I'm having trouble deciding which way I want to go as far as a single turbo set up. I am wanting a very streetable car that spools up pretty quick. I only drive mine about twice a week around town but I enjoy getting up to speed very quickly. Any ideas on which setup would be the best? I have been thinking of the GT35/40 so far. I'm wanting to get around 400rwhp and I also don't want to turn the boost up a lot to get there. Just trying to get my list of mods wrote down before I mistakenly buy something that will turn out useless later on. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Price of the setup is always an issue but I don't mind to spend a little extra for the best.

i think you should do a street port and then do a TO4E. the street port should put you over 320 at least, with stock twins. My 13b is street ported with stock twins with 70k on the twins and it defintly gets up and goes. i am planning a TO4E upgrade which should have great response.but if you want really good response i suggest something ball-bearing. it might be a little pricey but really worth it for the response.

I figured I'd go ahead and spend the extra cash for a ball-bearing turbo. Never really looked into porting https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683561.gif

I thought I read somewhere that porting will make the car idle jumpy. I'll have to look into that... Thanks for the info.

ball bearing will spool 400 rpms faster...I will never own a ball bearing turbo for the faster spool up

Now I'm confused... Sorry but could you explain please. I thought faster spool up would be better. Will it drop off quicker or something??? Also are you saying ball-bearing = bad??? Thanks

I think he means the price isn't worth the quicker spool-up?



I've been getting tempted to piece together something involving a t04... since they're mad cheap to rebuild. It's gonna be awhile before I go single turbo though. :(

Porting is definetly something you should look into. There are many types of ports, and a mild streetport will not affect idle and driveability, but will improve performance considerably.

Bingo!

van which are you running

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that and rebuilding it isnt cheap either



mike

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that and rebuilding it isnt cheap either



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So just a mild street port and a non-ball bearing turbo be the way to go then? Something like a T04??? Thanks for the info guys!

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that and rebuilding it isnt cheap either



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I said that too. T04s are pretty cheap to buy/rebuild.

i am a little new to all the terminology so pardon me for the stupid question but by "rebuild" you mean pretty much make a new one right? so whats the difference between rebuilding and buying a new one? thanks.

sup bro, long time no talk to.



I'm running an HKS-T45S right now. You remember Chris's race car turbo/manifold? that's what I'm running. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif

Well, I would rather go with a ball bearing turbo before I went with the streetport.. unless your FD needs a rebuild now.

I think I'm close to a rebuild now. I'm going to get a compression test soon to make sure. Probably go with a mild street port and then get a single turbo kit. My only problem is finding a single kit. Haven't decided on one yet...

Well, as of now I like the spool up rate of the stock twins.. so I think I may want to go with the BNR's or M2 upgrade twins if they're worth it hp wise.. if not upgraded twins I think I'm going to go with the GT35/40 or something similar to that.. unless I start to get power crazy or something. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

I'm not power crazy by any means. I only have one person I care about beating and that's my best friend and his 300ZX TT. I handed him his ass a couple days ago so no need for a lot of power... We just want fun weekend cars that are reliable as possible.

bridgeport w/ a T04R is the way to go...but maybe i'm just bias... https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png

Yea, sounds about like me.. I have a friend that just got a '03 cobra. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png He already went to the track like a couple days ago and ran a 12.5@115mph. He says he dynoed 473rwhp and 470ft/lbs torque. So, I have some modding to do..

I've also thought about the T04R, but I haven't really read much about them yet.

I've been looking at the prices for the whole kits. The GT35/40 is only $500 more. When I'm spending over 3 grand anyway, what's an extra $500??? Plus it spools 400rpms quicker. The rebuild is the only extra... GT35/40 is looking better and better.

Yea, it does look good. But I still have a while before I'd be going single..

It wasn't my plan yet either... If I get a new engine, I'm going to go ahead and put a new turbo in too.

Sounds good man.