leakyfaucet

To save money I'd like to put a used T25 on an FM or Begi kit that doesn't have a turbo. I know you can get DSM T25s for almost nothing, so I might go that route if it fits. Does anybody know if there are any T25s that will fit the manifolds/pipes without any modifications?

Jeff_Ciesielski

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The DSM t25 will not fit as it uses a mitsubishi specific flange. Off the top of my head, the s13/s14 t25's will fit, although I'm not sure of any other OE applications.

leakyfaucet

Thanks! Where's a good place to find those SR turbos?

curly

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I thought:

Beginning of time-2005ish, junk yard turbo = 2005-present, chinacharger.

Jeff_Ciesielski

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Honestly, I was going to suggest a chinachurbo. I mean, hell, I'd run one. But watch, the first time I actually suggest that will be the time that one of those ******* actually *does* come apart and spit compressor blades into some poor guys motor.

Jeff_Ciesielski

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Ebay, or any of the silvia/sr/240 forums. I'm sure you can put your hands to one for cheap. Or just google, "used turbocharger", you might get some hits. Good luck!

Oh, and go make a thread in the meet&greet section, so that you might be verbally sodomized properly!

Full_Tilt_Boogie

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What annoys me about the nissan turbos and the china-chargers are that they have flanged inlets and outlets on the compressor

leakyfaucet

So does that mean you have to grind them off to get a normal pipe on there?

Full_Tilt_Boogie

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no you have to get little adapters that have a flange on one end and a pipe on the other so you can attach a couple to it.

clay

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You can grind the compressor outlet down so a coupler will fit on it. If you search "T25 machining" it should pop up. I did mine as well. Works great. No DIY fix for the compressor inlet though.

Rennkafer

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The T25 I bought off SR20forum.com doesn't have a flanged inlet but the outlet is flanged. It was off a W10 Avenir (JDM station wagon thing with an SR20DET). The W10 T25's seemed to be for sale reasonably regularly, paid $85 plus the $88 rebuild kit from Gpopshop.

Pics...

before I went through it...





After I rebuilt it...

clay

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That W10 Avenir turbo is the exact turbo I'm running. I picked it up with a cracked SR20DET manifold for $50 locally on Craigslist. I went through it and cleaned it up, but I didn't rebuild it. Working great so far at 7psi.


The SR20 T25 and T28 are great turbos to use with BEGI/FM stuff as they are outline interchangable with the GT2554R and GT2560R so it's a great cheap turbo to start with that you can easily upgrade later. The GT2560R came stock on the S15 SR20DET's. I got this "S15 T28" (GT2560R) off of CL recently for $40.

Rennkafer

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Exactly why I picked up the one I did.

Mine had a fair bit of shaft play, so I thought I'd better kit it. Plus I just wanted to rebuild one...

jayc72

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Is the Nissan T28 a Ball Bearing turbo?

Jeff_Ciesielski

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S15 silvias came with a BB t28 and the Avenir GT4 came with a BB t25.

clay

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There are several versions of the T28 that Nissan uses and not all of them are BB. The SR20DET in the Pulsar GTi-R had a journal bearing T28. I'm sure others did as well. I'm not as familiar with the RWD SR20DET stuff.

ARTech

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If it's anything but from an Australian market, yes, it is. The problem with them is once they need a rebuild they're pretty much trash. Unless...anyone know if OEM turbos are allowed in Garrett's CHRA exchange program?

jayc72

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Is the CHRA specific to the turbo? Or can the CHRA from another turbo be used? For example, using the CHRA from a gt2554r to rebuild a gt2560r?

clay

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I contacted ATP with the info from my S15 T28 (GT2560R equivalent) and they said it qualified for the CHRA exchange program. $466 for a new CHRA. I'm planning on doing that before I replace my T25 with it as the compressor blades show some damage so it's probably not well balanced. Total will be $500 for a basically new GT2560R.