what has been your favorite turbo you have used thus far? just like to know what other J owners have found to work good on thier cars
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Mike wrote:The auto to manual swap is not as involved as you would think.
Get all the parts you need in a pile, and drive the car into it.
They will find their way into the correct places.
If your not doing an engine build most guys use a t3 or a t3 super 60....
It depends on what engine and for what goal.
Ecotec:
- daily driver/AutoX- Saab kit (cheap and easy too)
- drag racer - GT35R (check out whats going on now in P&M, low 11's
LD9:
- daily driver/AutoX - T3 super 60
- drag racer - GT35R (multiple 11/12 sec cars on this turbo)
LN2:
- daily driver/AutoX - T3
- drag racer - GT30R
A build LN2 with ported head could probably spool a GT35R, but I would guess that the stock exhaust ports would be a huge restriction in spooling that turbo.
I always used a T3/T4 on my old car.. worked very well.. spooled about 2500 and never felt the top end drop off
LE61T PTE6262 Powered 
How about the guys going out of the ordinary using anything BUT Garret/Precision/Turbonetics.
I'll be using a BorgWarner/Bullseye S250 - Compressor: 56mm inducer, 73.5mm exducer; Turbine: 69.4mm (70mm) inducer, 61.5mm exducer and either a Bullseye .70 A/R T3 exhaust housing or an AGP divided T4 .83 A/R exhaust housing...haven't decided yet.
Thrice . wrote:How about the guys going out of the ordinary using anything BUT Garret/Precision/Turbonetics.
I'll be using a BorgWarner/Bullseye S250 - Compressor: 56mm inducer, 73.5mm exducer; Turbine: 69.4mm (70mm) inducer, 61.5mm exducer and either a Bullseye .70 A/R T3 exhaust housing or an AGP divided T4 .83 A/R exhaust housing...haven't decided yet.
Good point - I'd love to see the LNF's K04 retrofitted to an L61 - I'm sure it would be similar to the saab setup, but it's another option nonetheless
Not bad thrice, I'm using a BorgWarner / IHI GM-3 Turbo off the duramax diesel. Funky downpipe flange ftl.
Oldskool listed all the .org favorites.
-Chris-
-Sweetness-
-Turbocharged-
Slowly but surely may some day win this race...
SweetnessGT wrote:Not bad thrice, I'm using a BorgWarner / IHI GM-3 Turbo off the duramax diesel. Funky downpipe flange ftl.
Oldskool listed all the .org favorites.
-Chris-
I was originally looking at the Holset HY35 but didn't want to go through the trouble of welding the internal wastegate shut to go external.
I just happened to stumble upon the BW line and researched them a bit more after a few words of advice from "whalesac" in my build thread. The Extended Tip compressor wheels put up a compelling argument against any of the GT-BB CHRA's from garrett. Not to mention the S200's are EVERYWHERE lol. Caterpillar uses them, John Deere(which is what mine was off of) and a few Dodge cummins use a Holset turbo but with a BW turbine. Never new just how popular BW really are, behinde the scenes!
I managed to pick up my rebuilt S200 for $400 shipped including duty and tax. It originally came with a compressor of 50mm ind./73.5mm exd. but i'm swapping for the bullseye power 56mm ind./ 73.5mm exd.
gotta say, best bang for the buck!
I'm putting together a list of comparable turbos to the garrett GT lineup (BW/Bullseye/Holset/Schwitzer, versus, Garret) so that people can see they have an inexpensive alternative to such turbos as the GT3071R and GT35R.... I'm hoping for a sticky when the time comes lol.
I use a big 16G on my Ecotec. Works great with fast spool up
Currently #4 in Ecotec Forced Induction horsepower ratings. 505.8 WHP 414WTQ!!!
Currently 3rd quickest Ecotec on the .org - 10.949 @ 131.50 MPH!!!
