Opinion on car/turbo

[Dawson159]

There is a 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse gst for sale by private owner that I am looking at. It has a full 6 bolt swap,new clutch, dsm link v3, and a few other things. It’s for sale for a really good price but the only big problem it has is the turbo is burning and leaking oil and will need to be replaced. I was wondering what turbo I should buy if I did buy the car and if I bought another turbo what else do I have to buy with it? If it’s another stock t25 turbo it should go in and run fine? Or will I need to get it tuned? Would it be better if I bought a 14b turbo instead but If i did what else would I need to go with it for it to run good? Sorry if some of this doesn’t make sense this is the first time I’ve ever posted a thread on This site and anything will help

 

[Vegas Smith]

The easiest answer would be to replace the turbo with another t-25 or possibly a t-28 as I think that is a direct bolt-on. A 14b would require a lot of different parts and that's something you can easily google to find out. You would not technically need to re-tune if you slapped on another t-25.

 

[Dawson159]

The easiest answer would be to replace the turbo with another t-25 or possibly a t-28 as I think that is a direct bolt-on. A 14b would require a lot of different parts and that's something you can easily google to find out. You would not technically need to re-tune if you slapped on another t-25.

Thank you for the help!!

 

[Dawson159]

The easiest answer would be to replace the turbo with another t-25 or possibly a t-28 as I think that is a direct bolt-on. A 14b would require a lot of different parts and that's something you can easily google to find out. You would not technically need to re-tune if you slapped on another t-25.

Would I need to retune if I chose a t28?

 

[Vegas Smith]

yes

 

[PlanZero]

Are you sure its a t25 on there? Seems like the PO would have something else with those mods. Its a shame everybody hopped on the 6 bolt train a few years back because a 98-99 had the revised 7 bolt, IMO the best option.
Not sure with link, but you can normally swap a t28, 14b, 16g without tuning. You can run these on stock injectors and maf at stock boost levels but you're not even close to utilizing them to their potential.

 

[Bo0sTeD 4G63]

Go with a 16g turbo now that you are already looking to change out the turbo.

 

[hharper1321]

No doubt Dawson, with that mod list, I'd be surprised if it's running a t-25. Verify what is on there, and go from there. If it is a stock turbo, you at least have a good base to start from with somehting bigger (T-28, 16G, etc...)