Et Turbo

[JAMESW]

hey guys,

Just wondering if any of you ppl have had any experience with these cars, or if you have any comments about them.

Im thinking of getting one, but wasnt sure if it will be too old and too many probs with the turbo.?!?!?!

James.

[Rezz]

Yes, I had one back in '97 - '99... I had 2 bar boost through that thing at one stage and it seemed to enjoy it!

I had an '86 ET Turbo. The E15ET engine is o-l-d, so the whole design of the head doesn't lend itself to high airflow, that being the case, it's pretty useless going for a turbo any bigger than an R33 turbo or similar. The engine itself is quite tough once it's been rebuilt... but if it's still hasn't been rebuilt since it left the showroom, theres bound to be compression probs in the cylinders, turbo leaking/impeller wheel is worn and slack etc. I wouldn't be suprised if every ET in Australia has at least one time in it's life had a bleed valve hooked up.

Of course, theres bound to be good examples too that have been kept stock. Just bear in mind that pre-'86 models didn't have water cooled turbos... I think this is the main consideration here. If you get a good post-'86, the watercooled turbo obviously has it's advantages for ease of upgrading the turbo (for an R33/S14 one).

Other than that, the handling is a bit like a lead-tipped arrow until you get decent tires, but then the boost gets wound up and you're back to square one! The interior is like "the '80's greatest hits"... all angles and monograms on the faces of the dials. Thats one thing that I didn't quite get used to, the interior.

I eventually got the old girl down the quarter doing a 14.8, so it wasn't so bad, but bear in mind that was with a $5000 engine re-build and 1.2bar boost if I recall... and a good driver

/Rezz