Turbo Opinions

[ICER33]

havent really heard much about these but i have been told they are capable of making 250rwkw+ in an r33 with supporting mods.

the specs are

T3 T04E Garret

57 trim front wheel in .60A/R compressor cover housing.

.64A/R rear exhaust housing

it requires an external wastegate.

just wanted to see if anyone else is using this turbo and what their opinion is.

cheers

[skyboy33]

you are talking about the KKR480 right?

[Kaido_RR]

T04e, is an oldskool plane bearing turbo, thats most likly why u havnt heard much about it

[ICER33]

not sure if its the kkr 480 but i read an article on it in the latest HPI on the r32 project car. seemed to make reasonable power.

what is the difference with the plain bearing turbo?

[paulr33]

old school

lag city

much better technology out there

regardless of how cheap it is

[skyboy33]

yeah,that's the KKR480 and it makes something like 250rwkw on a stock r34(featured in drift battle mag).

[ICER33]

i was under the impression that it spooled up relatively quickly.

so the impression i am getting is steer clear??

make any difference if it was internally gated??

Edited January 12, 2006 by ICER33

[crack]

where's discopotato03 when you need him

[ICER33]

yeah i was hoping that he would be able to help me out with this.

[R31Nismoid]

t04e, as stated, bush bearing, using old wheel designs.

short of converting the cart to a Ball Bearing one, forget it.

Had a t04e on my old RB25, made ok power, but the most shocking response

[Abo Bob]

yeah,that's the KKR480 and it makes something like 250rwkw on a stock r34(featured in drift battle mag).

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Is that the old HPI project R34?

[Dee 33]

I have a T04e on my R33 Gts-t.

I'm making 240rwkw with standard injectors and a FPR + Wolf3d, zorst, cooler, fuel pump. I'm maxed out at 16psi (injectors) so the turbo at 240rwkw isn't yet at it's efficiency. In general I'm on full boost by 3500rpm.

Never driven a ball bearing aftermarket turbo R33 so I have no idea how they compare. The spooling noise is no where near loud enough. I want loud spool! Induction noise through the pod is another story though...