How long does a Turbo Engine Last?

[supra]

My friend just said a turbo engine last around 150k where as N/A cars last longer.

Is that true?

Only 150k?

What then? Engine rebuild? Get engine from half cuts?

Costing?

This is so heart killing! I never heard such :bs!: before... (or I am just plain stupid and know nothing about engines)

I mean, that metal thing under the bonnet I paid so much cash is not gonna only last 150k!!!!!

[Merli]

Shoot your friend in the head so he stops spreading complete and utter bullsh1t...

Your engine, if kept in good condition and serviced regularly and kept in standard guise will last many hundreds of thousands of kms.

As you modify it, and extract more power out of it, the expected life of the engine decreases accordingly. You can't expect a 300rwkw RB25 to last as long as a stock one right?

As one person on the forums likes to say: "A candle that burns twice as bright, lasts half as long"

[knore]

unless the candle has forged internals

But yeh, i know a few rb25s that have got to 200,000km without any major problems

[seohyunjin]

im that friend hehe..

im only stating what ive seen from experience..

i've seen 2 turbo engines die at 150,000km even though they got serviced regularly and midly modded..

its different for everyone of course..

it probably won't die but it will probably start showing few probs unless ur a granny driver or have it bone stock..

[seohyunjin]

im that friend hehe..

im only stating what ive seen from experience..

i've seen 2 turbo engines die at 150,000km even though they got serviced regularly and midly modded..

its different for everyone of course..

it probably won't die but it will probably start showing few probs unless ur a granny driver or have it bone stock..

[seohyunjin]

im that friend hehe.. its not compete bullshit.. jus depends on the circumstances..

im only stating what ive seen from experience..

i've seen 2 turbo engines die at 150,000km even though they got serviced regularly and midly modded..

its different for everyone of course..

it probably won't die but it will probably start showing few probs unless ur a granny driver or have it bone stock..

[Merli]

im that friend hehe.. its not compete bullshit.. jus depends on the circumstances..

im only stating what ive seen from experience..

i've seen 2 turbo engines die at 150,000km even though they got serviced regularly and midly modded..

its different for everyone of course..

it probably won't die but it will probably start showing few probs unless ur a granny driver or have it bone stock..

saying that a turbo engine will only last "around 150k" kms, as stated by supra, is COMPLETE AND UTTER BULLSH1T.

And seeing 2 engines die at 150,000kms doesn't give you any authority to go around spreading such lavicious and contemptuous lies...

I've seen 2 or 3 N/A engines die at under 50,000kms... Should I go around telling people that N/A engines only last 50,000kms?

[Intensevil]

It all depends on how you treat the engine and what hte majority of the km's are.

150,000 city km vs 150,000 high way km is a big difference.

[The_Paladin]

going on what merli said.............standard set up N/A will last longer than the same set up but with a turbo (+ other stuff) bolted on because more power therefore more stress is exacted on the engine..........

more stress, less life span

simple.....

[predator]

i've seen 2 turbo engines die at 150,000km even though they got serviced regularly and midly modded..

even if they were "150,000km" they could have really done 250,000.. so you can't really tell off the listed km. Again, maybe its regularly serviced - but by who and using what quality items, and how well has it been tuned? And maybe now they are "mildly modified" but in Japan they could have had a T67 strapped to its side for 10 years of its life and how would you know? And how do you have absolutely any firm idea of how they've been serviced in Japan before arriving in Australia or how it was treated?? So I still call :bs!: on your ass..

But sure, more forces, blah, blah on a turbo engine but don't forget they are tested WITH a turbo for long-life and built with similarly stronger internal components. Its like saying an 8 cylinder car with 200kw will last less than a 4cylinder car with 80kw.. its simply not true.

[seohyunjin]

ok that did not come out right but i corrected myself

anyways.. disregarding this 'sense of authority' and 'utter bullshit'

it depends on the driver and their circumstances..

[seohyunjin]

nothing u guys have stated necessarily mean thru god and all his almighty power that they won't fail either..

i agree my first state was misleading but i have corrected myself..

anyways.. disregarding this 'sense of authority' and 'utter bullshit'

it depends on the driver, how they drive their car and their circumstances as i have said earlier which is not bullshit..

[BBQ]

All I can say is, If you give me a N/A car to drive I will bet it won’t get past 50,000km untill it dies. But if a grammar drove the same car from 0ks. It would last 300,000kms

Likes wise, with a Turbo Charged car.

But..... you have to weigh up the difference, When a N/A car goes full noise the pistons, rods and crank don’t move any where as fast, as what a Turbo car does, so naturally theirs going to be more wear on a Turbo car then N/A car.

[Duncan]

my turbo engine only lasted 1 day.

c'mon seriously, how could you say a whole class of engines is worse than another type? You might as well say Honda engines are crap and holden ones are great. They are all different, have different purposes, outputs etc etc etc.

One thing is true for sure, its easier to break a turbo engine. Just turn up the boost, leave the stock computer, rev it to the redline all the time, turn it off hot, don't warm it up, put in bad quality oil every 10000klm.

Treat it properly with good tuning, within its designed limits and it will be *fine*

Basically all the things that your skyline boy-racer likes doing.

[StuiE]

There's still VL turbos going around with more than 250,000ks on them, despite VL's inherit overheating...

[boj01]

My car has done 170000km and is still like brand new. Never been boosted. Clutch is worn a bit and might need replacement, but I think the body will rust out before the motor dies!

[MR R33]

any RB motor lasts for ages, mine has had no problems and a mate of mine has a VL commodore and it has done 350 000km and it is still running like new.it has never caused him major problems exept for little oil leaks but thats about it.

[zakalwe]

One thing is true for sure, its easier to break a turbo engine. Just turn up the boost, leave the stock computer, rev it to the redline all the time, turn it off hot, don't warm it up, put in bad quality oil every 10,000klm.

Yes, exactly. I just sold my VL turbo with ~200,000 KM on it, 5,000 km oil change, always Mobil 1 & never caned when cold - it felt as though it had a lot of life left in the engine. That was the best bit of the car...

So I'd say stock RB turbo engines are potentially long lived, but if you boost it maybe not. But a fool can kill any engine, my mechanic once showed me a 3 year old Civic, 45,000 km & run dry of oil - full rebuild out of warranty - OUCH!

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[Revhead]

Mine now has just under 180,000km (indicated) on it. Since 100k it's been running a wastegate bleed and exhaust, and since ~150k it's had the T3/4, PowerFC and a slightly raised redline (7500rpm). It's been to the drags a few times, and does see its fair share of spirited driving, but it also gets regular servicing and plenty of mechanical sympathy.

A motor that is turbo'd from the factory is engineered to be turbocharged. As someone mentioned before, this means that the entire motor is designed to take the kind of forces higher than atmospheric pressures can put on it. They're no more likely to fall apart than an NA motor.

Two points:

1) It's already been covered, but turbo engines tend to be very easy to get 'a bit' more power out of, so heaps of people do so. The problem is that commonly the ECU is left untuned, despite the stock computer often operating outside of its usual parameters.

2) Turbo engines (with the general exception of diesels) tend to be 'sporty' engines, and as such, tend to see more hard use than your average NA engine.

With similar use, I don't see why a well-maintained turbo motor couldn't last just as long as a well-maintained NA motor.

[Pva_Glue]

How long is piece of string?

my RB25DE never had leak...with 85k, I hear its still going strong after over 100K service.