badhombre

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so after destroying my garrett, I am looking into replacement options. I am very close to pulling the trigger on a GT45. I have a couple of friends who run them on their cars (mkIII supra and 302 fox) and have trouble even spooling them. who has experience with them? what size is best for a 5.3? some sellers claim 600 hp, some claim 1000+ capable. any real world numbers with one of these? reliability? for the price it is very hard not to consider one

mightybird

im wondering the same thing i have a gt45 y2k and have been debating on using it !

badhombre

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/GT45-TURBOCHARGER-TURBO-600-HP-BOOST-T4-V-BAND-1-05-A-R-92-SILVER-MESH-BLANKET-/400408710211?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5d3a380c43&vxp=mtr
this looks like a good deal to me. it is the bigger wheel turbo, with a blanket for less than what most of the smaller ones are going for. my finger is itching on the buy it now button. denmah, any input here?

SirNemesis

I've bought a couple and a couple of knock-off TiAL wastegates aswell for an LS-powered Volvo project I'm working on. Will be interesting to see how they go...

Blackpanther99

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All I know is that they are good turbos. People run them a lot in their budget builds and seem to never have issues with them. Ill let the experts give their opinion.

denmah

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yep i have used at least 10 of them from Viren

the 68mm, GT45, 1.05 div AR turbine. very good from 400-600whp thru a th400 on 4.8 to 6.0 motors.

cant beat em for the price.

very strong i pound the **** out of them no issues ever

badhombre

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^ good to hear. looks like I will get one in the mail then!

denmah

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i cant vouch for other people on ebay, i always get them from VSracing (viren)

he is my crack dealer

Tjabo

I'm hurtin' for TiAL over that pic.... For some reason it doesn't bother me too much when Chinese wastegates are "like TiALs", but these that are obviously passing themselves off as the genuine article make me feel real bad for a top-notch American company!....

Sorry for the off topic, I just had a twinge of empathy for a second!

badhombre

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you got a link to his seller page? I'm trying to find them on there and can't find it.

Tjabo

I don't think he lists them on his website. Try sales @ vsracing . com. I think that's it anyway... Maybe it's "viren @ vsracing"...?

redss82

sales@vsracing.net he should also have the gt45 in 76 and 80 mm instock very shortly too

badhombre

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already ordered one from the link above. as well as an air to water intercooler from the same company. they had the same sale going on them, so I got the turbo and intercooler for just a few dollars more than I had been planning on spending for the turbo itself. also picked up one of the EMusa 38mm wastegates. I will keep my project thread updated with how they all work out

831jd

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running a gt45 its the ****

denmah

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wtf happened there hahah
rev limiter or breaking up?

831jd

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Started breaking up way to rich lol it sounded like a beast at the dyno though no boost lag with this cam lol

Lawhead

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I remember when you called Trevor's GT45 "Cute" why the change of heart and all of a sudden you want one?

red 95 t/a

Here is my mustang I just got it running it has a vsracing gt45

badhombre

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because my billet wheel ball bearing garrett ate some debris and self-destructed. and I don't have $2k laying around to replace it. so this one will do for now until I am ready for the second one

Lawhead

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I'm sure you seen my thread and my car is almost done.........Mine and Branduns cars should perform pretty similar I'm looking for numbers he had with the 75 shot N/A though