eclipse GST turbo

Knight2040 · #1 06-30-2005, 02:51 PM

hey guys, my buddy recently totaled his 98 Eclipse GST and he told me that the stock t25 turbo off his car would directly bolt on to my VR4. is this true? can i run mismatch turbos untill i get another one? is it worth it to swap? what are the power increase i can excpet if this is possible? would it be difficult? thanks guys!

talskinyguy · #2 06-30-2005, 04:14 PM

no its not true

Hotshot8792 · #3 06-30-2005, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Knight2040

hey guys, my buddy recently totaled his 98 Eclipse GST and he told me that the stock t25 turbo off his car would directly bolt on to my VR4. is this true? can i run mismatch turbos untill i get another one? is it worth it to swap? what are the power increase i can excpet if this is possible? would it be difficult? thanks guys!

The T-25 is not a direct bolt on, and it's not even a good enough turbo to try to make work with our cars. As far as the DSM turbos go, there's two ways to do it.

#1 - get a turbo off of a 1st gen automatic (TD04 13G), and put it on your current turbine housings (might have to bore it out just a little bit) and you got yourself 13G's. Or, if you want to get the first gen manual turbos (TD05 14B's) then you'd have to go with either TD05 manifolds or adapter plates if your lucky enough to find those, and those turbos have proven nearly 500 AWHP, and i think there has been some cases with more than that. Either way, i'd stay away from the 2G turbos all together.

Knight2040 · #4 06-30-2005, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Hotshot8792

The T-25 is not a direct bolt on, and it's not even a good enough turbo to try to make work with our cars. As far as the DSM turbos go, there's two ways to do it.

#1 - get a turbo off of a 1st gen automatic (TD04 13G), and put it on your current turbine housings (might have to bore it out just a little bit) and you got yourself 13G's. Or, if you want to get the first gen manual turbos (TD05 14B's) then you'd have to go with either TD05 manifolds or adapter plates if your lucky enough to find those, and those turbos have proven nearly 500 AWHP, and i think there has been some cases with more than that. Either way, i'd stay away from the 2G turbos all together.

well...thanks alot for the info! so from the 1G and 2G's your reffer to eclpises right? theres a manual turbo laser at my local junk yard, will that turbo fit?

talskinyguy · #5 07-01-2005, 01:03 AM

No it will not, has to be an automatic with a small lip turbo. I dont know what small lip turbo means, I just know its part of the turbine housing.

92VR4Red · #6 07-01-2005, 03:54 PM

hmm didnt relize they made the tubros dif from autos to standered on the 1st gen dsms... but yeah the 2nd gen turbos have dif fittings. you need td04 fitting i think 2g dsm have t6t4.
go to www.DSMTrader.com they are loaded with stuff like that.

viet_boiiiii · #7 07-01-2005, 04:23 PM

Putting a t25 turbo into a vr4 will only make it slower and it wouldnt even fit/bolt on anyways. Your best choice are the 1's Hotshot8792 described to you.

Hotshot8792 · #8 07-01-2005, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by talskinyguy

No it will not, has to be an automatic with a small lip turbo. I dont know what small lip turbo means, I just know its part of the turbine housing.

The lip of the turbine housing where the cartridge actually sits in, are different b/t the 1st gen and 2nd gen VR-4s. On the second gen turbine housings, the lip is further in, so if you try to stick a 2nd gen cartridge on a 1st gen turbine housing, you will realize that the cartridge does not go all the way in. This was the case when i made my 18T's because i had 1st gen turbine housings, so i had to take it to the local machine shop, and they grinded it down to the correct specs on both turbos for 50 bucks.

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