Turbo Highflow

[R32-DOOR4]

I have a vg30 turbo and wanted to know who's good in SA that can highflow it.

cheers.

[shy_s6]

most prob be cheaper to buy a kkr turbo these days!

[/2on]

ATS on marion would be a good choice for getting your turbo highflowed

[SLED]

ATS on marion would be a good choice for getting your turbo highflowed

+1 Bill Keen is a good guy and knows his stuff......known him for many years.

[Tangles]

Get quotes

Bill Keen has many success stories, but also some horrible stories as well.

Dont restrict yourself to turbo workshops in SA - get quotes from around australia

[Deluxe]

My turbo is a ATS Hiflow and was done many years ago, and she's still kicking.........

[R32-DOOR4]

cheers, sounds like ATS is the best, i get a qoute.

[heslo]

ATS! Got mine done there, now is in Steve's car, he can vouch for it too!!!

[Sambo33]

i got mine done trhough ATS, we had a slight setback, but they fixed it up and all good!

[Simon-S14]

Im no fan of Bill.... he has screwed me and coutless mates of mine... i dont know if we are getting him on a bad day or something, i understand errors happen but he doesnt stand by his work at all.

MTQ is the go if you want a truly professional job,they are located in Regency park a few streets over from the inspection station... (irony maybe)

Failing that, for a REAL highflow... GCG in sydney are the pro's! their highlow is tried and tested and makes proven power ( i could be sponsored by them lol )

[/2on]

Can i ask how much you guys paid roughly to have your turbos highflowed?? as im looking at getting mine done in the next week or so or just buy a diff turbo all together.

[KISIN]

Im no fan of Bill.... he has screwed me and coutless mates of mine... i dont know if we are getting him on a bad day or something, i understand errors happen but he doesnt stand by his work at all.

MTQ is the go if you want a truly professional job,they are located in Regency park a few streets over from the inspection station... (irony maybe)

Failing that, for a REAL highflow... GCG in sydney are the pro's! their highlow is tried and tested and makes proven power ( i could be sponsored by them lol )

MTQ - can they help me build a custom garret turbo ?

[4door_Sleeper]

When I replaced my turbo about 2 years ago I shopped around and also spoke to a lot of workshops with Dynos.

My general findings were that ATS could make a highflow turbo that could handel 14psi without stuffing up, but that they didnt produce any more power that a standard turbo at the same boost (and in mant cases workshops reported small to medium drops in power)

The only garanteed success story was GCG whost turbos made more power than standard at any given boost, were reliable at over 14psi, and came on early (nearly the same as a standard turbo, which was another problem with other highflows which were laggy)

I went for GCG and am happy with the results, my only other option was to look at an aftermarket turbu HKS2530 etc.

[skylineguy19]

i havnt had mine hi flowed but did have ATS rebuild it when it went bang, that was about a year and a half ago and mine is still kicking on strong, cops its monthly thrashing and loves it!

Other than that i reckon my mechanics who look after my drifter would be able to do it, try giving fours n more a call, tell them luke with the 31 recomended you.

[Silhouette31]

I had mine built by Madaz... Ironic since I have a huge sticker of theirs on my back window

They got ATS to machine it out but assembled it back at the workshop.. Made a 50kw increase (tested on dyno).

[4door_Sleeper]

They got ATS to machine it out but assembled it back at the workshop.. Made a 50kw increase (tested on dyno).

Was that at the same boost level, or did they increase the pressure to gain 50kw?

And when did the new turbo come onto boost?

Its the answer to all 3 of these questions (Q4 is reliability) that will make it a good turbo or a crap one.

[Silhouette31]

Yeah 14psi before and after.. However, same time I changed turbos I got a bigger exhaust too, which would have helped in power too.

I've only got a highflowed VL Turbo (r31 rb30), not anything major, but that was the difference the highflow made.

Couldn't really tell you the difference in spool time.. Only about 750rpm difference I think, couldnt really notice. But I've kept a small rear housing to keep lag down.

Edited February 20, 2008 by Silhouette31

[Krishy]

after countless times of discussion with my mechanics i have come to the conclusion of instead of highflowing your stock turbo...why not get something aftermarket that is reliable like a HKS or something....its going to almost cost the same and would be better as you can also run high boost levels....

[Dohmar]

after countless times of discussion with my mechanics i have come to the conclusion of instead of highflowing your stock turbo...why not get something aftermarket that is reliable like a HKS or something....its going to almost cost the same and would be better as you can also run high boost levels....

I called MTQ today and they quited $2850 for a pair or N1 equivalent turbos for the R32 gtr. he said theyre bolt on but may need some machining to get the oil mounts/holes to line up. dunno specifically what he meant as I dont really know about this stuff, but if people have had problems with any rebuilder, i certainly wouldnt risk my money... on the same token, i dont think im hardcore enough to get my parts made/reconned interstate.... there has to be someone decent locally imho...

-D

[Madaz]

ATS! Got mine done there, now is in Steve's car, he can vouch for it too!!!

sure can bloody good turbo

I had mine built by Madaz... Ironic since I have a huge sticker of theirs on my back window

They got ATS to machine it out but assembled it back at the workshop.. Made a 50kw increase (tested on dyno).

? i do turbos now :D

mine makes more power @ less boost a ATS special cant wait till the dyno day and wind some more boost in

for example @ the PGA dyno day i was running 13.7psi and made 172awkw on the same setup on the Aussie Dyno, dyno made 185awkw same psi 13odd then with the ATS highflow and fouled plugs made 187awkw @ 9psi but couldnt boost any higer due to bad plugs

after countless times of discussion with my mechanics i have come to the conclusion of instead of highflowing your stock turbo...why not get something aftermarket that is reliable like a HKS or something....its going to almost cost the same and would be better as you can also run high boost levels....

its not allways about boosting to a gajilion psi since ive found our standard engine is only good for 17-18psi so thats all the turbo needs to make reliably, its also about ease of fitment highflow will bolt up using oem manifolds and dumps