hi im lookin for a good reliable 18g but there are copies out there that are poor quality. who make the best an what makes do i avoid.

thanks for help

 

Contact harvey on here, highly respected and good price on these turbos, best i could find without goin second hand anywaay, il be buying one from him in the next few weeks, just dont buy off ebay. im also interested to know the different manufacturers of these turbos.

 

ive heard of a few. i no andy forrest turbos are great but heard others an diferent names to avoid. oh yea ebay is a defo no

 

Aside from the usual suspects on here (harvey, Andy Forrest, Lateral, APi, Enginetuner etc) the only place from e-bay I'd think of using would be Deadbolt

http://www.boostplanet.com/product5.htm

Shaun

 

cheers mate. i think i will stick to 1 mentioned above an hopefully 1 comes along or even a vf43 or vf48

 

2 types, proper Mitsubishi TD05's and cheap chinese copies, avoid the latter!

Tony

 

ive just bought a 18g from kinugawa turbo same as (kamakdynamics) , i haven't tried it yet so i can't comment on how it goes , but i searched on other forums before i bought and they seem to perform/last well from what reviews i've read , has greddy internals and just the compressor housing is made by them from what Ive found out, also 1 year guarantee, it arrived today and looks good quality , but have taken a bit of a risk buying this ,

 

cheers for the info. u will have to tell us how it drives an that. yea i read the reviews to an all seemed good. does the shaft have play as i read up on another site that it does. how much it set u back

 

I have a bloush 18g from scooby clinic and it performs great

Tempo

 

whats spool up like on it

 

i will let you know how it goes
the shaft has a bit of up and down play but i think that is normal on these type of turbo's when there is no oil in them
by the time it got to me and customs and postage charges its cost me £460.

 

sounds good for a new turbo but sounds too good to be true. let us know how it runs an how it feels. thanks mate

 

Harvey Smith ........ all day long

 

i have a 18g fitted on mine, been on over a year now with no problems. i'll find out where its originally from for you mate

wiley

 

lots and lots of confusion on this that has been escalated by scoobynet n00bs and myth/legend.

There are many brands of 18g and many resellers however the core nuts and bolts of it are either going to be genuine MHI (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) or pattern parts.
Avoid the pattern parts.
JAW or Japan Auto Warehouse are a big no no.
Blousch through SC, AFP, Zen, Lateral, Engine Tuner are all well known and respected brands so they are going to (one would hope) stand by their own kit, offer support, advice and warranty.

Essentially you take a td05 core, new or used, you then change the compressor wheel from 16 to 18g and either machine the housing to take the wheel or add the larger housing (the bit that looks like a snail shell and is shiny silver).
You can then either leave it as 7cm exhaust housing (the rusty bit on the back) or change for the larger 8cm housing (not if you want it to spool sensibly you wont).
There you have a td05-18g.

I would be VERY surprised. and I am willing to be proved wrong! if AFP, Lateral et al are up at night with a Blacksmith's hammer and anvil making td05s!!

Next up, tubular headers and their myths exploded in front of your very eyes!!

 

so where do they get the compressor wheels and covers from? is a compressor wheel and cover from some where like going to be reliable??
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Turbo-Compress...item1e59475f5b

 

so with my old td05 16g , could i remove the compressor housing and wheel and replace it with one of the kits of ebay with new 18g compressor wheel and housing , or is there more to it than that , cheers

 

from what ive read on US forums the kinugawa turbo's are ment to be reliable and perform well , it the same as (kamakdynamics) i think as when i paid for the turbo above they sent a email back from kamakdynamics

 

have a faceplam smilie on me.
Did you not read the above?

 

yeah i did , what i mean is it as easy as fitting the new wheel and housing on ? , or would it need to be balanced? , thanks

 

sorry dude, depends on who you talk to

There are markings on the internals that are supposed to be pretty good, although the sellers will say that they need to be balanced.
I guess it's your call, and if it works then it didn't need to be balanced.

That is the problem with JAW stuff, didn't balance at all so made weak power

 

Peanuts

The reason I mentioned Deadbolt Enterprises (USA) in my post above is I'm sure that's where Andy Forrest sources his TD05 18G's from

Shaun

 

Brought a 18g off peanuts over a year ago, think it originally came from here, correct me if i'm wrong.

http://www.turbo-kits.com/wrx_turbo_kits.html

I haven't had any problem with it running 379/367

 

been looking at my 16g and going to buy the parts to convert it , but do i need to have the centre housing machined to fit the bigger 18g compressor wheel?

 

thought id bump this to see how jeffwrx got on with his turbo with it being a jap td05 18g
jef: how does it drive mate?

 

any updates after 4 years? Haa!!