how reliable are mitsu's turbos?

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Feb 22, 2008 | 10:24 AM

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DylanPS

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Doesn't Mitsubishi build the turbochargers for a large number of car manufacturers out there?

I'm pretty sure that the Subaru STi has a Mitsubishi turbo in it.

Feb 22, 2008 | 10:45 AM

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I'm pretty sure that the Subaru STi has a Mitsubishi turbo in it.

Pretty much all the cars of the Subaru lineup that use turbos have Mitsubishi turbos in them.

- Patrick

Feb 22, 2008 | 01:39 PM

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Mitsubishi turbos are great. Even subaru will tell you that, as the 08 WRX (and maybe the 08 STi) ditched their IHI turbos and now use mitsu turbos.

Feb 22, 2008 | 01:40 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DylanPS

I'm pretty sure that the Subaru STi has a Mitsubishi turbo in it.

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Originally Posted by Vostok 7

Pretty much all the cars of the Subaru lineup that use turbos have Mitsubishi turbos in them.

- Patrick

They used to have IHI turbos, but read the above post about subaru 08 cars using mitsu turbos

Feb 22, 2008 | 01:57 PM

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mine has scene 28 psi for 100k miles and still ticking

wow, you have 100K miles!! I didn't that was possible with these cars.

Feb 22, 2008 | 01:58 PM

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wow, you have 100K miles!! I didn't that was possible with these cars.

i had a gst thats still fine with 180k miles and my 8 has 130k miles on it...

Feb 22, 2008 | 03:12 PM

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D-evo9911

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Never heard of reliability issues from mitsu turbo's.
Don't install any anti-lag and you should be golden

Feb 22, 2008 | 03:35 PM

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Ferraritech

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Very reliable. Great turbos for being what they are. Dependable if used for what they are meant to be used for but that doesn't mean you can't crank that boost and still have a reliable turbo (within reason).

Feb 22, 2008 | 03:49 PM

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the GTR uses IHI now...
but mitsu maks some of the best...

the MR will be a great car and id take it over the M3 sedan... seriously....

Feb 22, 2008 | 04:11 PM

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Quote:
Originally Posted by DylanPS
I'm pretty sure that the Subaru STi has a Mitsubishi turbo in it.

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Originally Posted by Vostok 7
Pretty much all the cars of the Subaru lineup that use turbos have Mitsubishi turbos in them.

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Originally Posted by Evo_Kid

They used to have IHI turbos, but read the above post about subaru 08 cars using mitsu turbos

if you cant beat em JOIN EM! WOOT

Feb 22, 2008 | 06:54 PM

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Mitsubishi probably makes one of the best if not the best turbo systems in the world. A lot of car manufacturers such as Subaru and BMW (in 335 and the new X6 4.4l) use Mitsu turbos so that pretty much sums it up.