turbo selection

[98gst14b]

Sup, Im planning on upgrading my turbo and fuel system very soon. Im having trouble selecting a turbo for my car I know there are a lot of them out there buy I figured ### better than to ask the people that actually used them right? I want to shoot for mid to upper 300 hp range. My ultimate goal is to have a quick streetable car. What do you guys reccommend? 16g? 20g? t28? Thx for helpin me out, later.

 

[pbrclc]

If your looking to build a quick street car, an evo 3 16g would be a good choice. This turbo will spool up quickly, and with the right supporting mods and a good tune this turbo is capable of your hp goals.

 

[98gst14b]

yea i was leaning toward the 16g i like the quick spool and the fact you can get a lot of boost out of it. I drove my buddies evo with the 16g and i liked it...there is very little lag time and the turbo has a lot of potential in my opinion. ### u guys think?

 

[ROOKIE1]

Give this a read . http://dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=199534&highlight=selection

 

[seajay2525]

Sounds like you are in need of a 16g.

 

[travislaw]

I have the Big Evo III 16-g Ported in my car as well as 255 LPH, fuel pump rewire, AFPR, and Evo III 02 Housing. This turbo is a blast and well worth it. Just make sure you have all your leaks taken care of and the supporting fuel mods. I have had the turbo for 5 months now and am just now seeing its potential because of boost leaks needing to be fixed and found out my knock sensor was dead. I can't believe how fast my car is now and I am only running 9 pounds of boost. I have an SAFC-II I haven't tuned yet and am going to get bigger injectors soon. Then I can turn up the boost and have a lot more fun.

 

[98gst14b]

sweet so the 16g will make psi count more than a t25 or 14b due to more cfm right? like a 9 psi on 16g = 16psi on 14b. ????

 

[VtecvrsTurbo]

Yes, a big 16g at 10psi, will still make more hp then if your t25 was at 15psi. This because of the CFM diffrence.

 

[MyBeatGSX]

I can tell you from personal expereince, skip the E16G if you're looking for over 300whp. Go with one of the Precision SC's. 300-375whp will be no sweat for that turbo. You'll have an E16G pushed right to wall to make that much power, if you can even get that much power out of it. I really wish I had gotten one of these. The people on here cranking 25-30psi out of an Evo is just rediculous. If it doesn't hold boost to redline, its just like disconnecting the wastegate line. That's no way to make reliable power.

I think the 3227 is your friend. Quick spool is for ####ies, and if I'm not mistaken its a Garret GT series compressor for only $800, what more could you want? Ball bearing? They have that too for a few (hunderd) dollars more. Its what I would have bought if I could go back a few months ago, and I'm sure its what I will end up with by next year. They're definately some of the best turbos on the market.

 

[Spooling99]

Im gonna agree with MybeatGSX, you should look into a 50trim or similar, You can get a bullseye TO4E for like 600$ and that should get you to 300whp with proper supporting mods. If you have the money I'd go with a PTE SCM5031. Good luck.
-ADAM

 

[98gst14b]

da m......decisions......well im startin to understand what you guys are talkin about the 50 trim sounds badass but as far as money goes...i dunno. the 16g i hear will be pressed hard to obtain upper 300's and at a certain point starts becoming ineffecient. Maybe for my price bracket im asking for is a little unrealistic for my hp goals :/. but the 16g would sound good for awhile till i got tired of it and wanted more. then at that point it would be time to move on to somthing ridiculous like a gt35r turbo or somthin...heh. but as far as bang for your buck i would think 16g...thoughts?

 

[98gst14b]

of course a 16g turbo kit....j pipe, gaskets, dump line, oil line, coolant lines, etc can be bought for 400$ so whats 200$ more? a dilemma indeed. whats that 50 trim limit me to?
thx for input

 

[MyBeatGSX]

More than you'll ever have money to afford the supporting mods for, if you're already complaining about a $200 difference in the turbo prices.

 

[DarkStarMenace]

When I ran my ported 16g, it was unreal on a rough tune. I ended up popping an electrode at high rpms but that freaking turbo gave me torque steer. Now my setup at the time was 660s with an SAFC and 190 Walboro w/ AFPR. Now this turbo will make more power at lower boost levels than a t25 or 14b, just b/c of the cfm flow. But keep in my the velocity of that airflow will be more in the t25 or 14b. Which is why you will feel more boost from the smaller ones vs the 16g. I honestly never felt a noticeable difference at 12 lbs between these turbos. Now once that 16g hits 16-17 hold on. And watch the boost the gauge. 16G will creep. Mine I had to disconnect the wastegate actuator to cap the boost. No boost controller. With the actuator connected and a BC, I pulled around 23 lbs. That's why I closed the BC, and pulled around 17 with creep of about 2-3 lbs. That was the only disadvantage I found on the 16G, was the boost creep. But it can be minimized, with supporting parts.

 

[Calan]

Evo III 16g

Their plentiful, cheap, reliable, "stock" bolt-on, trouble-free, and proven time and time again... You'll easily hit your goals.