Hey guys, been doing some reading and found this old old post.
Can't find to much more on the subject.
I am currently setting up a small turbo on my r32 gtr, after putting n1 turbos on and hating them I decided I was never going through the twin turbo shit fight again, and I couldn't see why one turbo, wouldn't spool up better than two that are similar size combined, you have less mass to turn, in one turbo, and less bearings, less friction, maybe I'm wrong, but I couldn't find a straight answer anywhere so I decided I needed to do it myself.
I have a STD engine so won't be chasing big power, so I decided I would go for response instead, I have a very low budget and have done all the work myself.
The turbo I chose was a kinugawa tdo6sl2-20g ($1000)
This is t3, internally gated and has a 8cm rear housing. It came with all the gaskets and hoses I needed to fit it to the engine, didn't have to buy another thing in that area. Have heard alot about these turbos and really wanted to give one a go.
This is bolted to a ebay manifold ($350), and did some custom intake piping from some silicone joiners off eBay and some alloy pipe laying around at home ($50)
For the dump pipe, I used 3 inch flexible stainless truck exhaust ($60), down to the cat, this is welded onto a vband flange which came with the turbo
I know some of you would be cringing by now at this set up, but I'm into trying somthing Different.
I brought a second hand adaptronic e1280s off my mate for $500 and wired in a map sensor ($60)
The set up hasn't run yet, just in the final stages of setting up the adaptronic, I have heard of people making 300kw with these turbos on sr20s and rb25s, so I don't see why the 26 won't do it, and it should have very little lag which will make it awesome to drive and look after my STD engine, not having to rev it hard to get ssomewhere.
Or it might just not work... Haha we'll soon find out.
Let me know your thoughts guys