G'day guys. I have a 91 GQ Patrol with the rb30, i was getting around with a stock turbo setup from a vl turbo blowing through an Impco gas setup, went bloody well for 2 years till the old girl started burning oil through intake side of the turbo (Probably due to giving it endless hard times). Now i completely dismantled the turbo to find that the carbon seal (intake side) had chewed out and scored up the alloy housing that it runs on.... I contacted MTQ turbo in Dandenong to ask on a possible rebuild and was told that it could be anywhere between $800-$1200....no way am i paying that for a factory T3! Anyway back to the question, will a cheaper alternative such as an ebay t3-t4 etc fit as a lowmount on an Rb30?

yep they will fit, i had a t4 ebay turbo on my rb30 you may have to grind the manifold abit but its not much at all, and even then if its alot you can get a flange spacer to fit. you can fit a pretty decent size turbo on with a spacer plate, one of the guys on here does a kit for a 35/40 comes with everything you need check advertisers thread

Quote: Originally Posted by loui2035 [View Post] yep they will fit, i had a t4 ebay turbo on my rb30 you may have to grind the manifold abit but its not much at all, and even then if its alot you can get a flange spacer to fit. you can fit a pretty decent size turbo on with a spacer plate, one of the guys on here does a kit for a 35/40 comes with everything you need check advertisers thread Sweet thanks for the info thats a big help , i already had to modify my engine mount bracket and part of the waste-gate actuator bracket to clear the t3 so hopefully the t4 wont cause to much of a hassel....i was mainly concern with the amount of clearance between the manifold/block to turbo, can you recommend me a turbo from ebay that will take the vl dump pipe? as I'm looking at a straight installment with minimal modification to previous turbo setup, i pretty much have the turbo manifold still on the car with an adapter to my exhaust to take up the spot where turbo previously was, im only going to be running around 6-8 pound through my gas mixer so nothing to rediculous (it didnt like 13psi, caused a big intake backfire that blew the gas mixer apart! ) Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

T3 highflow(oil & water cooled) with 3inch dump pipe & external gate. Fits nice & smug. By hturb0 (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/hturb0) at 2011-07-31