Rb20 With Gt30

[paulr33]

isnt the point of drifting to be in control of a car thats out of control

hence a crap suspension setup so its tail happy to induce sliding?

[Drifterdan]

I see where your coming from

Look at it this way. You can set a car up with crappy suspension and tyres... It will get sideways nice and easy, but try keeping it there without spinning. For a underpowered car, thats the perfect way to go..

For the faster drifters with lots of power, they want to enter at much faster speeds, and need the grip to avoid spinning, and to allow them to put the power down to create smoke, once again without spinning

I'm no pro, but thats just what I have noticed

[discopotato03]

I reckon a GT30 turbine based turbo is a bit much for an RB20 if you want/need boost (torque) response to be as close to throttle response as is possible . I have no interest in drift but getting the car to do "controllable" opposite lock slides is going to need precise power modulation to be repeatable/consistant . I'd be looking at turbos with more low end and mid range because getting the thing to break traction and not fall off boost if you back off a little is going to be important . So possibly a GT2530/GT2860RS with the 2530 HKS turbine housing/GT-RS or GT2871R 48T . One problem you WILL come across is going to be compressor surge so a port shrouded compressor housing is going to be a must with an RB20 that needs to have high manifold (boost) pressure with not tonnes of airflow . The RB specific GT-RS has this , the large boss type TO4B compressor housing that the GT2860RS and GT2871R series use can be drilled and slotted or machined for an insert like the HKS TO4Z has .

Cheers A .

[Drifterdan]

Do you know who would be able to assemble a turbo to those specs? I'm very keen to get the ball rolling, just need to find a shop that can supply me with the bits I need.