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op, look at the smaller sized precision and hta turbos.

both offer great power and response for what you want.

if you have already started the swap, keep going.

if not, as suggested, stay with the vq, and get great throttle response, and power.

and less attention from the law.

Lol. Lmfao. Man this is a funny thread. I dont even know where to start help wise.

A gtx42 is way to big for your 500hp goal. GTX3582R would do the trick and leave room for a little more.

Good luck and search it really helps.

Regardless of which turbo, this is still predicated on the assumption that he will take out a modern 3.5 litre aluminium V6 with a hell of a pedigree for a rattly old f**king RB that can trace its roots all the way back to the early '70s.

Now, I like my dirty old RBs......but you'd be a fool to think that dollar for dollar you would get anything better out of a transplanted 26 than you would keeping the VQ and slapping a turbo and some management onto it. You wouldn't even get "cred" for it as far as I am concerned. It's already been done, therefore it's not even "different". Just foolish.

^^ This.

Unfortunately the VQ35 isn't much chop in stock form, the bottom end is just too fragile, but for the cost of the planned swap it could be a built... Overnight parts from Japan.

Or just drop a VQ25det in there, will take 500hp stock.

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