I think journal bearings suck. Id would always go ball bearing when doing a turbo upgrade

 

Link?

 

T3/T4 TURBO CHARGER T04E 0.50 A/R: eBay Motors (item 110546731817 end time Jun-18-10 15:46:24 PDT)

GODSPEED T3T4 .57 trim Stage 3 Turbo Polish EF SI GSR T: eBay Motors (item 160445710250 end time Jun-22-10 13:28:28 PDT)

TO4E Turbo XS Power Hybrid T3/T4 Turbocharger: eBay Motors (item 400128416977 end time Jun-18-10 15:46:48 PDT)

 

Out of curiosity, why are you going with ebay turbos? One's at least a recognizable brand but not really a turbo brand...other 2 are no-names. Why not get something reputable?

 

I know you probably post this in your KA build thread, but what are your power goals?

 

I can see why people sometimes use ebay manifolds, but a ebay turbo? Just save up for the real deal man. Why endanger your whole turbo setup and motor for that matter. Check out www.blaastperformance.com

Its a canadian turbo shop that I have had great experiences with and will set you off much better then some ebay, ssautochrome, xspower, x02 racing, crap. Do it right the first time so you won't have to go go back and replace a cracked compressor housing after 3k.

 

dude thanx for that website. i'm definately going to order one from there. man i had no idea they were that cheap. heres this one i was looking at what you think. t3/t4e 46 trim 140hp-350hp with the .63 A/R turbine upgrade. now i have a question on the water cooling upgrade would it be water cooled only? or both water and oil cooled?

 

Or worse, the wheel implodes and goes into your motor.

 

my power goals are about 250-300 max. just something i can play with every once in a while but still streetable. i was just searching for turbos around a friendly price, but i had no idea that they went out that fast. i was hoping to get at least 15k out of it so i can save up and get a garrett turbo.

 

Every turbo is going to be oil cooled. The water cooling is an add on option that you can use for heavy, track use or for ball bearing center cartridges. Feel free to get the water cool upgrade, but with a standard journal bearing (non ball bearing) the water cooling would only really benefit if the car is tracked regularly or put under hard load continuously.

Keep in mind these turbos aren't "new", they are remanufactored Garrett turbochargers. I have had great results with them in the past, but I just want to make sure you know they arn't brand new.

 

Is this for KA-T or SR?
S15 turbo would put those numbers out fine.

 

is that the t-28?

 

ka-T

 

Yup. BB.

 

u got one for sale? lol,

 

this is what i say if you dont want to spend alot of money on a turbo kit. i would start off with a ebay kit and work your way up. to a better kit but thats me. the reason why is that you get alot of parts with the ebay kit. the only thing you have to do to make it last is to put a oil restarictor on the oil feed line. the reason i say this is because my friend had a ebay kit on his honda for 2 years and never had a problem with it. it was on a stock jdm b20 on 16 pounds of boost hiting 12.6 all day and driven everyday.

 

and also i dosent benitfit if is ball bearing or no the different in spool time is like 200rpm different. and having it coollant cooled it dosent not benfit it. just put a turbo timer on it. im sorry on the miss spelled words

 

and also i dosent benitfit if is ball bearing or no the different in spoll time is like 200rpm different. and having it coollent cooled it dosent not it just put a turbo timer on it.

Wow. Just wow.

 

I'm at a loss for words....wow..

Btw, we have an edit button.

 

Sorry for all the CONFUSION, i was doing it from my phone and it was messing up that night. What i ment was, it doesnt benefit having a ball bearing turbo or non ball bearing turbo the spool difference is 200 rpm between the both of them. It doesnt even matter if its coolant cooled or not just buy a turbo timer... If i still misspelled words i dont care im not an english major i fix cars and i know im good at that.

 

No we got it the first time.
Ball bearing chra's were one of the biggest advances in "recent" (over 15 years ago now) turbo technology and you are saying they are of next to no benefit.
Also turbos have been water cooled since the 80's. Although you can run a turbo oil cooled only, they really have a much longer life when water cooled.