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was thinking of upgrading turbo on my 80 series when i do 3 inch exhaust. what is a good replacement turbo to use cheaper the better or should i get mine rebuilt. it still goes fine but truck has done 300 000 plus ks. truck tows a 14 foot caravan about 5 times a year.

cheers jono

td05 16g cheap to rebuild and upgrade and are good turbos

To be honest you're much better keeping the ct26 and get it rebuilt with a larger compressor wheel if you want a bit more oomph out of it. I've put an aftermarket turbo on mine and although it goes pretty damn well, its not really worth the effort. I originally did it as at the time it was cheaper than fixing mine or purchasing another turbo (all of the internals were rooted).

Have a search through the forum, a few people have suggested places to get them rebuilt. If you want to spend oodles of money, google gturbo.

jarod at turbocare knows his stuff he did my one for me

cheers guys. better start getting the coin together as i may aswell do turbo, exhaust and injectors at the same time

i got mine rebuilt on my 80 with a bigger compressa wheel put in it and it spools up 200rpm early that it use to, takes off better and pulls loads better up hills, i highly recommend it.

bushwacker wrote:i got mine rebuilt on my 80 with a bigger compressa wheel put in it and it spools up 200rpm early that it use to, takes off better and pulls loads better up hills, i highly recommend it.

What size is the compressa mate?

craig at http://www.turbodoc.co.nz did the job
this is a pic of old wheel and the new one

s the cost
here is a quote to strip, clean,machine housing to fit bigger compressor wheel,balance turbine assembly and recondition unit (new bearings,seals orings etc)

recondition kit (bearings,seals etc) $220
machine compressor housing and c.h.r.a $230
new high flow compressor wheel $155
balance turbine assy $75
p&p,cleaning/sundries $25
labour (2.5hours) $162.50
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total $867.50