High Flowing Turbo?

[c7cornell]

Hey guys,

I have a 2005 GU 4.2l and was wondering if it is worth high flowing the turbo or just getting a new one and if so which turbo.

Any help would be great
Cheers Chris

[NissanGQ4.2]

Sorry Chris, I can't help you on this, I'm sure some of our other regular members will be along soon enough to help you out, in the mean time can you stop past the intro thread and tell us a bit about yourself and your rig.

A link to the introduction thread can be found in my signature thread.

Cheers

Todd

P.S: Welcome 2 the forum

[nissannewby]

I have very recently been researching this if you give me a brief run down of what you plan on doing with it I can give you some options that I have come across very interesting stuff .

[c7cornell]

All i am doing is putting a 3" exhaust on, and seeing if it is worth highflowing the turbo.
so more or less asking is there much power difference
Cheers

[nissannewby]

If your looking for it then yes there's good power increases with correct fueling obviously and it will bring boost on earlier it makes them more efficient right across the range but it isn't cheap

[c7cornell]

I have only rang one place and they quoted me $1600 is that a bit rich for what there have to do?

[97_gq_lwb]

Really depends on what they are doing for that price i would be looking for a more suitable turbo.
some of them will change a wheel and housing with another off the shelf unit and call it a high flow and rip you right off.

This might help explain it a bit better.
http://gcg.com.au/index.php?option=c...tuff&Itemid=99

[nissannewby]

Not really i have quotes here at trade price from 500 through to 2200 so that sounds alright do the ring around see who does what mods to the turbo and make your decisions from there . The 500 is something along the lines of what 97_gq_lwb has stated and the 2200 is a full cartridge swapout with a fair chunk of machining being done to the housings.

[patrolrulz]

Hey guys I got a quote today 4 a GTX2860 center fitted into the HT18 housing fitted & tunes 4 $4100.00 from MTQ sounds a bit over the top I drove his 4.2 with this mod but was only the GT2860 has heaps of grunt from low down your thoughts??

[nissannewby]

Dont bother with high end modifications to the HT18. The extent I would go to would be an exhaust side high flow if you are chasing anymore than that then a turbo swap out is the best option. And at that price a unit from united fuel injection will have you a lot more satisfied than modifying the standard turbo.