Hi Fellows!

Long time since I last posted. I used to own a DSM 2g when lived in U.S. now I am in Brazil and have a forged 5 cylinder 2.0 Fiat Marea Turbo. It made 459whp @ 27psi on Ethanol (92% pure E in Brazil). Didn't go more because lacked injectors...

If you are curious videos of the car can be seen here: Marea Turbo - Stage 1 by Bordin Motorsports - YouTube

My old turbo GT3582R but started making some noises from the bearings... Well, f***!!! It died on me...

Well, I'm broke and my car is not running. I need a new turbo, wanted to go FP3586 HTA but I'm broke. I think of buy that later next year when I have money.

Right now... I need a cheaper turbo that will perform similar to a 35r. My car revs to 8500 and as an old 35r on .82 housing I don't mind a little delay on spool.

My main choice was a Holset HW40 but on eBay all I can find on HX40 looks fake for like 350 dollar. Bottom line is... I can't find a good reliable source to buy a Holset HX40 online. Can someone point me to one? I'm not concerned about the hot t4 housing, I can swap it out here myself, it can be what it comes with in original form, but it has to be a genuine Holset...

If I can't find it I think I'm going with the journal bearing series of the Precision turbos. What is your experience with those? The 6262 looks good but on journal bearings it may be a bit too laggy, maybe a 5857 on journals, anyone running that, what kind of power?

To the specs I would like on a turbo:

Cold side .70
Inlet: 4" (already have intake pipe)
Outlet: 2.5" (matches my FMIC piping)
Inducer: around 60mm

Hot side (.82 -- i will swap my own housing, not a biggie)
Turbine wheel around 64mm

Can someone point me out where to buy anything like that or a similar option? Has to be a reliable turbo I have big injectors now and going to run 30psi+ on it

Thanks a bunch guys!

Scratch the journal-bearing 6262 if you're seeking reliability.

PM me if you're seeking a new HX40- I may be able to point you in the right direction.

I would tell you to call Precision and see about fixing/upgrading it but after the way I was treated yesterday despite being a customer of 15 years and having run more than 3 dozen of their turbos on my various cars and customers cars I say take your business else where. When Harry was more hands on and Daisy was handling phone calls it was a different place. It is not the same Precision Turbo of old. When the two I have take a dump I will be trying out someone elses turbos. My recommendation to the O.P. is to give Justin a try (I will be.) because you don't have a thing to lose and from my searching of this site I have found that he will send you a reliable product without acting as if he could care less whether or not he loses a longtime or new customer. He has also taken the time to answer my questions and I haven't spent a dime with him as of yet. I've bought more that $25K worth of tubochargers from Precision over the years and they don't give two shits whether I buy another or not from what I gathered. Too many employees rotating in and out there these days. Don't fall into the same trap I did. I was warned, it just took longer for it to happen to me I guess. Good luck to you.

I'm running the 6262 in ball bearing form, but I wouldn't touch the journal bearing version with a 50' stick.. The HX40 seems like another hot turbo, and it's reliability has also proven to be superior to others. It's price point is also another major consideration.

Justin has my vote the next time my precision poops out on me.

Thanks for the reply guys. I'm going to stay away from the Precision Journal bearing option. I would much rather do a B/W 362 that would probably pick up a lot faster on a A/R .70 housing for the same price anyway.

I've sent a PM to Justin to check on the HX40. Think that's the best route as of now.

Hx-40 is a great choice.