best turbo/converter combo for street

[49-blues]

Whats the best user friendly street combo for turbo & converter? my friend has a stock longblock 34K miles and looking to upgrade to something very street friendly as in best gas mileage and best performance.

 

[murphster]

For upgrade over stock, I'd look at something like an old school TA49/TE44 or a billet 5857 (journal bearing) with a restalled D5 converter. The larger converter will give you better gas mileage. Either of the turbos are good to mid 11s on a stock combo. You could go for a BB 5857 and try it out with a stock converter too.

 

[49-blues]

what would you restall the D5 to? 2400? 2800?

 

[JP112_89]

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IMO, PTE GT6152/ Limit Engineering 6169 or PTE 6262 and a 3000 stall...

I really like the 6262 and 3000 stall combo. Lots of fun!

 

[bison]

If he doenst have alky injeciton id look into that first. Then id look at a 44/49 and a restalled converter

 

[murphster]

what would you restall the D5 to? 2400? 2800?

Yeah, you'd want to go to like 2800. I think thats about the limit of how high they can get with a D5 like converter. To go with a bigger turbo like a 6152, you'd need to go to a 10.5" converter to get the 3000-3200 stall you'd want. But you'd lose some efficiency with the smaller converter so thats why I'd stick with a restalled D5 with a smaller 58mm turbo (or maybe a 60-61 turbo if it a BB) if you want the best fuel mileage while having a fast street car.

Of course, alky's a given for a fast street car. :smile: You'll more than pay for the alky kit in $ savings over running race gas on the street.

 

[49-blues]

Who restalls the D5 converter? Dusty? CK? Lonnie?

 

[chriss4655]

street combo

My combo, te44,40lbs injectors,rjc plate,acufab reg,racetronics pump 340m ,hot wire kit,3" dp,smc progressive alky (100% meth),restalled d5,modified ic, 9" k&n and of course some BFG drag radials. You would never know this car was not stock,gets great mileage,and the best part it ripps!!!!!! This combo was done for around $2000 to $ 2500.:biggrin:

 

[Dusty Bradford]

Yes I can do a restall. Stock stall is around 1600-1800. It can be made into a 2100-2200. These are 0-1# stall ratings. I really like Precisions new line of turbos. They will out spool and out power the older TA-49 based turbos.