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Postby easygt » Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:57 pm

What turbo upgrade are available for 04 gt? Was considering vf36 but was told its not a straight bolt on. Is there any turbo that is a straight bolt on?

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Re: Turbo upgrade

Postby jdm rsk » Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:15 pm

G'day mate give phatgt a go, he will be able to help you
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Re: Turbo upgrade

Postby sublime » Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:38 am

I have got a Garrett 2860RS (disco potato) on my 05 - from what I understand, it was pretty much a straight bolt on.
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Re: Turbo upgrade

Postby PHAT GT » Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:31 am

sublime wrote:I have got a Garrett 2860RS (disco potato) on my 05 - from what I understand, it was pretty much a straight bolt on.



straight bolt on if your good at matching two round holes to a square hole
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Re: Turbo upgrade

Postby tangcla » Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:58 am

PHAT GT wrote:straight bolt on if you good at matching two round holes to a square hole

lol... that is all.
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Re: Turbo upgrade

Postby easygt » Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:44 am

So is there anything out there that is a straight bolt on?
How would a vf36 fit? What would I need to replace?

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Re: Turbo upgrade

Postby tangcla » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:04 am

Firstly, is yours a manual or auto? Thinking it's an auto since it's an 04...
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Re: Turbo upgrade

Postby swingn » Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:11 pm

easygt wrote:So is there anything out there that is a straight bolt on?
How would a vf36 fit? What would I need to replace?

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If the VF36 is the manual turbo (Which I think it is) then I'm pretty sure it's a straight fit... But at the end of the day it's still a standard turbo, yes it will produce slightly more power then the standard auto turbo, but not a great deal.

There are after market kits out there from say HKS, which is what I currently have :D (Phat GT is the man to speak to), but they aren't cheap.
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Re: Turbo upgrade

Postby Arith » Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:40 pm

swingn wrote:There are after market kits out there from say HKS

*cough* HKS Whore! *cough*

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Re: Turbo upgrade

Postby tangcla » Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:56 pm

Arith wrote:
swingn wrote:There are after market kits out there from say HKS

*cough* HKS Whore! *cough*

I swear he's on the HKS payroll.
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Re: Turbo upgrade

Postby sublime » Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:00 am

tangcla wrote:
PHAT GT wrote:straight bolt on if you good at matching two round holes to a square hole

lol... that is all.


The installer obviously told me fibs..all I know is that it's on my car and does a pretty good job.

Def's one to consider if you wish to upgrade..
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Re: Turbo upgrade

Postby Breeze91 » Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:17 am

Your installer is not really telling you fibs, why would he when he could charge you more for custom fabrication?

The kit comes with an up pipe which makes it straight bolt on. It is just you are not just bolting on the turbo. The up pipe bolts to the extractors at one end and your new turb at the other. You lose the twin scroll function as it joins the two smaller pipes to a single pipe.

How does it go now? Are you auto or manual and was it worth the swap?
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Re: Turbo upgrade

Postby PHAT GT » Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:49 pm

Breeze91 wrote:Your installer is not really telling you fibs, why would he when he could charge you more for custom fabrication?

The kit comes with an up pipe which makes it straight bolt on. It is just you are not just bolting on the turbo. The up pipe bolts to the extractors at one end and your new turb at the other. You lose the twin scroll function as it joins the two smaller pipes to a single pipe.

How does it go now? Are you auto or manual and was it worth the swap?



what Turbo kit is this???

and did they supply a new dump pipe? as that turbo wont fit a subaru dump

to fit this turbo you will need new oil and water lines to

did they suppy an adaptor to join the turbo to the top mount ??
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Re: Turbo upgrade

Postby Arith » Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:10 pm

PHAT GT wrote:what Turbo kit is this???

and did they supply a new dump pipe? as that turbo wont fit a subaru dump

to fit this turbo you will need new oil and water lines to

did they suppy an adaptor to join the turbo to the top mount ??

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Re: Turbo upgrade

Postby tangcla » Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:36 pm

PHAT GT wrote:
Breeze91 wrote:Your installer is not really telling you fibs, why would he when he could charge you more for custom fabrication?

The kit comes with an up pipe which makes it straight bolt on. It is just you are not just bolting on the turbo. The up pipe bolts to the extractors at one end and your new turb at the other. You lose the twin scroll function as it joins the two smaller pipes to a single pipe.

How does it go now? Are you auto or manual and was it worth the swap?



what Turbo kit is this???

and did they supply a new dump pipe? as that turbo wont fit a subaru dump

to fit this turbo you will need new oil and water lines to

did they suppy an adaptor to join the turbo to the top mount ??

I remember hearing James (Darkwatch) had a VF36 'kit' fitted to his car, the downpipe used was a VF36 collector mated to a stock downpipe.
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