Port work question?

[CyberDSM]

What kind of benefits will I get by porting my exhaust manifold, o2 housing, and stock t-25 turbo? Is the t-25 too pathetic to even think about port work? I'm asking because I want to keep the stock turbo as long as I can to get my money's worth out of it.

 

[CBgst]

I ported mine and I have an Evo O2 housing and it did help.The spool up is much faster and it has a little more more top end but not much because it's just to small. I am happy with the peformance I'm getting out of for now. Another turbo is the near future though. I finally rounded up the funds so now I'm shopping.

 

[RocketDSM]

I would agree. The T25 spools incredibly fast with decent porting. Yeah, it can't handle extreme boost but when you're starting - who really needs that? If money is a true concern and you can get a hook up on porting the T25 cheap, then do it. Otherwise, you can usually find a 16G for a decent price online with some good searching. Depends on how much you want to spend.

 

[CyberDSM]

Hey RocketDSM, you're in San Diego, you know any good shops that do porting? Rnrracing can do the porting for 130 for all three: exh. mani., o2 housing, & turbo. Is that a good price?

 

[RocketDSM]

That sounds like a darn good price for our area. The next best bet that I can think of is RRE but I would estimate they'll want $250+ for it.