Anyone ever run a Journal Bearing gt2871 before???

[SuicidnS13]

Ive come upon an awesome deal from a friend in town on a gt2871 journal bearing turbo. Well he actually has two for sale as they were mounted on his Rb26 track car. Ive inspected the turbos and they have minimal shaft play. My question is has anyone actually run one of the Journal Bearing GT series turbos? Is there a huge difference in response? I believe its a .64 housing. Btw I can get 2 of them for around $700.00 which I feel is an awesome price for 2 garrett turbos which will bolt right up to my bottom mount manifold. I just want to make sure its a good idea. Im more than likely going to resell one of them. I love knowing that I can actually have them rebuilt when I need to vs needing a brand new CHRA or turbo if I went with a DBB version.

Experiences, opinions anything... help me out guys

[codyace]

I've never ever heard of a journal bearing GT2871 turbo...ever. In fact I dont think any of the GT series garretts are journal bearing.


With that said, at 700 bucks for 2, I HIGHLY doubt thy are even 2871r's. I would put money on them being T28's.

Get tag information and stamping, and post up so we can dtermine what sort of turbo it was.

Again, I highly doubt those are what he's advertising them as.

[Def]

All Garrett GT2871R are ball bearing. There are some GT turbos that are journal bearing like the GT32 and the GT37 I think, but they are clearly stated as such on Garrett's website.

[SuicidnS13]

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Pretty sure these are just stock rb26 turbos after checking them out... what do you guys think???

[Def]

Stock RB T28s for sure. The .48 A/R turbine housing is a dead give away as well as the .42 A/R compressor housing.

Might be worth $700 max as a pair. Not a good turbo to run by itself on an SR/KA.

[s13 @ fullboost]

Skylines are a T3 flange
s13,s14,s15 are a T2 flange and a GTIR turbo bolts onto a s13 so is a T2 flange turbo,

So if you have the gtir turbo or manafold its a T2 flange.

No skyline turbo will be a bolt on.

s14a turbo is a half roller bearing (max 14psi before trouble starts)
s15 is a GT2510 so its full bearing (nice fast spool, support 200rwkw - 20psi no worries)

s13, these turbos make good paper weights in the workshop.

If you have a GTIR turbo, there pretty good, better than a s14a unit.

But a s15 turbo would be a nice choice or a Garret GT2510 (same thing as S15 turbo) But a GT2530 or GT2535 is good. Both full bearings.

Hope this helps.

[SuicidnS13]

Skylines are a T3 flange
s13,s14,s15 are a T2 flange and a GTIR turbo bolts onto a s13 so is a T2 flange turbo,

So if you have the gtir turbo or manafold its a T2 flange.

No skyline turbo will be a bolt on.

s14a turbo is a half roller bearing (max 14psi before trouble starts)
s15 is a GT2510 so its full bearing (nice fast spool, support 200rwkw - 20psi no worries)

s13, these turbos make good paper weights in the workshop.

If you have a GTIR turbo, there pretty good, better than a s14a unit.

But a s15 turbo would be a nice choice or a Garret GT2510 (same thing as S15 turbo) But a GT2530 or GT2535 is good. Both full bearings.

Hope this helps.

thanks but rb20/25's are t3 flanged and rb26's are t2/t25 flanged... im actually shopping for a budget replacment for my blown s15 turbo.


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[codyace]

Yes, RB26 are most certainly T2 flanged.

That looks like a T28 (as Def stated) to me. To be honest, I'd tell the seller to go 'sit on it' as he blatently tried to rip you off.