $880 each, which was quite expensive (I said they were 32 turbos not 34 as that price is usually for a new cartridge).

For the money they sounded ok, but end of the day you get what you pay for.

R31Nismoid Grand Master

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Did you ask what type of core they would be using?

Rebuild with stock size wheels or wheels that involved housing machining as so-on as well?

Every little bit add's up, two turbos means 4 lots of machining if you are using slightly larger, and then $1700 would be reasonable :(

Depends on budget at the end of the day really, what you want to spend vs what you can live with performance wise.

kwickr33 Community Regular

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Have a read at HyperGear's turbo high flow thread. From photos it appears that they use sleeve or roller

GT2860RS - 739548 - 5

turbo core in stock turbine and comp housings, Price is pretty decent. Not sure if they have stock R32's N1 wheels. You can always ring them and find out.

Other wise check your local MTQs branches. Ebay is really the last resort you want to use.

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