What Turbo upgrade for my Starlet???(new starlet owner)

[ToyGT]

hey ditched my honda now i brought a Starlet
and its got a T25 turbo on it what would be a good upgrade any one done it???

thanks

[Adydas]

good luck beating that.. most ppl would die to have ct9 go to T25..

i dont think you can get bigger without spending some serious cash on everything huh..

[Al]

t28 should use the same manifold you have currently

maybe some changing of oil/water lines tho

[ToyGT]

yeah it goes real hard at the moment
its awesome actually
just wondering what to get more power t28 sounds got what about the ball bearing t25?

what are the gear boxs like strength wise is these starlets etc... motor??

thanks peopl here it is.
i didnt do any of the work but im going to do motor up heaps more its a mess a =)

[GTUWET]

thats a fukn nice example of a starlet

[Al]

gearbox should be fine, toyota boxes arent usually prone to breaking unless you use a 20v box in a turbo car

[boosting]

the good old bean machine is back

[AXNGRL]

Yay for Beano's old car.... he was wondering where that ended up

[Silvertop]

just wondering what to get more power t28 sounds got what about the ball bearing t25?

I've never heard of a B.B T25. T25G is probably what you mean (found on early model SR20DET's, they have a bigger compressor wheel over the T25).

If you really want to upgrade the turbo T28 would be good. Same manifold, but a little bit of work involved:

New cooling lines are needed (2 water, 1 oil). Braided lines are a good investment if doing turbo swap, wouldn't rely on stock lines (esp oil).

The compressor intake flange is 90 degrees opposite to a T25, therefore will need to get a new flange made up. Or cut the intake pipe, rotate it, mark where it should go, then get it welded up.

There is a guy in Palmy who has a T28 on his Starlet. It was pretty darn laggy apparently.

Side note - if you' definately want a B.B T28 you can find them on S14 (facelifts) and S15s. GTiR's have the non-B.B turbo's and are much less of a headache come turbo recon time.

[Rollux]

That's cause you can't o/haul the ball bearing centre, unless they've just developed a way recently. We had a Garrett turbo on a R50 Pathfinder let go in the bearing. Nissan said "bin it, because there is no way of fixing or replacing the bearing".
$2.5k later.....

[beano]

havnt seen my old car for a very long time.. which part of nz is it in..

cheers bean

[Elmendorf]

good old invervegas aint it

Why not post on www.starletcentral.co.nz or even do a search as heaps of ppl on there have done wicked turbo upgrades, and believe it or not most of them aint even members of this forum

[ToyGT]

ok

i'll stick with the T25 for now but i'll get a 50hp NOS kit shot

[rollaholic]

you could always try a t25 exhaust housing with t28 compressor side

sounds like you are doing pretty well tho!

[Al]

ok

i'll stick with the T25 for now but i'll get a 50hp NOS kit shot

make sure its a wet kit rather than the dry kit, ZEX seems to be on the money for nitrous using both and activation switch and a WOT switch rather than a clumsy push button for on or off.

i been looking into laughing gas myself lately