Which T25 to look for
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Does anybody have any suggestion to on T25 turbo with a T2 flange out there. I did some research but none of them was really helpful. Which vehicles can I snag a T25 that has a T2 flange? Thank you
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You can send it to Jim Wolf Technologies (or go through SpecialtyZ where you got the flange) to have it rebuilt into something bigger. Might not be worth it for the cost vs buying a 5 bolt turbo and new downpipe, ut it dosn't cost anything to price it out.
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Corky Bell did some precision measurements of chinachargers and found that almost all of them are made to within tolerances of Garrett units.
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A local friend (wonton on here) bought a chinacharger from BEGi after they used it and after only a short time the car began smoking very badly. We diagnosed everything we could and he finally narrowed it down to the turbo. He now has a Garrett GT2560R and no more smoking. Chinachargers are very hit and miss, even the "good" ones.
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A friend of mine has had several garrett gt35r's crap out on him all of which he bought new. I agree that a brand new garrett is probably better, and probably makes more power than a chinacharger, but I really dont think a used garrett is going to be any more reliable than a new cinacharger, and I really cant see myself spending a thousand bucks on a little gt2554
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Anybody can get a "good" chinacharger every now and then but overall i've seen them fail MASSIVELY. you may know people that have had success with them but i know of 5 cars of the top of my head that have all ran chinachargers and paid for it many times over. Yes. they are cheap and may be close to spec with similar garrett units but they are cheap for a reason homie
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