t04E - 57 trim

[Angry]

Hi all

Anyone familar with the T04E 57trims being advertised in FastFours, toofast2furious? what are they like for boost? and are they spool friendly?

As i'm looking to upgrade my turbo on my RB20DET

For the price that they are at for 850bucks. im kinda thinking it might be better for me to buy one instead of a RB25 turbo (series1) thats 2nd hand.. and could fail with too much boost etc.

i'm looking to run about 1bar (14.7psi) a boost at the most .. maybe a bit more on scramble mode ..say about 16 or 18psi.

going on the compressor maps vs. airflow of a Rb20 .. it should be pretty well matched.. with a little bit of lag b4 boost comes in. not worried too much about the lag ..as the cars auto and is a little laggy on throttle response.

I'm upgrading fuel pump and dump pipe shortly, along with installing Jaycar boost and injector controllers. And i also have GTR injector to go in if need be.. but im not targetting much over 180rwkw.

Basically.. i just wanna know what ppl know about these turbos.... i know the say " u get what u pay for" .. but at the same time i'm not looking to see dramatic numbers .... just a useable turbo for a daily driver.

Thanks

Matt

[LBR33]

Read this thread

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...ead.php?t=53228

in summary DO NOT BUY ONE THEY ARE CHEAP EBAY TURBOS

[Angry]

i see , not good at all m8

... i was looking to buy the same turbo direct from the states.. but id imagine they the same.

as i know that they aint ball bearing type ..although he does advertise otherwise.

i was looking to probably buy one via this website

- http://www.turbocalculator.com/sale-garrett.php

but was looking at getting one with a 0.48 trim. and a 60trim instead.

as the toofast2furious was local. . i was thinking it would be faster to recieve etc.. less bs with shipping.

Matt

[skdn30]

bought a genuine garret t3/t04e for a grand

over here in nz

[LBR33]

i just find it weird that only a 3 month warranty is offered even tho he advertises otherwise

[discopotato03]

Those things are a wally turbo . Garrett NEVER offered anything like that in the TA34 range . T3/T04E is a generic Wollynetics term only .

Garretts TA34's used T04E compressor wheels up to about 46-50 trim . They knew that the turbines could not adequatly drive larger trim compressors . There was also a wide range of turbo's in the TB31 series that used these turbines with garden variety T3 compressor wheels .

If you buy one of those things you will go faster , but only due to the wallets weight loss factor ...............