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Is my new turbo too big?

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Old 01-22-2010, 04:48 PM
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for 150 bucks less you can get a godspeed "gt2876"

GT2876R T28 TURBO CHARGER ( no wastegate) - $450.00 : GodSpeed Project, The Art of Performance


and it has specs, lol
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Internal wastegate fail +3!

Just put a motorcycle cylinder head, put a micro Windows chip and make it rev to where it says Made in Chinatown.

Ebay chinachargers T3/T4s are still a win win situation on a 1.8 block...

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check the wheel when you unbolt it. A lot of cheap ebay turbos cut off material off the side (the flat part that rests against the back in this pic) to balance the wheels which causes them to fail quickly sometimes even at low boost. Good turbocharger manufacturers such as Garrett cut off material from the end like this pic. They can do that because their wheels are not much off balance while cheap manufacturers need to remove a lot of material to balance their wheels. Last month I read an article that explained and showed bunch of pics but i cannot find the damn link :(

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On the image above the wheel strength is not compromised as in this one thats the usual ebay special that usually tends to explode under boost..

and holy crap heres an ebay turbo for you.
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Well here's the dimensions
Compressor: 2 3/4" (I thought it was 3" when I took the pic, so could be deceiving in image)


Turbine: 2"

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Nono - get a set of calipers and take accurate measurements (within .01") of the inducer and exducer of each wheel. We can't tell you much about that turbo using tape measure measurements.
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Originally Posted by dustinb
Well here's the dimensions
Compressor: 3"
Turbine: 2"
You're kidding, right?

Although that is more accurate than the distributor's information.
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Old 01-22-2010, 06:21 PM
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Coool! I've been looking for a 3"/2" trim.
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Originally Posted by triple88a


On the image above the wheel strength is not compromised as in this one thats the usual ebay special that usually tends to explode under boost..

Whatever!

Know tons of people with chinachargers running super strong back in Puerto Rico, there is a forum (but cannot find it right now) that has a complete section of only chinacharger Hondas running them, some even go to the race track. Anyway, I do not want to hijack as that is a topic for another thread.
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measure the inducer AND exducer dawg.

best I can judge it's a "2871" 48 trim wheel.



FWIW: I'm running a $150 ebay turbo.
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hey nothing wrong with ebay turbos if you are willing to take the risk.
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Ebay turbo here, been running it for almost 10 months between 16 and 24 psi.
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Originally Posted by Savington
Nono - get a set of calipers and take accurate measurements (within .01") of the inducer and exducer of each wheel. We can't tell you much about that turbo using tape measure measurements.
lol, me = fail.
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Originally Posted by hustler
internal wastegate fail.
double stamp
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it looks like thoose knock off gt2876r turbos on ebay. I am interested to see how well it works though. OBX is half the price of a garrett
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Originally Posted by FastColt
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Stop hating on internal wastegate, it has feelings too.

And it won't be operational for 2-3 weeks, but once it is, I'll post full data logs.
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