Calling On All Garrett Turbo Experts

[R34GTFOUR]

However isnt a turbo setup much cheaper than a supercharge setup? Im sure Value Vs Cost the turbo wins

yes, yes it is. If money wasnt really on object, supercharging would be a good path for a resposive daily driver, but if you want something cheap and quickish just bolt a turbo on it haha.

I used to own a st162 celica, with a tad over 300hpatw and that was extremely fun to drive, so i have a soft spot for turbo fwd cars haha

A mate of mine had a 2000 model 1.8L lancer which he bought brand new, which is more along the lines of yours, and soon after he to felt the lack of performance like you and decided to shoved some forced air into it. Anyhoo he got a t25g like your taking about from the old sr20's, slap it on with mircotech running the show and he netted 220hpatw on stock internals. Now in a car that weighed less than a tonne he pulled a 13.3 down the 1/4 and thats with wheel spin all the way through 2nd.

Now i'm not saying defiantely go down this road after all its not ball bearing like you wanted, but from personal experience the t25g was extremely responsive, even on the 1.8L and at a bar of boost was a lot of fun to drive. Plus they are dirt cheap

Edited January 17, 2008 by R34GTFOUR

[QRI05E]

yes, yes it is. If money wasnt really on object, supercharging would be a good path for a resposive daily driver, but if you want something cheap and quickish just bolt a turbo on it haha.

I used to own a st162 celica, with a tad over 300hpatw and that was extremely fun to drive, so i have a soft spot for turbo fwd cars haha

A mate of mine had a 2000 model 1.8L lancer which he bought brand new, which is more along the lines of yours, and soon after he to felt the lack of performance like you and decided to shoved some forced air into it. Anyhoo he got a t25g like your taking about from the old sr20's, slap it on with mircotech running the show and he netted 220hpatw on stock internals. Now in a car that weighed less than a tonne he pulled a 13.3 down the 1/4 and thats with wheel spin all the way through 2nd.

Now i'm not saying defiantely go down this road after all its not ball bearing like you wanted, but from personal experience the t25g was extremely responsive, even on the 1.8L and at a bar of boost was a lot of fun to drive. Plus they are dirt cheap

Mate your post just made my mind up! Consequently, there is a guy i know who works at http://www.lavishperformance.com.au/ and he can get me a completely reconditioned T25G virtually brand new for dirt cheap! and he even recommended for me to use the T25G as its a perfect match for the QG18DE.

Im going to go pick it up!

Cheers