Need help with a turbo decision?

[bensbaby_1]

hi. I currently have a 93 awd laser with a small 16g fully rebuilt....
its working fine...

my good buddy has a new evoIII big 16g for sale....a real one...no knock off...

he paid 800cdn for it....and he installed it and blew his timing belt 2 weeks later and parted out the car...

i can get this turbo for 420 cdn....

is it worth it?

honeslty?

i can sell my small 16g and get mabye 300 for it....but i want some opinions....

thanxs

as it stand now my laser has a rebuilt motor...

arp head studs...
cometic head gasket...
hks 264int
hks 272 exh...
small 16g turbo...
hafe cast manifold...
tial 38mm ext wastegate...set at 14.7lbs...
3 inch exh...
stage 3 dsm chips chip...
625cc hahn racecraft inj.
walbro fuel pump.
rewire.
xtd stage 4 2300 lb racing clutch...
jdm switchable tranny...

i have mmcd and a palm to tune it....

but after 15lbs boost it knocks so i have it at 15 lbs and its fast....
i do have a stock hurting smic....and i know this needs to be upgraded ....before i can run like 20lbs...
but should i get the fmic? or the evoIII turbo or deal with the center diff weak link?

pls gimme a opinion....

u can feel a huge diff going from a 14b to a small 16g but is it gonna be worth it to go to a evoIII 16g?

let me know...thanxs...pce

 

[90laserRSfwd]

I'm going to say this, I don't mean any offense to you, but your going to catch a lot of unwanted bashing for not using correct spelling and grammar. Just a friendly heads up, like I said no offense towards you.

As for the EVO III 16g. I'm not sure the current exchange rate for US dollars to Canadian dollars, but if you can get an almost new genuine EVO III 16g for, what seems to be, a considerable less amount then retail go for it! You are correct about the stock SMIC hurting performance at that boost level on the 16g. If your not ready to go to a FMIC just yet you could look into a methanol / water injection system.

 

[bensbaby_1]

also, is it true that the evoIII 16g turbo has a 2.5" turbine outlet?
vs the big 16g has a 2" turbine outlet?

How do i know that im getting a evoIII turbo and not a big 16g?

 

[jrohner]

I've never had a small 16g to compare, but the e3 16g is an amazing turbo. Great spoolup and great power and torque.

 

[daren_p]

The evoIII & the small 16g use the same compressor cover, so the outlets are the same size. First off, that a good price for an "excellent condition" evoIII, when I sold mine a couple years back it was closer to the $500 mark & I don't think the price of new ones has come down since then.

Now what are your goals? If you plan on only ever running 15psi, IMO it wouldn't be worth it as you probably won't notice much difference at those boost levels. If you plan on adding to your supporting mods & start running 18-20psi+, then the evoIII will start to shine over the S16g.