Originally Posted by zenoise

This thread can close now as i found calling my tuner at stm gave me a direct answer. Sparky people go off topic all the time on these threads just to make themselves sound smart. So u can spin it anyways u want but in the end my topic was actuator best suited for my DECIDED turbo and setup. Im sure now ill get some long off topic response about how i should look at this and how this brings me to that. But in the end i just wanted some suggestions on actuators not people questioning my turbo decision. Thanx but im out.

Originally Posted by zenoise

I am going ball bearing. And since that got brought up is ball bearing really the way to go? I had a guy tell me not to go with Maperformances Ef3 turbo cuz its journal bearings and they fail alot when pushing 450+ whp. So instead of paying $1800 for the ef3 turbo i am gojng to go with the $2500 fp red bb turbo.
Is this worth it when putting 450whp on a car that is street use only with an occasional quater mile pull.

Originally Posted by zenoise

Great points, and thank you.
But I may take it to the strip once or twice to see what I can run with it. I am doing a ton of research on the two. It sounds like I should go with a red instead of the HTA green because I want to hit at least 450whp. I know tho the closer I get to 500 the closer I am getting to make it a little iffy being on a stock 2.0 block.
I will probably be going with the fp BB red but now the black got thrown in the mix. My car is black so does that matter?
In my SIG you will see what my setup will be besides the turbo obviously.
Still on the Red or black.

Originally Posted by zenoise

So I am in the market for a turbo on my EVO 8. I have searched and searched and found some small comparisons but nothing to what I am looking for.
In my sig you will see my mods. I am torn between a JB Map Ef3 turbo ($1800) and the BB Fp Red ($2500)
This car is just a street car with a quarter mile run here and there just to see what I can do with it. Where I am from e85 is way to spread apart so it is not really an option yet. So 93 pump gas is my fuel. My goal is to hit the 450-475whp mark. The price difference is where I dont know what I should do. I have the $ for the BB red so I should prolly go with it right?
Just dont know if I could save the $700 and go with the ef3. Lately I have been hearing alot of bad things about the ef3 and its Journal bearings. does this have any merit?

I am about a week away from pulling the trigger on a turbo so any advice would be great. And I have already made my decision with the red, not the green or black altho I might, I might go with the black. Just not the green.

Any help would be great

Originally Posted by zenoise

HAHA I came back to look at this to humor myself and of course....Just sitting here looking at the "Zenoise, lighten up it is the Internet after all ." and shaking my head and ....for a while I thought this was Tron.