Is a T3 turbo too small?

[trbotaln]

Their seem to be a lot of garret T3 turbos on Ebay for sale that are pretty cheap. They say that they would be perfect for an eclipse or honda and they look a lot bigger than my stock T25. I know that They would require some mods to fit on, but are the T3 turbos too small for an eclipse to push 300-330 horse power. I think most have an a/r of .48. are these turbos junk? Here is an example of some of the Garrets out there. I am guessing you can rotate the compressor housing so that they could fit?

 

[enid84]

Most of those ebay turbos are junk, they are xs-power or what ever and they claim them to be garret turbos. How ever a .48 ar will choke your motor up top pretty good.

 

[trbotaln]

I have heard of those crappy XS power turbos, and I would never buy one. I was more interested in the Garret T3 turbo, but I guess it won't put enough high rpm power down to be worth buying. I am just trying to find a cheap turbo upgrade that would put out some decent power (300-330). I guess I will have to save up and go with a EVO 3 turbo.

 

[1fast97gsx]

Your logic makes no sense. You are looking for a t3 with high rpm power, but you say a t3 doesn't make enough power up top so now you want a 16g??? I think you need to do some research on turbos and realize that just because a turbo is a "t3" that doesn't mean anything ... you need the exact specs on it. A 16g is also NOT a top end / high rpm turbo.

 

[trbotaln]

Your logic makes no sense. You are looking for a t3 with high rpm power, but you say a t3 doesn't make enough power up top so now you want a 16g??? I think you need to do some research on turbos and realize that just because a turbo is a "t3" that doesn't mean anything ... you need the exact specs on it. A 16g is also NOT a top end / high rpm turbo.

Why would you say my logic makes no sense. I was just asking if their were T3 turbos that would make 300-330 whp. I know nothing about T3 turbos, that is why I am asking if they make decent high rpm horsepower. I have a T25 turbo, so anything that holds boost until redline, to me is a high rpm turbo. I only said that because of the reply from the second post where they said it would choke me up high end. I have researched T3 turbos a lot but haven't found a lot of DSMer's that run them.

 

[Mackzero]

Yep, you hit the nail in with one swing there.... Do some more research before you buy crap like that. You will come to realize that the EvoIII16G is a great choice, and IF you want to go bigger, you will need to spend some serious cash to do it. I had to put a little $$$$ into mine to get that top end high HP pull....


Stick with your parts wishlist and you will not be disappointed man

 

[trbotaln]

Yep, you hit the nail in with one swing there.... Do some more research before you buy crap like that. You will come to realize that the EvoIII16G is a great choice, and IF you want to go bigger, you will need to spend some serious cash to do it. I had to put a little $$$$ into mine to get that top end high HP pull....


Stick with your parts wishlist and you will not be disappointed man

Thanx, I will probably end up going with the EVO 3 16G turbo. I just thought that maybe these deals were too good to be true.

 

[gamingguru]

Just so you know, the stick t-25 has a .48AR compressor cover also.