Supra turbos?

[raddys]

One of my turbos has some damage to the blades, a rebuild is 1k and they can only rebuild with steel blades which means I lose torque and its money better spent elsewhere on my engine refresh that i feel is about to spiral into a money pit  

Anyone have any good condition turbos laying about with no to minimal shaft play and good condition blades?

Cheers

[Swampy442]

Where on earth did you get a) steel blades and b) losing torque from??

[rider]

I have a set of turbos that were sold to me as off a twin to single conversion low miler (aren't they always?). Sold as a 36k mile set, £275 collected or arrange your own courier pickup. PM if interested.

[raddys]

43 minutes ago, Swampy442 said:

Where on earth did you get a) steel blades and b) losing torque from??

Spoke with Lee at srd, I don't question anything that man says haha he said compared to ceramic they dont spool as quick, to do with steel being heavier I guess

Edited December 1, 2022 by raddys (see edit history)

[Burna]

14 hours ago, rider said:

I have a set of turbos that were sold to me as off a twin to single conversion low miler (aren't they always?). Sold as a 36k mile set, £275 collected or arrange your own courier pickup. PM if interested.

@raddysI'd buy this set if I were you mate.

[Scooter]

Yep I'd second that, I have a set I got ages ago from James/Turtlehead green car he went single on, so they are genuine low mileage (or at least have some provenance) and barely any BPU and I paid £500 back then (with all vsv's and pipework) from memory and wouldn't let them go for that now (sod's law if I didn't I'd start getting issues?) 

I do recall Chris Wilson stating the J specs turbo spool was noticeably better than steels, perhaps less important at BPU+ and high rev ranges, than in a stock car.

 

[Burna]

12 minutes ago, Scooter said:

Yep I'd second that, I have a set I got ages ago from James/Turtlehead green car he went single on, so they are genuine low mileage (or at least have some provenance) and barely any BPU and I paid £500 back then (with all vsv's and pipework) from memory and wouldn't let them go for that now (sod's law if I didn't I'd start getting issues?) 

I do recall Chris Wilson stating the J specs turbo spool was noticeably better than steels, perhaps less important at BPU+ and high rev ranges, than in a stock car.

 

Yes the j-spec ceramics spool up quicker, but the UK steel turbos have more torque top end, j-spec cars and UK cars were built for different applications.