Which Turbo Should I Get [merged] What Turbo

[Ludachris]

Which turbo will be sufficient for consistent 11 second times? I've recently decided on a big 16g, but will that be big enough to run 11s with supporting mods and decent tuning? Remember, this is for a budget street car, so any one purchase over $1k is tough. A big 16g will run about $700-900, which is about $300-400 less than the larger alternatives.

Of course, I'll need lots of practice to run these times, but, I just want to make sure that it's possible before the money is spent.

 

[jdmawd]

a big 16 g will work however it will require the car to run on the ragged edge of tuning. a larger turbo will allow you to run 11's with much less stress on the rest of the car. its better to move more air volume with a big turbo than it is to force more air with add boost on a small one. a bushur 20 g will do the trick for around 975

 

[undrpsi]

get an fp green, you wouldnt be dissapointed! robert puts a lot of research into his turbos, and the green is PROVEN. check it out on his site. www.forcedperformance.com later, joe

 

[IPT]

If you go with a big 16G make sure to get it clipped it will help out the top end.

 

[dsmtrance]

Let me say this. My car has had a leaking head gasket (pushes coolant under boost) since the day I first ran the car (about 3 months ago). Must not have sealed up 100% correct after the build-up. Anyways, until this last weekend (problem is starting to rear its ugly head more-so now) my car was running 8 FLAT in the 1/8th at 89mph (1.81 60'). This was on my Forced Performance ported/clipped tdo5 20G at 20 psi w/ C16 race gas. So figure that's approx. 12.3 or so for 1/4 mile time. Not bad considering there's no telling how much power I'm losing with the leaking HG!!! Needless to say I am very happy w/ my FP 20G. I have NO doubt that once I change the HG and put in my Webs and VPC that she'll be running 7.40's-7.60's!

My vote: FP 20G

 

[undrpsi]

heres my fp t04E garrett, oh how i love it. it is compared with an 18g for an idea of how big it is.

 

[larryd]

good lord tha things a beast

 

[dsmtrance]

That thing makes my 20G look like a t25 Good God! Mmmmmmmmmm.....drool

 

[jw]

What wheel is that? 50, 57 or 60 trim?

 

[undrpsi]

ball-bearing 60-1

 

[Ludachris]

The real question here is how much more expensive is the next alternative to a big 16g. People who recommend a 20g sometimes don't point out the cost of the external wastegate and manifold/02 housing needed for the install.

 

[jdmawd]

very true ludachris, but a 11 sec car is not a cheap thing to build either.

 

[IPT]

A good turbo shop should be able to put in a larger internal wastegate to work for "Most" turbos. A 20G is small compared to some turbos out their that I know of running internal wastegates.

 

[L2RTSiAWD]

A 20g would be plenty. A green would be more than plenty.

Later,

 

[jdmawd]

and a ETE32 will put your car on rocketship status

 

[L2RTSiAWD]

Originally posted by jdmawd
and a ETE32 will put your car on rocketship status

I know what you mean I only have the ETA22 but it's still good for 11's

Later,

 

[jdmawd]

I know what you mean I only have the ETA22 but it's still good for 11's

no question 11's all day. but the anti dsmperformance haters that post all those BS problems wont agree.

one of them clows even said i work for extremeturbo because i didnt talk bad about them get a life hahaha

 

[L2RTSiAWD]

I never talked bad about the turbo either, I love it. I just never go to the track. Even if I never have a timeslip that says 11's as long as I can smack on anything I meet on the street it's fine with me.

Later,

 

[IPT]

Originally posted by jdmawd


one of them clows even said i work for extremeturbo because i didnt talk bad about them get a life hahaha

I know the feeling...

 

[undrpsi]

this is joe, instant message me or call me at 501-420-8725 if u get a chance id like to talk to u about your turbo inquiry. later, joe

my im> wkd20L8

 

[TURBOSPYDER]

Originally posted by Ludachris
The real question here is how much more expensive is the next alternative to a big 16g. People who recommend a 20g sometimes don't point out the cost of the external wastegate and manifold/02 housing needed for the install.

I have a Hahn 20G w/ internal gate. Their 20G is different from the other ones out there. Most 20G's are with a 7cm2 or 8cm2 turbine housing, but HRC uses 10cm2 housing to eliminate boost creep. So far its good. Plus it includes a 02 housing.

http://hahnracecraft.com/hahn/parts/turbo.htm

 

[Mortis]

But isn't lag really ugly with the 10cm2 housing. It's big but you lose a lot of velocity withthat big of an opening. Or am I wrong?? That's just what I would think.

 

[Dannyboy1201]

Well i got the HRC20G aswell i hit full boost around 3500rmp range so if you concider that alot of lag.. For me its just right so i dont ride around boostin all day but yet when i wanna boost just a lil gas and boom the boost is there..

 

[DeezGst]

Getting "full Boost" by 3500 is pretty vauge. How much boost is full boost? I run the ETA32 and get full boost "19-20psi" by 3600ish on a 3rd gear pull. I have no problems with my "mutt" I love it. If my car would stop breaking I would could get some track numbers to go along with it.

Derek

 

[92rslaser]

You can get the Buschur 20g for $975 and it will make it a lot easier to 11's. A 16g runnign 11's is a lot fo work and usually the cars that run those times are at track every week and spend tons of time tuning. They also power shift their cars and get 60ft times in the 1.6's. Just letting you know it's pretty hard, but you cna do it. You said you want to do a budget build up, well check out my site if you want really good prices www.RnRRacing.com