Turbocharger Selection Help

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MadTRacer
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Joined: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:36 pm
Car: 240sx

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Going to do a custom Turbo kit for my 240. Been tossing the ideal of which turbocharger to use. So many options IHI, Comp, Garrett, Precision, Turbonetics, Borgwarner. I don’t want to spend a lot of money the turbocharger, however I do want to go with ball bearing. I would prefer Ceramic Ball Bearings. Would also like to do a billet compressor wheel.
A good friend just turbocharged his 240 with one of these kPa Turbochargers. He went with the 2863 and its spools instantly and makes great hp. He has around 5000 miles on it and its been perfect. It also came with warranty and stainless gaskets. He paid around $800. Though that was a good deal for ceramic ball bearing with billet compressor wheel. I also have a lot of friends that have done the Precision and Garretts that work good too.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Precision-Turbo ... 71&vxp=mtr
http://www.ebay.com/itm/kPa-Turbos-2863 ... 5c&vxp=mtr

Any input would be great before I drop $ on my purchase.


compactfean
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Joined: Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:28 am
Car: 89 240sx s13 sr gt3071r 23psi
B14 sentra ser sr20de-t 7psi
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Location: reno nv

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Just my .02..... Garrett stopped producing turbos in the states jan 2012 ......also pte journal bearing chras have problems but there ball bearing turbos are fine. For the money, I went with pte dbb 6262.


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