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My turbo kicked the bucket the other night & the bushes, shaft, compressor wheel are all buggered

So dropped it in to be looked at & they are after $1100 to fix it, which might not be so bad, but more than i was expecting

Its an AXT turbo which is kinda a bitsa garrett assembled by AXT. i was looking at other options as to what else will bolt on & suit a diesel.

The turbo for the new xr6 bolts on but it wouldn't kick in till after my rev range so kinda useless so just after peoples thoughts / experiences

Cheers
Andrew

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thats basically what i had on my 4.2 diesel

hmmm.... i had checked out ebay, is an option, would be shitloads cheaper. what brand kit did you have? i wanna make sure it'll bolt in

Not sure completly on this but wouldn't a Garrett T4oE turbo bolt on and make good HP figures and spool down low?
Or u could go Ball Bearing like some others are doing..

Rick.

Do you a deal on your junk for a couple of TB42s?

Big Red Toy wrote:My turbo kicked the bucket the other night & the bushes, shaft, compressor wheel are all buggered

So dropped it in to be looked at & they are after $1100 to fix it, which might not be so bad, but more than i was expecting

Its an AXT turbo which is kinda a bitsa garrett assembled by AXT. i was looking at other options as to what else will bolt on & suit a diesel.

The turbo for the new xr6 bolts on but it wouldn't kick in till after my rev range so kinda useless so just after peoples thoughts / experiences

Cheers
Andrew

Hey andy your probably better of just getting it rebuilt..

The only other option is put a roller bearing on, however you will need change your manifold and will need to buy new oil lines and what not. And would end up costing over 3k.

There isnt a great deal of difference between most the axt kits, mtq and so forth...

how many kms did the turbo do?

yeah cheers man
not sure how many km's its done, sadly i might have to spend the coin & get it rebuilt.... It did work well just hard to spend that much money on it

Big Red Toy wrote:yeah cheers man
not sure how many km's its done, sadly i might have to spend the coin & get it rebuilt.... It did work well just hard to spend that much money on it

Other option is to get some qoutes on the repair of the turbo speak to sandy he sends off a few turbo's to get rebuilt and and at the same time you maybe be able to change the impella housing for a little bit and get it high flowed. or do a couple of other things with it...

Hoonz wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com.au/T3T4-Internal-V- ... dZViewItem


thats basically what i had on my 4.2 diesel

are you running one of these, thinking of getting one just worried about reliability

BRT those XR6 Turbo's spool up abit high on a 4lt petrol. But with the higher airflow of a diesel. It may spool earlier.

Why don't u just fit this and be done with it

the xr6 turbo would be nice but at $1800 might just fix mine :(

Mulisha wrote:Why don't u just fit this and be done with it

i dont think its ball bearing though

Try this site for a rough idea on prices on turbo's.
I would recommend a bigger and better new one then using a stock one...

IMO

http://www.horsepowerinabox.com/hpiab2/category12_1.htm

Rick.

the xr6 turbos are made by garret and arnt a single ball bearing i am pretty sure they are twin ball bearing they are good on 4x4;s guys hav said may be a bit more pricey but worth it

Big Red Toy wrote:the xr6 turbo would be nice but at $1800 might just fix mine :(

its to big it wont come in to about 2500 rpm on a diesel

need to have something more like gt28 the a t28 flange bigger inlet small exhause to have more power to spool up with

The problem with the XR6 turbo is it runs the 1.06 internal gate exhaust housing which means it will spool up later than the other GT35's available. AFAIK the .63 and .82 housings do not come with internal gate. If im wrong let me know because im going out to buy a .63 internal gate housing for my car

If you fitted a GT35R with .62 housing id be guessing youd have 8psi around 2500 maybe 2800rpm on a 4.2 petrol. You need external gate and lines etc, on a 4x4 its going to be a pain in the arse.

As for manifolds. Buy the turbo to suit your manifold. I'd expect its either a T2 or T3 manifold, and there are plenty of choices of either in roller bearing turbos.

Most cases its easier/cheaper and more reliable to keep the standard setup... but where is the fun in that...?

well problem almost solved
Dropped the turbo off to AXT today, $700 & it'll have complete new internals, easiest option

Thanks to all thou