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High flowing ?
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Mon, 14 February 2005 00:46
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Yes i have done a search but all i find is people talking about doing it, but i never hear of why they do it.Or what is involved with doing it and what gains can be had from doing it.
It's a noob question i know but there doesn't seem to be much info to answer my questions.
thanks heaps
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I Supported Toymods
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Re: High flowing ?
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Mon, 14 February 2005 00:52
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When people say they get their turbo highflowed they usually mean they have changed the compressor wheel.
Basically a highflow turbo is a hybrid turbo... it retains its original housings but has different guts put in it.
e.g. CT26 is regularly highflowed with a T04 wheel.
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Re: High flowing ?
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Mon, 14 February 2005 00:54
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ohhhhk thanks i was under the impression it was a bit like getting your head ported or something like that.
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I Supported Toymods
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Re: High flowing ?
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Mon, 14 February 2005 00:56
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Most people highflow their turbo's because they find it easier / cheaper than going for an aftermarket turbo... especially with Toyota's as most of our manifolds don't suit any other type of turbo.
If you want your turbo highflowed you can speak to GCG turbos and they will tell you what you can do.
From memory highflowing a CT26 with full Garrett GT30 internals was about $2500-2700.
Rebuilding with a T04 wheel was about $1500-1700
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Re: High flowing ?
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Mon, 14 February 2005 00:57
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| Mookie wrote on Mon, 14 February 2005 11:54 |
ohhhhk thanks i was under the impression it was a bit like getting your head ported or something like that.
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Whilst they are there they usually machine the housing a bit... especially the compressor inlet.
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Re: High flowing ?
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Mon, 14 February 2005 01:00
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ohk so it would be a good budget option then ?????
in percentages what sorta gains would a person expect from high flowing ?
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Re: High flowing ?
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Mon, 14 February 2005 01:02
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head porting is another thing entirely.
talk to an engine workshop about the benefits there.
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Re: High flowing ?
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Mon, 14 February 2005 01:17
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yeah i know it's a different thing but i assumed they were a similar operation but i was in the most part wrong.
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Re: High flowing ?
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Mon, 14 February 2005 07:16
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| Mookie wrote on Mon, 14 February 2005 12:00 |
ohk so it would be a good budget option then ?????
in percentages what sorta gains would a person expect from high flowing ?
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I was looking at getting GT30 internals put into my CT26... but when I priced it up it worked out almost as cheap to just buy a proper GT30.
Realistically if you only want a moderate power gain from your turbo and you don't want the hassle of getting manifolds and water / oil lines made then hiflowing is the way to go.
Especially if your turbo is shagged and in need of a rebuild anyway.
The way I looked at it is I am always going to want to get more power from my car and if I spend money on highflowing a turbo I expected that I would reach its usable limits fairly quickly and then have to buy a bigger turbo and fabricate manifolds etc. anyway.
The question is... how far do you want to go with your engine?
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