HI,
Just need some opinions and experiences of you guys.
I'm replacing my turbos due to my turbines ending up in the cat. I have two options and needing your help to choose.
1. R33 GTR turbos freshly rebuilt with N1 internals for $1450 comes with 12mth warranty.
Specs: 360 degree Thrust bearings
VSR / Hi Speed Balance
Nismo / N1 41.7 - 53.0 Spec Steel Turbine
Pros: Can be tuned upto 300KW ATW, $1000 cheaper, relatively low lag similar to stock ones
Cons: Don't know anyone thats had these and experiences, bush bearings, and pretty old tech turbo.
2. Garrett 2860-7 brand new $2400
Pros: New turbo, ball bearings, tried and tested and sworn by many modders, hardly any lag
Cons: $1k more expensive
Now I'm torn between these 2 as I'm aiming for around the 300kw and both are supposed to be able to do this. It will be a daily driver and will only see the occasional track maybe once or twice a year if that. I don't usually hoon around town with only the occasional spirited driving.
My main concern is responsiveness, and top end power will always come second to that as I will hardly be opening her up that much.
The delema is the $1k difference in price tag, and as you all know swapping turbos over can be an expensive job. Will the N1 spec one give me what I want or am I just wasting my time and money going down this route? Upside is if I do this, I can spend that money in tuning time with the Power FC (which has not been installed yet). Will I get a noticable difference in performance?
All thoughts welcomed