RHB5 turbo wanted

[moo]

My $800 turbo lasted under 10,000kms (2 yrs mostly offroad toy) and is totalled cant rebuild it so wanting one i can rebuild! The RHB5 off early 2.8 isuzus can be rebuilt Im told so ideally after one of these but if not something else thats cheap would be great.

[redz driver]

Hi wreaking a 2.8 mu at the moment will check the turbo code 2moro make me an offer

[moo]

ok blew turbo up on the weekend ideally after another cheap one or anyone know how much it would cost to rebuild? its the rhb5 ive got

[pruggerdore]

A mate put a subaru turbo on his 2.8 big horn. dont kno the in's and outs of it but wasnt hard apparently.

[moo]

thats interesting wonder if they are a bit more robust. I have a funny feeling that even with my oil level slightly over full it maybe isnt getting enough oil when climbing steep stuff. does anyone know where the oil pickup is or think this is maybe an issue?

[JONO250]

both subaru's and isuzu's run an IHI turbo, hence they are similar to the subaru unit.
I see in the BNT trade supporter panflet that they are selling new IHI turbos. worth giving them a shot as they seem to be reasonably priced on most of thier other products

[ant-neil]

new to this but was just wondering if the turbo swap to the subaru alternative is bigger smaller or what if anyone knows.
And maybe if im lucky what kind of subby is this turbo off.
cheers

[octanepwr]

I dont know what model suby its off but its a VF10 turbo. A mate has one on his 2.8 and it boosts higher but takes more revs to get it up to full boost compared to the standard turbo, so id say part of it is bigger. It's a straight bolt up afaik. Also the intake is at a funny angle so needs modifying or some really flexy pipe to get it over to the airbox.