Need help on decision of a turbo

[radmar1]

I'm not going for any crazy amount of horsepower, i just want maybe like 250-280 to the wheels. I just want my car to have some good power for decent 1/4 mile times, but at the same time i want something that spools up pretty quick, so its good for drifting, if anyone of you guys could help me

[Spock]

The S15 ball bearing T28 would work for those power levels. Ebay has a few.

[radmar1]

what kind of power does the garret t28 usually produce, what would you think of the gt2530

[iliketocrash]

try calling up a turbo company or something. i called turbonetics and they were able to help me pick out the exact turbo i needed.

[themadscientist]

http://www.cheapturbo.com

[r34 gtr]

ive got the gt28 and (though i havnt driven my car far enough to be able to say anything) i think it should be about right for your application. it should be good for about 320hp and spool around 3500 rpm. basically any t28 or an hks gt2510 or 2530 should do the trick.

- tim

[float_6969]

http://store.yahoo.com/cheapturbo/garrettgt28.html

Thats what will probabally go on my car if I don't like my current turbo...

[themadscientist]

I prefer a turbo I can use to make salad with.http://store.yahoo.com/cheaptu....htmlThis is for the FJ of course

[radmar1]

does anyone have any dyno chart or any specs from the gt28, thanks for the help guys

[iliketocrash]

I prefer a turbo I can use to make salad with.http://store.yahoo.com/cheaptu....htmlThis is for the FJ of course

make salad? i'm pretty sure you could make sausage with it.

[themadscientist]

A freind's turbo did that once. Some cleetus was pointing into the inlet when the engine was revved up. Ground chuck all through the pipetract. The turbo was thrown off balance but it survived up until the finals at a drag race the next day, popped on the last run. His FC lost to a carb turbo L-powered 240Z.

[iliketocrash]

wow... some people... on a side note... NISSAN POWER! WOOT!

[themadscientist]

It was driver. He played staging games and my freind loses his cool easy. Smoked 12" drag slicks he was so pissed and lost. If it had been a 1/4 or 1/8 he would have got him but all we got here is 150 yards so stupid mistakes at the tree will kill you.

[iliketocrash]

staging games? sounds like fun. what is it?

[radmar1]

whats the difference between the garret t28 and the gt28

[themadscientist]

ball bearings

[radmar1]

so what do you think the power differences are in the turbo with basic bolt ons like intake, 3" downpipe, 3" exhaust, fmic, and some fuel stuff. It would be nice to get to around 300 rwhp, but with something with quick spool up, if you could let me know what the diferent power gains i could see out of each turbo

[c-rad]

S15 turbo might get you close to 300whp, but it would be tough...

[themadscientist]

staging games? sounds like fun. what is it?

you try to mess with your opponents head so he makes a mistake. Being that I am almost always at a power disadvantage so I resort to all manner of tactics to rattle my opponent. At the drags I will delay staging to screw with their timing (this is what the Z-guy did to my freind) I will light the prestage light and just sit there. The tree won't activate and start counting down until both stage beams have been lit. I couldn't do this in the states as there are rules to how much time I have to pull foward after the other guy lights up his stage light but this is Japan where they don't know **** so I can get away with it. Sometimes I will pretend I am d!ck with something in my car other times I will stare at the other guy the whole time even as i finally pull foward and activate the stage light. Incidently this whole time his tires are getting cold I always make sure to do the burnout last so I will still have some heat left in my tires, more than him at least. I talk much smack in the pits to the guys I will be running. Japanese guys are easy to frazzle and they red light, react dog-*** slow, miss shifts, smoke the tire etc. often without pressure but I like mind games so it's no trick barred when they step up next to me. Now on the street it's a little different but the mind games are important. I'll talk smack, my own special label smack, it goes down smooth then makes you sick. I will start mackin on girlfreinds or sometimes guy passengers just to throw a dude off. I have gotten out of my car in the middle of the road to talk smack and call a guys manhood into question, I'm way out there. I am very suprized I don't get into more fights but i guess I come off a little nuts some times. Raced a guy in my pajamas with no shirt or shoes on once, long story another thread in itself. Techically I try to stay up with the tuning I am likely to encounter on the streets so I know what to expect and how best to eliminate the advantage for the other guy. I often go out to the hangout spots on the creep, in the daily driver to collect intelligence on the chumpset. Loudmouths will give it all up over a can of coffee and a "wow, nice car" I love to race and as corny as it sounds it's the trill of competition that I enjoy not the winning or losing. Winning is of course more fun than losing but as long as it was a tight race I'm pumped.

getting back to sanctioned racing though I see a lot of guys that have wicked cars but can't drive. I love it when they try to talk down to me and I just say, "meet me at the tree *****". To borrow and twist an old saying. "HKS made cars faster but the tree made the men equal" and I know I am damned good under the lights so that's where I try to lure them. To all you guys out there with limited coin but still want to run your car check out bracket racing. If you are a consistent driver with a dependable car you can beat a viper with a yugo and take home a trophy. Street cred is cool and I grab as much as i am able but beating a lesser man driving a superior car is pretty cool to.

[float_6969]

to TMS!!!

[Spock]

S15 turbo might get you close to 300whp, but it would be tough...

Factory output at 250hp could easily make 300whp with good tuning. I tried to find the link but know off the top of my head that the S15 T28 will flow over 500cfm's. 300whp is a healthy goal with that turbo, so beyond that, I would consider a custom setup.

Regards,

[radmar1]

thanks a lot for the info

[c-rad]

Factory output at 250hp could easily make 300whp with good tuning.

On an SR....The numbers will be slightly lower on a CA.