32 Gtr Trubo Upgrade - Track Car

[josh23457]

Hi everyone,

Building up a 32 gtr track car at the moment.

Have a question regarding turbos

currently it has the original ceramic turbos, but upgrading to either the HKS 2530 or the Garrett 2860, 2560 -5's

The question i have is regarding the fitment of the turbos

i know the 2530's come as a complete kit with all the bits and pieces and the Garretts are simply just the turbo.

in that case can the original turbos be removed and the garretts be placed in without replacing all the bots and lines. Or do they have to be replaced a.k.a with the 2530's.

THe reason i ask is that the 2530's are roughly around the 3500 dollars (full kit) while garretts can be picked up for around $2400 (turbos only).

Advice woudl be greatly appreciated, espceially by people who have completed this conversion (know there are lots of you)

Thanks again

Josh

[R31Nismoid]

You dont get the lines with 2530's

You just get gaskets, copper washers and a HKS badge on the turbos (you get the idea, basically nothing you cant get for a few hundred $$).

Get the Garretts, the price difference at the moment with the dollar is not with HKS in my book when they are virtually identical

[josh23457]

just wanted to add

are the garrett 2560 -5's the same as the 2860 -5's

been reading and haven come to the conclusion although from what people have said they are.....

[tacker]

About the only thing that the 2860-5 dont fit up to is the lube oil drain you need to slot one of the hole to suit the spacing on the bottom of the turbo. Everything else fits nice.

Also you can if you wish port the stock exhaust manifold to suit the larger opening on the garrett although some guys say this is not required i thought i would do it anyway.

I agree with nismoid i dont see the need to spend more on a HKS set, mine work a treat, make more hp than i can use thats for sure.