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Tomei_33

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ok ive upgraded my turbos, and now have my old ones in the store room.. i found that they both have a letter 'S' hand written on them..

when i bought my car, it seemed completely standard, and to write on the turbos, the turbos would have have to be taken out sometime.. so now im thinking whether i have standard turbos or not.. how do i identify what turbos i have? i know they are Garrett..

markings on it say - "GARRETT A/R42 M24 1-2" and .42 on one of the tubes and 4685 on the side and

"GARRETT 485" .48 on the other (darker one) i hope u get what im saying here =/

a plate on it says

"UD 1429J

14411-05U20

466071-2"

can anyone let me know what turbos i have? and how would i know if they are 'steel wheeled' turbos? thanks in advance

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They are standard size housings, I can tell you that much. the 42 or .42 is the A/R of the front housing and the 0.48 is the rear. the "14411-05U20" is a nissan part number, so they are a nissan turbo, and given the housings sizes are standard I would say they are stock. It's possible they have been rebuilt, and perhaps given steel wheels, but also possible they were just removed for some other reason and re-fitted at some point.

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They are standard size housings, I can tell you that much. the 42 or .42 is the A/R of the front housing and the 0.48 is the rear. the "14411-05U20" is a nissan part number, so they are a nissan turbo, and given the housings sizes are standard I would say they are stock. It's possible they have been rebuilt, and perhaps given steel wheels, but also possible they were just removed for some other reason and re-fitted at some point.

cool, thanks for the info, but is there some way to tell if they are steel wheeled? i cant think of a reason why they would take it off (unless they blew) and write an 'S' on both turbos.. unless its steel wheeled, maybe its just wishful thinking, but is there a way to be sure?? thanks

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Take a photo looking in at the front and rear of the turbo, close enough to see easily the shaft at each end clearly. post it up here and it won't take much.

i can get the front shaft but the back has the dumps attatched at they are really tightly bolted on, ill get u the front shaft pics for now, back in 5~

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if theres one thing ive learnt with imports is

dont trust the work unless u do it urself..

my car was suppose to be stock when i bought it.. made 296awkw... i thought instantly.. cant be stock turbos

and sure enough they werent stock.. they had a fairly large compwheel..

but ceramic exhaust wheel... so @ 18psi 1 snapped off and destroyed the motor

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