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what turbocharger is this on this golf mk3 turbo'ed VR6


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  • 2 weeks later...

Get an SPA cast manifold (good for RHD VR6), cheap but good turbo would be a PT6262 or the like using the journal bearing flavour (ebay) and take it from there.

 

The cheap budget ones I have the full catalogues if absolutely necessary but they cannot even give me tech specs on the materials used so......... malleable metal at a guess + 90,000rpms on the comp wheel + hitting the comp housing = should have bought decent from the start.

 

If you must do it very budget buy one of the US ebay cheapo kits and an SPA mani for RHD and then build a side engine whilst keeping boost to about half a bar - people have run over a bar for thousand of miles on such turbo's though but my above statements are correct! The full kits are about £600-00 or so.

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Get an SPA cast manifold (good for RHD VR6), cheap but good turbo would be a PT6262 or the like using the journal bearing flavour (ebay) and take it from there.

 

The cheap budget ones I have the full catalogues if absolutely necessary but they cannot even give me tech specs on the materials used so......... malleable metal at a guess + 90,000rpms on the comp wheel + hitting the comp housing = should have bought decent from the start.

 

If you must do it very budget buy one of the US ebay cheapo kits and an SPA mani for RHD and then build a side engine whilst keeping boost to about half a bar - people have run over a bar for thousand of miles on such turbo's though but my above statements are correct! The full kits are about £600-00 or so.

 

this one has a ARP manifold on it no idea if its LHD or RHD but it was close to the brake reservoir!, just a cheap turbo, problem is if i do buy it and go for another turbo, would i have to have another downpipe made up as not all turbos are they same design!

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Yup says in the listing, 5 bolt outlet. You can get the flanges for them? Then just weld your downpipe to it

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wicked its all new to me still a learning curve with turboing a vr6!! give me an rs turbo and i will teach you backwards! so if i get a garrett i will need a 5 bolt outlet one?

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I'd suggest staying away from cheap ebay turbo's. The material is sub standard and as it is pliable if you start running any half decent boost then it'll warp and likely hit the compressor housing and destroy your engine and turbo when it breaks - with the cost of fuelling and mapping it's literally throwing money away!

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