turbo Wondering what turbo i am running

[Rhyss_r33]

Hey guys, just wondering what turbo my r33 has 

 

 

[Ben C34]

Photos aren't helpful. Is there a tag in the core? It has an eBay vibe about it

[Rhyss_r33]

On 29/10/2021 at 7:39 PM, Ben C34 said:

Photos aren't helpful. Is there a tag in the core? It has an eBay vibe about it

Better not be a ebay, or I swear to god.

At this point this car is just driving my head in

[TurboTapin]

Looks like an older Garret unit to me. Is it also written the AR on the compressor housing? (Ex: .070ar) If so, you should find the word garret on the turbine housing somewhere.

Your manifold looks like an ebay special though...

Edited October 31, 2021 by TurboTapin

[Rhyss_r33]

On 01/11/2021 at 6:29 AM, TurboTapin said:

Looks like an older Garret unit to me. Is it also written the AR on the compressor housing? (Ex: .070ar) If so, you should find the word garret on the turbine housing somewhere.

Your manifold looks like an ebay special though...

Hopefully its a garret even if its old. But yeah I bought the car for its low kms but not realising how badly it was 

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Core will have a plate, post up ALL the info on that plate here.

If there's no plate, potential an eBay turbo and/or a Hypergear turbo as well. The latter isn't so bad, they're decent, however I've rarely seen Tao use those rear housings.

Also that turbo is clocked way too much, I suspect you might have a bit of smoke on boost - even looking at the limited photos supplied you can see oil mist all over the power steering reservoir and surround areas.

[Rhyss_r33]

On 01/11/2021 at 9:19 AM, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

Core will have a plate, post up ALL the info on that plate here.

If there's no plate, potential an eBay turbo and/or a Hypergear turbo as well. The latter isn't so bad, they're decent, however I've rarely seen Tao use those rear housings.

Also that turbo is clocked way too much, I suspect you might have a bit of smoke on boost - even looking at the limited photos supplied you can see oil mist all over the power steering reservoir and surround areas.

How could I go about winding it down?

 

[Ben C34]

Undo the bolts on the turbine housing and compressor housing that hold the core in place and rotate it.  Then your oil drain will be pressing against the exhaust manifold, so will have to sort that out.