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Dragonforce

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Dragonforce

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Hey all,

Im torn between a Hi-flow or a new HKS GT-RS.

Looking for some personal opinions here from people who have used either of these or have had a chance to compare them.

Looking though some threads ive noticed the GT-RS has a slightly better power curve on the dyno but was wondering does it justify the extra cost for what seems to be a relatively similar peak power to the GCG hi-flow. I'm chasing street response, no lag monster suggestions please! :P

Well all opinions are welcome!

Thanks,

Dragonforce

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Bass Junky Grand Master

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I"m running the GCG high Flow.

I've been really happy with it. It makes good power and with cams, I've got a pretty fat power curve.

Check out the Dyno graph comparison website in my sig, and have a look at the power curve between my car and some of the GTRS equipped cars.

If I could have my time again, I would probably have gone GTRS or probably even 2835ProS.

At the time of getting my turbo, I'd blown the old one and the fastest way back on the road was a high flow.

discopotato03 Grand Master

discopotato03

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Someone here PM'd me just the other day saying they really like their HKS GT2835 Pro S 0.68 A/R on an RB25DET .

The full kit may look expensive but they give you everything to make the turbo fit like all lines a dump pipe etc .

The call was that its very similar to the std pea shooter turbo right down low but comes on reasonably quickly - like a road car turbo should .

This person thought through someone else experience that the 0.87 A/R exhaust housing option cost that nice low-medium range squirt and for the small amount of top end it wasn't worth it on an RB25 .

The guts of it is that the 2835 Pro uses a slightly larger trim version of the same compressor family as the GT-RS uses .

Turbine wise its a little larger and a different family to the GT-RS's one .

Exhaust housing wise the Pro S one is a MUCH better design and with the 2835's turbine will make more power for stuff all difference spool wise .

Like with any change to a turbo engines breathing abilities you HAVE to tune it properly to take full advantage of the upgrade . This kind of thing is a bit beyond what the std computer wants to deal with and dito for the std SMIC .

Sounds like a real nice can live with it everyday road car option to me .

Cheers A .

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