Hks T51r Kai On R34 Gtr?

[smithers]

what will this turbo with 1.00 rear perform like on a 34 gtr? Its a plain bearing too. Will it be too big for a street car or only suited to drag?

[R31Nismoid]

Depends on how much power you want, when you want it, how much $$ the motor has behind it etc.

Don't expect much to happen before 5000rpm either way, probably later

[Beelzebub89]

On a 2.6? I'd say you'd be spending an aweful lot on the head to make it anywhere close to streetable. What sort of power are you after? Those turbos are mainly for drag focused cars rather than anything else.

[smithers]

THOUGHT SO, Iknow someone selling one cheap. thought it may be a good idea. How about on a rb 30/25

[zebra]

Plain Bearing T51r KAI?????

Sure its not a old T45s or something?

[l0WRB]

the KAI's are plain bearing SPL are ball bearing.

mate had a KAI on his supra was good 4 the street 600rwhp and fullboost at 4500-5000rpm

[600hp]

you can get both the kai and the spl in bb or plain bearing

the kai is rated at 800 hp the spl at 100hp

[smithers]

def a t51r kai plain bearing. anyone know how they perform on a 26?

[PM-R33]

T51R and street setup R34 GTR should probably not go in the same sentence. Unless you do a hell of a lot of "midnight highway runs" it would be pointless.

Edited August 11, 2010 by PM-R33

[l0WRB]

highway runs are the only fun thing to do

[Deano 1]

you can get both the kai and the spl in bb or plain bearing

the kai is rated at 800 hp the spl at 100hp

im guessing u ment 1000hp not 100?

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

the KAI's are plain bearing SPL are ball bearing.

mate had a KAI on his supra was good 4 the street 600rwhp and fullboost at 4500-5000rpm

errrrrrrrr...

[l0WRB]

sorry it wasnt fullboost at 2800rpm and 250killerwasps

to me its streetable but thats just my opinion. each 2 there own.

[GTScotT]

highway runs are the only fun thing to do

Twisty runs at highway speeds or take your skirt off.

End.

[R31Nismoid]

sorry it wasnt fullboost at 2800rpm and 250killerwasps

to me its streetable but thats just my opinion. each 2 there own.

And the fact it's a 3ltr as well...

[discopotato03]

Laggy turbo for RB2570cc engine . AFAIK the KAI's have the 94mm OD compressor where the SPL's have the 102mm one .

Just a little background info on the Garret T51 based turbos . The name T51 comes from the older tech T series turbine they use in 76 trim . Garrett use the "R" prefix to differentiate ball bearing from plain bearing units .

These units use the large frame GT type center bearing housing but as in with the T04Z from memory they machine the turbine housing mounting ears of the back of the bearing housing so that they use the older T series crab plate style fastening system .

Garrett's GT4294/R and GT4202R/R cartridges are very similar except they use a more modern GT42 turbine which is unfortunately in 84 trim . I seem to remember the HKS T51 versions having at times slightly smaller compressor wheel trims but I don't remember the details , not interesting to me personally .

For an RB26 that's often street driven if you want a more practical HKS turbo then have a look at their T04Z , still not exactly small but at least you'd get same day turbo response .

A .

[smithers]

thanks for the info guys