Is This The Turbo Its Advertised As?

[GTAAAH]

ok so im still saving up for a 33 turbo upgrade for my 32 and was planning on buying it off some one in this forum. But my friend has the dough and is about to go with a series two, just needed some verification. Its advertised as:

TURBO CHARGER DUAL BALL BEARING, You are looking at a turbocharger that was taken off a 1997 Nissan Series 2 R33 Skyline GTS-T RB25DET TYPE-M.

IT USES CERAMIC EXHAUST WHEEL, WHICH IS THE LIGHTEST MATERIAL AVAILABLE, EVEN LIGHTER THAN TITANIUM WHEEL!

AND HAS THE NYLON PLASTIC COMPRESSOR WHEEL FOR SMOOTH FAST BOOST.

It is water and oil cooled, has absolutly no shaft play, only 45000kms old, T3 Exhaust

Ok so i thought it sounded fair sweet but i dont know much about them so i thought id post some pics and people can verify the model/wheels and all that stuff

Edited May 29, 2006 by r32 gts-turbo

[DFAULT]

Is this the one off ebay

cause if it is

his asking way too much for it

and looks like a series 1 turbo

[GTAAAH]

ohh k, i thought $500 was decent? Couple of people on the forums offering me series 1 for 500, my mate saw this one before me or i'd probably have pinched it. $500 is to much for a series 1? And therefore a series to would be worth? I thought 400-500 was average price for both series. Any help is appreciated

Edited May 29, 2006 by r32 gts-turbo

[race_snooze]

didnt think series 1 had plastic compressor wheels, under the asumption that only r34's had the plastic front and ceramic rear.

[GTAAAH]

does it look like a nylon compressor wheel? its advertised as being a series 2, off a 97, 33 so wouldnt the 97 have a series 2 turbo in it?

Edited May 29, 2006 by r32 gts-turbo

[lows_13]

Comp Wheels

R33 S1 = steel

R33 S2 = nylon

R34 = nylon

[DFAULT]

300 - 400 is the average price

[danielson]

this is a series 1 turbo. look, steel compressor wheel...

[WazR32GTSt]

its definately an rb25 turbo

but there's no way to tell if that is series 1 or 2 other than the nylon compressor - and you can't tell from that pic. mine has a darck black plastic compressor wheel, but i couldn't tell until i got the turbo and looked with a flash light!

$500 for series 2 is not all that bad.. 400 would be a good price

[GTAAAH]

ohh ok thanks, ill advise him against it. Didnt know it was only 300-400 for a series 2. Makes it alot easier for ME to afford one, assuming installation is 250 and tuning/remap is 250. The only turboes i can seem to find are the series one though, for about $400.. If thats a decent price, for one in good nick, and there only slightly slower spooling than the series 2 ill go with that

Edited May 29, 2006 by r32 gts-turbo

[inissane]

u dont really need a remap u could do it later if $$ is an issue, it will run ok on stock ecu

if u look around ull find series 1 turbos as low as $300

[CATKICKER]

looks like a S2 to me!

[TTT]

that compressor wheel doesn't look like a plastic one to me...

[lows_13]

Are there any size differences between a R33 S2 and R34 Neo turbo?

[Lithium]

This looks like a Spec2 R33 turbo to me, you can't see the "material" of the comp wheel reliably enough to make a call due to angle and light - but the spec 1s have a "twin blade" type setup which looks a bit like the RB20 turbos, the Spec2s have "single" nylon blades.

Twin Blades:

[TTT]

Are there any size differences between a R33 S2 and R34 Neo turbo?

yes.. exhaust wheel is bigger on R34 neo turbo

[lows_13]

So a R34 Neo turbo is capable of producing more power than a R33 S2 turbo?

[Lithium]

yes.. exhaust wheel is bigger on R34 neo turbo

Are you totally sure of that??? I would have expected it to have been bigger news (and every man and his dog going for them) as all of their turbos from the S13 up until now have had the same crappy exhaust wheel...