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!!The best option to replace my old turbo!!

2.6K views 26 replies 5 participants last post by  ZXthrizzle05  
#1 ·
At cold start the car is smoking little oil but it is increasing and have oil in the piping.
I am thinking in rebuild my turbo or buy a new turbo as a first option.

I have poor specs about my turbo, is a T3 apparently turbonetics brand
(aparently because i do not know if it is a mix of some turbos),
48 A/R, oil cooled, 4 Bolt exhaust side, the core is attached to the compressor plate.

I would want to know what is my best choice of turbo that i need
with no modifications to my tuning (I have a Diablo Chipmaster Revolution),
i mean if i can buy a turbo with specs similars (wich ones? =( ) like my old
turbo or maybe do a minimum upgrade without sacrificing my actual tuning.


Pictures:

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Compressor is identical to this:

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Core/Plate:

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Thank you guys
 
#10 ·
good choice. particularly a new turbo wont affect your tune that much, but with that being said when you install a new one just make sure you gots a datalog going at the same time and watch the afr gage when you do a pull for tom to look over. in 3rd gear he likes to see the numbers never go above 11.5
 
#11 ·
Thanks for your advice, my issue is that i have a chip not a sct or predator and i can not send a file to Tom.

I am thinking in put a .50 A/R Turbo but i dont know if it affects a lot my tuning, does not matter spool time, but my AFR and other parameters that i cant access to tune
 
#16 ·
shit that isn't bad at all man. youd see a plume of white smoke engulfing your neighborhood when the seals go bad. mine did that bad until I replaced the head gasket now it will smoke just a tiny bit on cold start then nothing