[s-cars] Turbos---Turbos FS---RS2 Turbos FS

Joseph Pizzimenti pizzoman at yahoo.com
Tue May 18 19:18:19 EDT 2004


Dave,
IMO, it all comes down to the backhousing.  A properly
sized GT30R should spool up around 3400 or so.  I know
that's past your goal, but such is life.

On a 2.0, a GT30 spools by 4k, so take that with a
grain of salt, pepper and a little bit of extra virgin
olive oil.

Joe
--- Djdawson2 at aol.com wrote:
> Interesting info on the turbos.  From what I
> understood, the GT series turbos 
> were not even available in a non ball bearing
> format.  I also heard that the 
> bearing section is not rebuildable.  You buy the
> compressor/bearing cartridge 
> as a unit, and the whole thing is a throw-away when
> it fails.  This is what I 
> understood while researching and purchasing my
> GT30R.
> 
> BTW, I'd let someone (Hap) see how the GT35 performs
> before leaping to 
> purchase.  I may be entirely wrong, but from what
> I've looked into, the GT35 is 
> going to have a quite high boost threshold.  I'm
> even worried my GT30 may not hit 
> until later than I want (3k rpm).
> 
> Time will tell, however, as some of us start bolting
> these things up and 
> seeing how they perform.
> Dave in CO
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