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Can you get a GT28 turbo from a SR20DET car and put a RB25 turbine housing on it to make it bolt onto a R chassis downpipe and manifold?

From what I founding searching it seems that you cannot unless you get it machined. Is there anyone who makes a compatable housing that I can put on that would work for this?

edit: Looks like I can get a TD05H housing that would work with some Mitsubishi turbos which works for me as well. Where I am in the US turbos like these are extremely common and inexpensive.

Basically what i'm doing is trying to go a "budget" route and finding someones take off stuff and have a friend of mine refresh it.

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I can't see the value of putting time and effort into it.

Well for Mitsubishi turbos for example I can get a good 16G for like $200 due to the popularity of the Mitsubishi Eclipse here and on top of it I used to own a Eagle Talon TSI and know people I can probably get a 16g from for probably even less. I can find SR20DET turbos for only a little bit more than that as well. I can get a completely refreshed like new EVO III 16G for $500. Less if I provide my own turbine housing.

Thinking the Mitsubishi route is the way to go instead. Didn't realize that Kinugawa made a turbine housing ready to go as a separate buy before I posted this.

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Well for Mitsubishi turbos for example I can get a good 16G for like $200 due to the popularity of the Mitsubishi Eclipse here and on top of it I used to own a Eagle Talon TSI and know people I can probably get a 16g from for probably even less. I can find SR20DET turbos for only a little bit more than that as well. I can get a completely refreshed like new EVO III 16G for $500. Less if I provide my own turbine housing.

Thinking the Mitsubishi route is the way to go instead. Didn't realize that Kinugawa made a turbine housing ready to go as a separate buy before I posted this.

Here's the thing though......what result are you going to end up with? Not a whole lot better than a stock turbo. Better, perhaps, sure. But is it really worth the cost of buying an old 2nd hand turbo, plus the bits you need to put it together, plus the time &/or work involved? To be realistic, you can call Hypergear, buy a 21U highflow for ~$900 and if you don't have a stocker you can send them they can even get one for you (for a bit extra of course). Sure, it's a fair few more $$ than buying a $200 turbo and some bits, but the result is much much greater.

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Here's the thing though......what result are you going to end up with? Not a whole lot better than a stock turbo. Better, perhaps, sure. But is it really worth the cost of buying an old 2nd hand turbo, plus the bits you need to put it together, plus the time &/or work involved? To be realistic, you can call Hypergear, buy a 21U highflow for ~$900 and if you don't have a stocker you can send them they can even get one for you (for a bit extra of course). Sure, it's a fair few more $$ than buying a $200 turbo and some bits, but the result is much much greater.

^This.

$900au in US dollars is about $200 at the moment yeh? :P

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Save yourself the pain of getting stuff machined and rebuilt and your time by going with the hyper gear option already done for you for a small fortune. The hyper gear option will be a bolt on option most likely and would require no more than a turbo swap if you have everything else sorted to support it. You will only have regrets later on if you don't.

If cost is your issue (as you mentioned) then maybe you should save more before doing it and extend your budget.

I'm sure you might of heard the saying before, "the poor man pays twice."

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