Amazon cheap borg s488 turbo
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Amazon cheap borg s488 turbo Has anyone used this before. It's a billet t6 1.32 ar 88/96. Priced out pretty good as well at around $700. The billet s480 is $650. Thoughts?
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Issue with those is the turbine side is done well before an 88mm comp. wheel can be efficient. Aka – the compressor is too big for the turbine. The cheapie VSracing and china versions were notoriously sluggish to build boost and performed with in a few HP of the S480 base unit. Basically not worth the upgrade.
Looking at the old compressor wheel specs they claim an 80mm flows 119lbs/min, 83mm flows 126lbs/min,88 flows 135lbs/min. But I don’t think that compressor will flow that with the standard 87/96 turbine wheel. At least they didn’t on the “cheap china units”.
The VS 85/102 is only $709 shipped and is a MUCH more capable unit. If you don’t need that much, the S480 T6 87/96 turbine is even cheaper.
Looking at the old compressor wheel specs they claim an 80mm flows 119lbs/min, 83mm flows 126lbs/min,88 flows 135lbs/min. But I don’t think that compressor will flow that with the standard 87/96 turbine wheel. At least they didn’t on the “cheap china units”.
The VS 85/102 is only $709 shipped and is a MUCH more capable unit. If you don’t need that much, the S480 T6 87/96 turbine is even cheaper.
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Issue with those is the turbine side is done well before an 88mm comp. wheel can be efficient. Aka – the compressor is too big for the turbine. The cheapie VSracing and china versions were notoriously sluggish to build boost and performed with in a few HP of the S480 base unit. Basically not worth the upgrade.
Looking at the old compressor wheel specs they claim an 80mm flows 119lbs/min, 83mm flows 126lbs/min,88 flows 135lbs/min. But I don’t think that compressor will flow that with the standard 87/96 turbine wheel. At least they didn’t on the “cheap china units”.
The 85/102 is only 709 shipped and is a MUCH more capable unit. If you don’t need it, the S480 T6 87/96 turbine is even cheaper.
Looking at the old compressor wheel specs they claim an 80mm flows 119lbs/min, 83mm flows 126lbs/min,88 flows 135lbs/min. But I don’t think that compressor will flow that with the standard 87/96 turbine wheel. At least they didn’t on the “cheap china units”.
The 85/102 is only 709 shipped and is a MUCH more capable unit. If you don’t need it, the S480 T6 87/96 turbine is even cheaper.
Pretty sure you've been on a couple of those threads on YB too lol.
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Verdad Gallardo Amazon is the worst about monitoring sellers. I wouldn’t trust anything off there unless I spoke directly to the seller. Even then they can claim anything they want. Not saying that’s a horrible unit or anything. Only that its unknown and that the price isn’t great. Esp. when you can get an 85/102 that will blow it out of the water for $10 more dollars from a trusted seller that stands behind their product.
https://turbo4less.com/product/vsr-8...illet-t6-1-32/
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I've read about so many people who bought the VS units and then ran into power plateau issues when they pushed them hard.
They then switched to a high-quality piece and picked up power everywhere and in some cases hundreds more hp in the upper rpm range.
At the very least I'd be looking for a used FIS unit.
Like this.....
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From: Glennville, GA.
Car is currently setup and piped out for a t6 single. I had a borg cast s475 on it for a few yrs. Changed alot to the car and pulled a ton of weight out. Wanna get a good single and be done. I had a really nice s480 billet the FIS built for me tht burnt in a shop fore 2 yrs back. It was a brand new unit tht didn't even ha hardly any miles on it. So starting with a new combo with bigger power and plans.
