ihi rhb52w - ford probe gt… turbo is kind of small… and i know alot of sohc guys running it… and it’s candy for them as for spooling up… but would a LS overkill it? i read some guy selling his home made turbo here with it saying he had it on, running 7 - 8 psi, spooling up quick and holding it till redline…
ce26 - turbo from the all so rare toyota celica all track (track - trak sp?)
pretty big, well… huge turbo compared to the rhb5… the turbo inlet is about… looks about twice as big… maybe more then the rhb5… i havent heard much feedback, nor anyone running one of these before…
input?
i’ve already got the rhb52w, fittings, downpipe with flexpipe, and a few other goodies… and it has almost no shaft play… it’s sitting in my room…
as for the ce26, i would need to go get it, and all of it’s stuff…
I don’t know much about the probe turbo, but the other I do. it’s actually a “CT26” (not ce) It’s on Toyota’s st185, st195, and st205 motors…aka the 3SGTE which is found not only in the Celica All-Trac, but also the 90-95 MR2 Turbo. These motors are 2.0L and make 200 lb/ft of torque at 2000 rpm (factory specs- though these numbers are easily achieved) The turbo spools so quickly partly because of the fact that the turbine has a divided tang housing, as well as a divided manifold. stock boost on these motors is 12psi (either that or 11…I don’t remember exactly) Unfortunately these turbos can’t make much past 15 psi…at least not efficiently enough to do any good. I would estimate that if the probe turbo spools so quickly on sohc motors, that it would be similar to a t3, where as the ct26 is more like a t3/t4 with small housings etc or a large t3. If you’re putting this on an ls, it all really depends on what kind of boost you’re looking to run as well as how much power you want.
ok ok… yea… CT26… i just realized that once i got the turbo yesterday… hehe…
but now the ct i got has major shaft play… so im thinking it’s a no no on that…
but then a friend of mine who owns a shop that specializes in wrx’s, sti’s, and evo’s basically gave me turbo 101 in 15 minutes… so then after all was said… he ended up giving me a stock wrx turbo… and said that he can give me a better condition’d wrx turbo once he finds an extra one…
so now im going to be thinking between the wrx turbo, and the probe turbo…
wrx turbo can easy hold stock 16psi… and it’s not more then 4 years old… so that’s what would make me turn towards that more… and also for the fact that i would be able to get replacements pretty easily…
