T 3/4 Turbo.

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I'm currently looking at a RB30 Patrol and the bloke selling it has a T 3/4 Turbo with a long runner manifold. None of it is hooked up but apparently it was in the old motor. He says he was getting 130 rwkw @7psi on 35's. The thing I'm concerned about is how well the turbo will actually work. He's getting rid of the rig for rather cheap (Approx 4.5k) So I'm going to assume that the turbo isn't a highly reputable one. Can anyone see any future problems with this, and how well do you think the RB30 with a t3/4 turbo will go?

[macca86]

Its what all the vl boys run and they get 300hp plus from them buy they are injected and worked. Is it a Garrett or a copy

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Its what all the vl boys run and they get 300hp plus from them buy they are injected and worked. Is it a Garrett or a copy
I'm not sure if it's genuine or not. I'm assuming not based on the low price of the car, which it my concern. I'm still deciding whether or not it'd be worth looking at.

I'd message the bloke tomorrow but I have so many questions for him, I just don't want to hassle him too much haha.

[93patrol]

Your the one buying ask all the questions you need to if he doesn't like it his problem really


Just tap it in just tappy tappy tappy

[Alitis007]

Does the manifold look like thishttp://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2013/02/74.jpgsorry for the crap quality its an old pic.
Anyway these crack, the T3/4 turbo if its a T3 hi flowed to T4 thats fine coz its oil and water cooled, if its only oil cooled then its like a Ebay special and i've cracked 1.
Rb30 motors are tuff as, i drove a vl with a cracked head for 2 years lol and when i don the head i lowered the comp and slapped a turbo setup on it and it loved it it.

The car at 4.5k sounds cheap but it depends whats done to it, if its all stock apart from the setup then i would say that high coz i could get a bog stock 1 clean as for 3g's just depends what its got yeh.

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Does the manifold look like thishttp://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2013/02/74.jpgsorry for the crap quality its an old pic.
Anyway these crack, the T3/4 turbo if its a T3 hi flowed to T4 thats fine coz its oil and water cooled, if its only oil cooled then its like a Ebay special and i've cracked 1.
Rb30 motors are tuff as, i drove a vl with a cracked head for 2 years lol and when i don the head i lowered the comp and slapped a turbo setup on it and it loved it it.

The car at 4.5k sounds cheap but it depends whats done to it, if its all stock apart from the setup then i would say that high coz i could get a bog stock 1 clean as for 3g's just depends what its got yeh.

Thanks for the reply mate.
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/9861/turbov.png (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/705/turbov.png/)

This is the picture he has of all the turbo gear that comes with it (I have no idea if anything is missing as I don't know jack about turbo setups) The car also have quite a few mods to it such as: 2" body, 3" spring, Roof rack, 35's, tube winch bar, heavy duty clutch, rear quarter chop.

Do you think it would be worth looking at for around 4-5k?

[MudRunnerTD]

Hi Mate,

Can i ask you to head over to the Introduction section and post an intro thread. We ask new members to say G'day before asking for advice! just like walking into a room mate. Say Hi and you will get plenty of Help. Your in good hands with Alitis as he's an RB30 bloke. Just say G'day mate.

Cheers MR

[Alitis007]

Yeh mate better say G'day then i can keep going, its polite and respectful and part of the forum policy.

MR i wouldn't say that lol i'm a ROTARY guy thats like to put turbos on anything and have a bit of experience with the RB engines haha

[macca86]

Also t3/t4 is the size of the compressor and exhaust sides of the turbo if its a good brand like Garrett hks gready etc the it shall be reliable also look for water and oil cooled much better

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Hi Mate,

Can i ask you to head over to the Introduction section and post an intro thread. We ask new members to say G'day before asking for advice! just like walking into a room mate. Say Hi and you will get plenty of Help. Your in good hands with Alitis as he's an RB30 bloke. Just say G'day mate.

Cheers MR

Sure thing.

Yeh mate better say G'day then i can keep going, its polite and respectful and part of the forum policy.

MR i wouldn't say that lol i'm a ROTARY guy thats like to put turbos on anything and have a bit of experience with the RB engines haha

Nice to know we have an expert around :D

[Alitis007]

Sure thing.


Nice to know we have an expert around :D

No expert mate just like my toys lol
This looks like that high rise turbo, and just coz it says garrett doesn't mean it is.http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2013/02/78.jpghttp://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2013/02/79.jpghttp://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2013/02/80.jpghttp://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2013/02/81.jpg these are cheap, they break and crack. I Cracked the exhaust housing on 1 in my Nissan EXA turbo, chipped the teeth on this paper weight and cracked the low mount manifold, so that to me means the turbo was slapped onto the last high comp motor.

But as far as the car goes, as long as the body is in good nick and the running gear is good, feels tight and doesn't make weird noises then i would use that to barter the price drown. The rest comes down to how much are they roughly selling for and how much you want to pay.

As far as

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So you recon the turbo is a complete no go? Or would it still be worth hooking up just for that extra power?\

The body looks pretty straight, havent seen the interior and the motors only done 200 thou, I may go look at it on the weekend.

[Alitis007]

You want a vl turbo and a patrol is what your saying lol.

Firstly from what you said at the start and what your saying now is clashing, the body has done 200k, motor ?? Its probably second hand. The first 1 would have been high comp with a ebay special turbo kit with its guts thrashed out = blown original engine!
Send me the link to the add so i can have a look at what it says.

And remember the first car you see doesn't mean its the 1, and just coz its shiny doesn't mean its good either. Look in the search bar for "things to look out for?" i explain most of the qualities i look for in a car.

[Morton]

remember the first car you see doesn't mean its the 1, and just coz its shiny doesn't mean its good either. Look in the search bar for "things to look out for?" i explain most of the qualities i look for in a car.

on the money with that comment, I always made my sh#tboxes look nice, always sold quick