Yeah, that's what I meant, Mitsu style housings, my bad. :D

Just get 1ViciousGSX to sell you his turbo for cheap. It would be like having a dual ball bearing 50-trim.

hmm.. temptation

Cheap!?!?!?!?! What's that? :p

With the motor I am building I should be able to be just shy if not right at 400 with race gas on my EVO3. But I am building it for 400 on pump gas(hence the reason I will be spraying). It is entirely possible to get 400 on race as I was at 320 with a very weak motor and about 24 psi. If you want to be for sure I would recommend either an FP green which will do it all day long and give you great pump gas numbers.

I am kind of in the same boat as you are for final goal with our setups. I was looking at this one, http://www.agpturbo.com/customer/pro...&cat=72&page=1 but have since decided to keep my EVO3 until it dies, I may go with that one or the slightly bigger 49 when I do need to upgrade.

Race gas. I simply do not have the interest in shooting for something higher right now as I want a good point to build off of since this car is my first DSM. I also have no interest in running anything but the 2G manifold I have sitting in my garage as it is in perfect condition so I want to get my use out of it. I'm going to have JET port the manifold for me and I want to research JetHot coating it also. I also have no interest in running nitrous. The Green is way out of my price range at $1299. I wouldn't have a problem running an externally gated turbo but I definitely need to read more about wastegates before I look at what I want to purchase.

Hey Jakey, have I got a deal for you!!!.

Since I decided I'm going to go full Garrett, I have a very nice bolt-on set-up for you that is ready to go.

VPE GT3056 BB (polished TO4E/.56 trim/GT30/PTE style Mitsu housing)
VPE 2.5 inch stainless O2 housing (external back to internal, set-up for Tial 40mm)
DN Performance tubular manifold
FIC 780 cc injectors

Let's talk. :D

16G's are fun but pretty soon after you run her you'll wish you had just went ahead and gone with the 50 trim.

Unless you'd cut me one hell of a deal: too big, would be nice, nope, maybe.

20+ psi by 3400 rpm, 25+ psi by 3400-3600 rpm on my 2g 2.0L. :D

I regret getting rid of my Big 16G, easy to tune and was a very fun street-car. Like I said, IM me for some cool vids.

Im pretty sure that if your car didnt break then you'd be plenty happy with the 20g you used to have? It would have happened sooner or later, prolly sooner.

Oh I know, the engine would have gone either way. I am just saying that the Big 16G was a lot easier to tune and made a pretty wicked street-car while remaining reliable (I drove the car for over 3 years, and besides for the very end the car was only down once and that was for a leaky waterpump). If I were to build a DSM again (which I'm not), I would probably toss an EVOIII 16G on it and just work on maxing that out with cams, MAFT, FMIC, etc.

Speaking of my 20G, have you installed it yet, Peter? If you have, what do you think?

Its on, just waiting for Mike to get healthy again, one pipe to finish. What 20g? shh its a secret! haha.

What about turbos using the 270 degree thrust bearing versus 360 race heavy duty thrust bearing? It seems that avoiding a 270 degree trust bearing would be a good decision?

End the end this is what I want my powertrain & drivetrain configuration to consist of:

-Turbo (not sure which is obviously the purpose of this thread)
-Late 1G head, Probably a EngineTecs Stage 1: http://www.engintecs.com/html/dsm_heads.html
-Stainless stock size valves, Probably the stock size version of these: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...938765455&rd=1
-Cams: FP 1's or FP 2's
-Retainers & Springs: Either Manley or Crower, TBD
-6 Bolt Block, May very well be stock if my valve seals prove to be the cause of my oil burning problems, If a rebuild is necessary it will be fully balanced and bored .20 over
-Engine internals: TBD if a rebuild is necessary
-ARP Head studs
-Walbro 255HP Fuel Pump
-FPR, Brand TBD
-S-AFCII
-Injectors: TBD, Probably 660's
-Head gasket: TBD
-Balancer Shafts, EGR, ABS, & Possibly AC: Removed
-Intake Manifold: Stock
-Throttle Body: Stock
-Intercooler: TBD
-Intercooler Piping: Stainless
-MAS: 2G
-Intake: FP cast aluminum 4" with 4">2.5" silicon reduction
-Stainless hardware where applicable
-Exhaust Manifold: Ported 2G w/EGT Tap, Potentially JetHot coated
-MBC: TBD, 25 different brands out there and I need to read more about the differences
-ECU: Depends if I can get ahold of an EPROM
-Exhaust: 3" stainless turbo-back
-Cam gears: TBD
-Clutch: Probably an ACT 2600 but there's so many options I want to explore everything
-Flywheel: Possibly a Fidanza, but same situation as the clutch, Need to research much more
-Tranny: TBD, Probably nothing drastically more than a stock rebuild

Again like I said in the beginning, I have no intentions of building a monster nor do I even want to. It is simply not an interest of mine. I want a good solid car that I take take to the dyno and comfortably put down 350-400 whp on race gas. Please feel free to post up any questions, suggestions, or concerns about the above. Most of you know around here know me well enough to realize that I'm here to learn and not act like I know everything about anything.

The springs, retainers and valves aren't going to do anything for you with the stock intake manifold. You might want to put money into an intake manifold before doing up the head, unless you do end up just running a 16G and shifting when it runs out of steam.

Yeah, there is basically no point in putting in stock sized SS valves with your setup. Save that money and put it into something else. And like Shane said, if you aren't going to spin it over 7800 rpm, there is no point in springs and retainers either.

The SS valves looked to be quite a bit lower cost than replacement stockers but I do need to look around more. As for the springs and retainers, from what I've read a number of people recommend it when running aftermarket cams, but that's why I'm asking all these questions, to hear from you folk who are actually experienced with it.