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beario

By beario,
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the turbos sounds good to me. Im not an expert or anything but I would be sure to ask them about the results of the turbo on a rb20. Maybe the can send u dyno sheets, and even pics of the cars.

as long as i have been researching I seen the hks 2530,2535 or a lil laggier 2540 and 2835 are most suitable for skylines.

Im hoping to get a 2835 in the future.

:cheers:

let me know how you go

take it easy

Roy Grand Master

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My thoughts are you could most likely do better. I have a Trust turbo so this applies to me as well, but the turbo isnt water cooled- so run an oil cooler, and isnt ball bearing-but it does have 360deg thrustplate.

And going on those specs i dont think it will make 500hp, how much hp are you chasing?

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Did you read Roy's post?

hi i am not looking for major performance say like 300-350 hp,i ahve an apexi exhaust(due to be changed for a hks single box exhaust)a hks air filter and bov,and a mines ecu..the turbo is standard and can only seem to boost to 0.5,i have put a bleed valve on aswell to see if i can get to go higher on the boost,but seems the more you open it the same it stays...and i have checked and double checked everything so i have jsu put it down to a dudd turbo....

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I doubt that it's a dud turbo ... more like a dud bleed valve. Or you have put the bleed valve in the wrong way round. If the turbo was dud it probably wouldn't make any boost at all :D

That turbo you put a link to should be able to make what you're looking for on an RB20

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