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Guys,

Just wondering whether my 34GTR has steel wheels or ceramic/plain bearing or ball bearings ?

Ive been told some 34's have either of the above combos in their standard turbos BUT which ones have which ? Just had dump pipes fitted really dont want to deconstruct to check (YES should have checked then)

Jeremy

Ive just received a response from "a highly reliable but unamed source" as follows:

"As far as I know, unless it is N1 or Nur, the turbos in std and V Specs are the same which are steel wheel and ball bearing. Likewise with the N1 and Nur, just that they have slightly higher flow."

If thats the case I'm a happy camper.

Guys,

Just wondering whether my 34GTR has steel wheels or ceramic/plain bearing or ball bearings ?

Ive been told some 34's have either of the above combos in their standard turbos BUT which ones have which ? Just had dump pipes fitted really dont want to deconstruct to check (YES should have checked then)

Jeremy

34 N1 Turbines are not the same as 34 GTR Turbines. Nor are they the same as any other n1 gtr turbines.

FYI, you can tell a 34 N1 turbine from the standard GTR ones by the SQUARE BLOCK GARRET letters. The standard turbines are just plane thin curvy writings.

34 N1 Turbines are not the same as 34 GTR Turbines. Nor are they the same as any other n1 gtr turbines.

FYI, you can tell a 34 N1 turbine from the standard GTR ones by the SQUARE BLOCK GARRET letters. The standard turbines are just plane thin curvy writings.

I will ask a mate of mine in melbourne on this one he is in the turbo trade ....beleive it or not he actually knows the guy that designed them on the 34!Also a snipit of info.....the same guy that designed the 34 turbos designed the BA falcon turbo!

The R34 GTR in Standard, V-Spec and V-Spec II form all run ceramic turbos. They are, how ever, far superior to the 32 and 33 turbos by the addition of Twin Ball Bearings.

The R34 GTR N1 version does have steel wheel turbos.

These N1 Steel Wheel turbos were also used on the limited V-Spec II Nur R34 GTR.

I will ask a mate of mine in melbourne on this one he is in the turbo trade ....beleive it or not he actually knows the guy that designed them on the 34!Also a snipit of info.....the same guy that designed the 34 turbos designed the BA falcon turbo!

Considering that Nissan and Ford Aus. both use Garett turbos, it isn't that hard to imagine.

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