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Offline king nu2 turbo

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garrett turbos any good?
« on: 26 May 2009, 22:00 »
hi guys does any body have any exprience onto a 1.8t AUM. The turbo ive got on it at the moment, dont kick in till about 4000 rpm so was gonna go for a upgrade  (Garrett or ko4 off ebay risky i no)  gonna check the part numbers because the guy i brought it off said turbo blew and he dont no wat they replaced the turbo with  :cry:
is it a hard job
is it worth
any other parts i will need
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Re: garrett turbos any good?
« Reply #1 on: 26 May 2009, 22:03 »
Aren't all mk4 turbos Garrett  :undecided:
s yours standard? if it is go for a remap should see 210bhp from it.
KO4 is pricey your need a few other parts, have a search or check out Ashmonds build thread for the extra parts needed  :wink:
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Re: garrett turbos any good?
« Reply #2 on: 26 May 2009, 22:08 »
no they are Borg Warner (KKK) Steve

Garrett are OEM eqipment for most of the old skool Ford turbo hatches and can generally handle a fair bit of power. IMO they never lasted very long though
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Re: garrett turbos any good?
« Reply #3 on: 26 May 2009, 22:10 »
oh, I think the diesels are Garrett  :undecided: I have been wrong before tho  :rolleyes:
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Re: garrett turbos any good?
« Reply #4 on: 26 May 2009, 22:35 »
yeah the diesels are garrett, petrol are borg warner

to the OP - if it doesn't spool till 4k it must be something pretty big.. or broken. I'd get it looked over by someone who knows what they're doing before making any rash decisions about turbo replacements.
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Re: garrett turbos any good?
« Reply #5 on: 26 May 2009, 23:57 »
i was looking at a garret gr28rs but think ill book it into a specilist. then get r tech to remap it cheers for reply
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Re: garrett turbos any good?
« Reply #6 on: 27 May 2009, 00:15 »
to get the gt28rs on and to use it to its full potential you would need alot of work, i say go for it
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Re: garrett turbos any good?
« Reply #7 on: 27 May 2009, 00:35 »
wa gonna get the garret myself but didnt in the end i have the k04 :) but would deffinately get a garret there awsome turbos
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Re: garrett turbos any good?
« Reply #8 on: 27 May 2009, 01:08 »
sound nice :wink:
what will i need , do you know if the bolt straight on , obviusly full exhaust would show more gain.
Will i need bigger injectors and fuel pump?
at th mo i have smoothed air box pipercoss filter, forge 007p N249 bypass.

anyone know what a n75 does how i would benifit from a nj75
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Re: garrett turbos any good?
« Reply #9 on: 27 May 2009, 08:38 »
Same as Topher if it doesn't kick in till 4k you're looking at a T4 and they are mahoosive turbos lol

Something is defo wrong somewhere, maybe actuator?
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