UrbanSoot

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14b = small *** turbo. i dont see you making more then 170-180whp with it.

thirdgen

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Here's my 2 cents. Don't even think about buying a chinacharger. I had one and it lasted about 200 miles, seriously. The housings were good, but the CHRA had bearing failure. 200 miles on a ball bearing turbo means it's a piece of ****. I would never buy anything unless it says garrett on it. I am running a T25 from an SR20DET that I bought on e-bay for 200 bucks. I love it. It's rebuildable, it's quality. I am running 7psi, but I was told it would hold 13-14psi to redline? On my car with a standalone, 14psi could be close to 300hp tuned properly of course. I saw a guy with a 2001 make 244hp to the wheels at 11psi. So used garrett...YES, new garrett BB (GT2554, GT2560)...EVEN BETTER, Chinacharger....**** THAT.

Braineack

iTrader: (62)

I kinda want to buy a TurboXS T3 so i can get the stage three wheel and housing

bryantaylor

iTrader: (5)

i was running a SSAC t3/t4 on my old probe and it was nothing but great from 6psi-14psi. that turbo outlasted a motor, a trans, and a couple of clutches.

18psi

iTrader: (76)

ok so one last noobish question: you guys say ebay, but when I log into there and type "t25 turbo" or "gt28 turbo" or "t3 turbo" etc etc etc i get NOTHING BUT stupid bs chinachargers....I mean, do you really have to scroll through like 10 pages of that bullshit just in case there is a real turbo off a real sr20 or 300zx in there, or is there an easier way?

jobambo

search for "garrett" "garett" "garret" and any other way. idiots misspell them which lets you get a great deal

BTW for everyone that thinks chinachargers are crap..
http://www.clubna-t.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=44
This guy has been supplying $1500 turbo kits for the 2jz for years now.

The_Pipefather

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I still haven't finished mine... But, since we are on the subject of inexpensive turbo choices, the TD04L-13T I'm using (got mine for $130 with 45k miles on it), is an excellent turbo to use on the miata engine. My analysis (post #32 and #51 of this thread: https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/sho...ht=SCCA+proper
and also a couple of other peoples' setups convinced me to go this route.

The only known dyno charts for a similar turbo are from member 4sfed5, who is making 200 whp @ only 7 psi from his IHI vf10, and this guy who is claiming 270 whp @ 1 bar boost: https://www.miataturbo.net/forum/sho...ighlight=TD04L

So, I say, go for it! If I were to redo mine from the beginning I would use the ebay cast log manifold and use an adapter plate.

hustler

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do it once, do it right, keep it white.

18psi

iTrader: (76)

wow, that is awesome. so looking at those charts, it appears that the td04 is actually efficient in pretty much the whole rpm range. i guess miata having a much smaller engine and being inline/higher compression takes alot less flow from the turbo to put out pretty decent numbers. well then I am 98% convinced, THANX MAN!!!
I always wanted to try that, ive seen a few threads myself with miata's making around 200-250whp on a td04, and ive seen MANY MANY wrx's put down 240whp/290wtq and the wrx has much lower compression than a miata. that is great. the other positive is that i have access to SHITLOADS of wrx tdo4's, my friend literally has a full crate of them from previous swaps (owns a shop), and they are not pos chinachargers that i would have to check every week to make sure its not falling apart. lol

The_Pipefather

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Yeah, you could easily make an adapter plate from a stock up-pipe to go on a manifold of your choice.

As for threads on TD04's I havent seen any at all? Maybe you're talking about the Greddy TD04? If so, that's a completely different animal.

18psi

iTrader: (76)

in that case I believe I am mistaken: ive seen threads that say td04 but forget just how large of a family the "td04" is lol, ranges everything from greddy to srt4 stockers to wrx stockers.....my mistake

I just called up my buddy and he has a spare wrx engine for my taking, so hopefully ill folow in your footsteps and go that route when im ready. you say you would have went with a log type cast mani if you could? why is that? the tubular looks much superior in design, or am i missing something?

Oh and threadstarter, if you chose to take the wrx turbo route, hit me up
better price than the chinacharger, GUARRANTEED

The_Pipefather

iTrader: (5)

Oh I meant if you want a reliable budget build with a 1.6, you could buy the log manifold off ebay. No doubt that the tubular manifold I am using is much superior. Its a shame that ETD doesn't make any more of those, so what I have is pretty much a one-off.

With a 1.8 though there's several other manifold choices that could work, including some that mount the turbo lower down.