need a new turbo..some advice!!

[gsx187]

Well like the title says I'm looking for a new turbo.. this will be the third turbo on my car...first one was leaking oil and I got it rebuilt and the rebuild started leaking as well after 3 months....

I am looking for a turbo that will pull hard and obviously be reliable...I called the person who rebuilt my turbo and he told me "to check the oil lines and inlets and get bigger ones and the leaking happens because it's the nature of the beast".......I do have all the correct inlets and oil lines / water lines to connect the turbo...

My car is currently at the shop and will get a call from them Monday for a quote on tunning and adding some mods to it...We will also see if the guy who rebuilt my turbo will fix it or not!! Current turbo that is on my car that is leaking is a T3/T4, STAGE 3 TURBINE T04B/E 50 TRIM.

Over the winter I saved some money and purchased some more mods below, sorry did not update my profile..updated mods and current mods are the following.

-Apexi N1 full 3 inch exhaust
-downpipe
-External Tail wastegate 38mm with o2 dumptube
-Vibrant FMIC and stainless steel piping (short route)
-Stainless steel intake pipe with K&N filter
-Walbro 255 Fuel Pump
-Turbosmart type 3 dual port 32mm BOV
-turbosmart MBC
-new transmission
-880cc injectors not installed
-custom four puck Kevlar disc with 450 hp pressure plate
-NGK spark plugs and wires
-evo cast iron manifold
- aeromotive AFPR not installed
- AEM EMS with speed density setup not installed

Car was not really driven that much because because I had no way of tunning it with the 50 trim and was running on stock injectors when I had it rebuilt because I was saving money for DSMLINK or AEM.

Moving on my goal for now is anything above 300awhp and eventually later on go bigger...I have a stock 7 bolt with 114,000 miles on it..last compression test was 160 across all 4 cylinders.

With the mods above and running lets say 20psi max (still on stock head gasket and bolts) what turbo should I get that will be efficient in this range and will get me over 300awhp by 20psi or less? The shop mentioned to get a ball bearing turbo like gt35r which is overkill because i do not plan on running over 600 hp anytime soon and plus the engine is stock as mentioned before it would be just a waste of money to use that turbo and not run it in it's efficiency range. Just want a fairly quick spooling turbo that will pull hard and be reliable and put me over 300awhp at 20 psi or less with a good tune.

Been looking at he following turbo's
-gt30r
-Ball bearing 50 trim (which one is good?)
-Evo 3 big 16g
-20g

Sorry for the long post.
Any inputs would be great!!
Thanks

 

[JusMX141]

wtf??? 20g over a 30r??? 20g over 50trim bb?? this guy is had a 50 trim.. its like ya saying queen latifa over kim kardashin. u guys got issues. FOr me ill go with the 30r or bb50trin anyday over the 20g.

Right...because bigger is always better even if it's well beyond your goals.

I mean why have the quickest-spooling of the three that is without a doubt the cheapest to install and maintain when you could have something that spools later while flowing more air than needed to reach your goal?

...and why stop at the ball bearing 50-trim or 30R when you could have a GT35R on your car for the same price.

 

[phunny]

You'll also want to get a FPR with your new 255.

 

[champscl]

20g IMO... I had one on my fwd at 22psi it was fun to drive on the highway. Spool was very quick with hks 264's also.

 

[whitetrash]

Id go with the 16g or 20g