Quote Originally Posted by Spyder Man
Take a look at the turbo he would need to make the same power as the first one he posted (as he has now mentioned the T100 was a joke) that will take ATLEAST a GT35R which is 1699 on that site, so 800 more then the one he posted at "buy it now" price. Not including shipping (cause i know youll pick on that )
But remember, he's not going to be driving around town with 700 HP on a SAFC with that big of injectors on such a built motor. He can probably make 1000 HP if he wanted to with a mondo turbo, but it be a drag only car then.

I was summizing that he was looking realistically at something like 500 HP to play with. At that level, some of the smaller GT turbos will do just fine. But you are right, you can go all the way to the mack daddy turbos for a lot more money. I wish I could find that website again where a buddy of mine showed me the GT turbos at. I swear they were priced from those prices.

And yes there is a minimal difference in the peak power made by a ball bearing turbo compared to a non ball bearing. The difference is the power "under the curve" because the ball bearing spools so much faster. The larger the turbo the more of a difference it will make that is true..
True.

I also heard that sometimes ball bearing turbos have a little more shaft play than non ball bearing ones.