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Is It Possible To Do A Turbo "upgrade" For A Gts-T Over The Stock On The Cheap?


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Wanker ratio is too high on bikes. Your post is invalid.

hahaha.

while i also agree with that. have you checked what forum we are on too?

makes your post invalid too im afraid... :whistling:

Lol talking about skylines on skylines Australia is invalid? Not last time I checked :P

but if u mean there are a lot of wanker skyline owners your not wrong lol they have mellowed out in recent years but you still get the odd 'what turbo can I slap on my car' thread lol

Lol talking about skylines on skylines Australia is invalid? Not last time I checked :P

but if u mean there are a lot of wanker skyline owners your not wrong lol they have mellowed out in recent years but you still get the odd 'what turbo can I slap on my car' thread lol

hahaha, classic.

this thread is kinda valid

if it were a slightly more common (world wide) car then there would be spares for stuff out the wazzooo

You can get new CHRA's for evo turbo's really cheap but no one does them for the poor old rb

Thanks for the advice. I think most recommendations are out of my price range and my options are limited only to what I always knew and that is a cheap ebay or ali baba turbo with a good rep (which is easier said than done). Thanks jatsta and that number guy. Thats at least two members who have had success with the turbo i posted in OP.

I know this likely to make me unpopular but this has never stopped me in the past.

Many seem blind to the existence of cheaper options because its not reputable or cool and refuse to acknowledge it. I just want to know what works.

I hate poor quality knock offs at heart. Many times they simply cause more pain than they are worth. Etc you buy a cheap turbo, spend time or money to fit and and if it fails you that money is down the drain AND you need another turbo again AND you may damage your engine.

But this is different to what many people in the enthusiast scene are doing. Just blindly writing off anything that is not popular and expensive or making fun of it.

I'm not a tight ass, I just plain dead don't have the money to be afford anything better. Id rather drive a cheap skyline and have a chance at being happy with it than not at all. I love to be able to support companies that are enthusiastic about quality and performance like hypergear, instead of mass produced low quality items.

I never asked or expected to make 600kw with a $400 ebay turbo. Just something to work at least as well as a stock one, something better is a bonus

If it wasnt for the ebay turbos I would have to drive my car with the whine barely boosting so the turbo doesn't shatter.

I also found this turbo

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/turbo-charger-for-nissan-skyline-RB20-25-engine/533424942.html

If you sign in 14 days in a row on the website you get a $30 voucher, Plus $5 discount when you pay with mastercard. That makes this a direct bolt in turbo roughly $200 AU delivered.

How well it works I have no idea. The ebay one I now do know works well thanks to two SAU memebrs.

Edited by sadr33

You don't know that the ebay one works thanks to two members - you only know that it worked for them. You don't know about the ones that didn't. Its like people who say they ran the stock turbo at 1 bar for 2 years without a problem. That doesn't mean that you can, just that they were lucky. I won't hate you if you buy an ebay turbo. I advised you to buy a stock replacement but its your car and you can do what you like with it. Just don't ask people for advice and then abuse them if you don't like the advice. Many of us are not blind to the existence of cheaper options but have in the past tried them and found them wanting.

Yes i know what you mean.

There is a diff centre called obx which is a cheapo ebay job BUT it is sht if you just put it in.

What you have to do is finish the job of making it then its as good as any. It needs machining and stuff to work properly.

You may find a similar situation with the cheap turbos.

i understand you man, get the ebay turbo run same psi and you'l be fine. these guys are motor heads and cant touch a skyline without thinking more power. from what i undersatnd your turbo is going and you want a replacement. The ebay one will work and if you running 10psi relatively the AFM starts to max out at about 14psi on stocky. so with the slightly biger one at 10psi you will be very very close to maxing it out. F--ck i mad a 25 live with stock injectors for 3 years at 20psi with 255 walbo pump cheap, Power fc not cheap, Z32 AFM cheap, HKS SSQ bov cheap, FMIC cheap, HKS gt3076 pro s turbo not cheap, good tune cheap, full exhaust 3 inch eaby cheap.

Think about it this way, what if the cheap ebay turbo f**ks up, in turn f**king up your motor? That's gonna be an even more expensive process than buying a proper turbo in the first place. Do things right the first time and you have no worries. If you can't afford it wait until you can.

Edited by topher_

haha

reminds me of a group i used to be an admin of- "All that money on your car and my stock bike is still faster"

I love my modified skyline but f*k me, get on a jap superbike and all relevance of 4 wheels becomes distant (except for safety)

Your skyline obviously doesnt make enough power..lol

cheers

darren

Think about it this way, what if the cheap ebay turbo f**ks up, in turn f**king up your motor? That's gonna be an even more expensive process than buying a proper turbo in the first place. Do things right the first time and you have no worries. If you can't afford it wait until you can.

whats a cheap ebay turbo?. his car is stock man. I got my gtx3582r turbo from ebay paid 2300 usd, but does that make it a cheap ebay turbo. lol

it will work man you just might have to drop the boost abit because it is a little bigger and has more volume. i have been through this, and actually used the turbo he is talking about on a friends car. i will make i video of it on a bone stock RB25det running for year and a half now with no problem.

whats cheaper than a ceramic wheel lol. manufactures use the cheapest shit because there into making money first.

it has to do with more thing than just using the word cheap keeping in mind there is a limit, but his car is not making mad power. like Jet_r31 said.

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Faults, evidence, appearing, real. If you can take control of your fears you will be 10+ time greater than those who can't

this thread is getting dumber and dumber.

you cannot put a non standard turbo on the motor and just run it at stock boost. that is not how it works.

proof? have a look at the dyno result thread. stock turbo on 14psi, 200kw (timebomb). Then look at a 3076 or something of that size, close to 300kw. How? but its the same boost? waa waa waa. If you dont understand what you are talking about, do not give such garbage advice.

OP might just listen to you, whack on the ebay turbo which might just work fine and might last FOREVER and then will drive it around on his stock ECU and later wonder why he has fried a piston, done bearings or put a rod through the block. the answer will be because of tight ass stupidity and homosexual advice.

OP if you want to buy a $150 ebay turbo GOOD FOR YOU. buy it. but if you want it to have even a snow balls chance in hell of surviving you will need to get a tune. Last time i checked Toshi was doing remaps for $550, im not sure if that has changed since then.

In simple: non standard turbo = needs remap MINIMUM. no matter what it is. non standard turbo WITHOUT remap = blown motor guaranteed.

You can find threads where ppl have put their new turbo on and blown the motor (untuned) within a couple of days. And as far as they were concerned they were driving under 'safe' conditions and werent thrashing it. Search and you will find. One that comes to mind was a dude who put a 240kw sized turbo on and needed to rebuild the entire motor a couple of days later. Only 40kw extra TOTAL power potential than the stock turbo, and he was running it at stock boost so it was probably also making less power than stock BUT IT STILL BLEW THE MOTOR, because thats how it works.

Put it this way, ill be happy either way. You can take a knowing persons advice and save your motor and I will be happy to hear it, or you can take the monkeys advice and ill be just as happy to read you 'why did my motor die' thread in the next few weeks, with plenty of lols. It will be a hoot.

Enjoy.

Fear, fear lol rookies i love this shit, you must pay out the ass. People got you guys (Not all) by the balls. but i love it. LMAO

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