I thought it would be a good Idea to post one of these on here because I haven't seen anyone post anything about these turbos or anything related to this matter.
So right now my R32 GTST is undergoing work for the following parts:
TWISTED MOTION RB20DET GT2871r VER 1 Turbo
GODSPEED Forward facing Plenum
Tomei Outlet pipe to a 3" custom TurboBack
550cc Injectors
Boost Solenoid
Walbro 255 Fuel Pump
Tomei Fuel Pressure Regulator
ADAPTRONIC ECU tuned by XACT TUNING
So Far the plenum and turbo is going in and there were little things that I thought people should know going into this kind of budget build project:
1. The turbo is pretty awesome. For the price you can't beat what you get. I know it's a cheap turbo and people are going to say get a better turbo and whatnot, but I have a better plan rather than spending $$$ for a name brand turbo. So first off the turbo was 450$ and once the turbo starts to go I'm going to buy internal parts for it which is going to cost me around 300$.
As far as Install I'm having a 2" 90degree Cast aluminum Elbow Welded to where the stock elbow would be so that I don't have to deal with couplers.
2. The Intake Plenum is a tricky one for RB20s. Unless you have 1200$+ for a plazmaman/raw brokerage Intake plenum there really aren't much options for the RB20.
What I did was get a GODSPEED intake plenum. It was around 250$ on ebay, and once again I know people are going to bash for buying ebay parts, but this is a budget build. That and the GODSPEED plenum isn't that bad. The welds are extremely clean, and has ports for everything stock to be connected right up to it. ie. adaptable with the stock throttle body.
The only hiccups are the plenum's mounting bolts are blocked off so we had to drill it through so that the bolts can go in all the way. Apart from that so far there hasn't been any issues.
It should be done this weekend and next week I should be able to get this thing tuned with ADAPTRONIC which is one hell of an ECU for the price. Thank you XACT TUNING in AZ for hooking me up with the price that you did.
I'm going to post some pictures here soon, and Keep everyone posted on how this build goes! My Goal is 320WHPish. Wish me luck everyone!
Once it's all said and done I will most def let the RB20 Community know how it is and if it's worth it!