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depends on who you ask
Some say no, I say yes. The durability factor to me is worth it by itself. I've had in the 5 years of doing this, one ball bearing turbo fail, and that was due to faulty assembly, and was rebuilt by ITS for free. The decrease in spool time IS noticable, and the turbo spins with far less effort. Our shop SR20DET 240sx is equipped with a GT35R turbo, which is dual ball bearing. Aside from belting out 458whp on a stock block at 18psi on pump gas, when you just idle the car and shut it off, you can watch for 30 seconds as the compressor slowly decreases spinning to a stop. 30 seconds is a long damn time! This same turbo has been used for nearly a year, always seeing around 20-23psi of boost pressure, and hasn't hiccuped yet.
To me it's not a question of if you should do it, but more of why shouldn't you?
Some say no, I say yes. The durability factor to me is worth it by itself. I've had in the 5 years of doing this, one ball bearing turbo fail, and that was due to faulty assembly, and was rebuilt by ITS for free. The decrease in spool time IS noticable, and the turbo spins with far less effort. Our shop SR20DET 240sx is equipped with a GT35R turbo, which is dual ball bearing. Aside from belting out 458whp on a stock block at 18psi on pump gas, when you just idle the car and shut it off, you can watch for 30 seconds as the compressor slowly decreases spinning to a stop. 30 seconds is a long damn time! This same turbo has been used for nearly a year, always seeing around 20-23psi of boost pressure, and hasn't hiccuped yet.
To me it's not a question of if you should do it, but more of why shouldn't you?
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depends on who you ask
Some say no, I say yes. The durability factor to me is worth it by itself. I've had in the 5 years of doing this, one ball bearing turbo fail, and that was due to faulty assembly, and was rebuilt by ITS for free. The decrease in spool time IS noticable, and the turbo spins with far less effort. Our shop SR20DET 240sx is equipped with a GT35R turbo, which is dual ball bearing. Aside from belting out 458whp on a stock block at 18psi on pump gas, when you just idle the car and shut it off, you can watch for 30 seconds as the compressor slowly decreases spinning to a stop. 30 seconds is a long damn time! This same turbo has been used for nearly a year, always seeing around 20-23psi of boost pressure, and hasn't hiccuped yet.
To me it's not a question of if you should do it, but more of why shouldn't you?
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Some say no, I say yes. The durability factor to me is worth it by itself. I've had in the 5 years of doing this, one ball bearing turbo fail, and that was due to faulty assembly, and was rebuilt by ITS for free. The decrease in spool time IS noticable, and the turbo spins with far less effort. Our shop SR20DET 240sx is equipped with a GT35R turbo, which is dual ball bearing. Aside from belting out 458whp on a stock block at 18psi on pump gas, when you just idle the car and shut it off, you can watch for 30 seconds as the compressor slowly decreases spinning to a stop. 30 seconds is a long damn time! This same turbo has been used for nearly a year, always seeing around 20-23psi of boost pressure, and hasn't hiccuped yet.
To me it's not a question of if you should do it, but more of why shouldn't you?
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but i do think that a ball bearing, water cooled turbo will last a lot longer than the normal oil bearing turbo, but the thing is just like blufke said, price.
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well i love the idea of having a BB turbo just because of the fact that it simply is more duriable/last longer that regular turbos.
I'm still saving up for my GT28
I'm still saving up for my GT28
Is there any comparable to lets say a T3/60-1 (.70A/R) or T3/T04E 60trim (.63 A/R) in a ballbearing design. Oh and other than turbonetics. I like how much the two flow but dont want to have to wait for the spool. And dont most of them have to be water-cooled?
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depends on who you ask
Some say no, I say yes. The durability factor to me is worth it by itself. I've had in the 5 years of doing this, one ball bearing turbo fail, and that was due to faulty assembly, and was rebuilt by ITS for free. The decrease in spool time IS noticable, and the turbo spins with far less effort. Our shop SR20DET 240sx is equipped with a GT35R turbo, which is dual ball bearing. Aside from belting out 458whp on a stock block at 18psi on pump gas, when you just idle the car and shut it off, you can watch for 30 seconds as the compressor slowly decreases spinning to a stop. 30 seconds is a long damn time! This same turbo has been used for nearly a year, always seeing around 20-23psi of boost pressure, and hasn't hiccuped yet.
To me it's not a question of if you should do it, but more of why shouldn't you?
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but i do think that a ball bearing, water cooled turbo will last a lot longer than the normal oil bearing turbo, but the thing is just like blufke said, price.
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Some say no, I say yes. The durability factor to me is worth it by itself. I've had in the 5 years of doing this, one ball bearing turbo fail, and that was due to faulty assembly, and was rebuilt by ITS for free. The decrease in spool time IS noticable, and the turbo spins with far less effort. Our shop SR20DET 240sx is equipped with a GT35R turbo, which is dual ball bearing. Aside from belting out 458whp on a stock block at 18psi on pump gas, when you just idle the car and shut it off, you can watch for 30 seconds as the compressor slowly decreases spinning to a stop. 30 seconds is a long damn time! This same turbo has been used for nearly a year, always seeing around 20-23psi of boost pressure, and hasn't hiccuped yet.
To me it's not a question of if you should do it, but more of why shouldn't you?
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but i do think that a ball bearing, water cooled turbo will last a lot longer than the normal oil bearing turbo, but the thing is just like blufke said, price.
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anything wrong with what i said?? feel free to correct me if i'm wrong