Well got the jdm b18b in and the gsr trans and she runs decent, im happy with the swap but dissapointed that I still didnt use a GSR motor over the LS motor, mostly for the fac of the redline placment. I kinda miss winding the GSR to 8100 no problem where the ls redline is at 6800 .

Regardless im going to work with what I have, I started to buy some turbo parts but im totally stuck on what turbo I want to run. I had soooo many people tell me different turbos that im going nuts and have no idea what to use. I think im more lost than I was originally.

Here are my power goals...using either Crome Pro, or Hondata (possibly neptune) I need to contact Jeff Evans and talk a bit with him. A full Kteller 3'' exhaust and 3'' downpipe, 38mm tial, and have not decided on manifold nor injectors yet, and yes fuel system will be upgraded as well.
On a stock motor im hoping for a 190-200 daily driver, and crank to 250-260whp. Just a reliable number.

The original turbo every one mentioed was a t3/t4 with 57trim and .63ar.
I was looking more towards this turbo until I was told to expect a full spool at almost 5k, really more like 4300-4500. Just not too sure this is the best idea again on a motor that had redline at 6800. Sure i dont want to be full boost all the time, but do i really want to shift at redline every time just to feel the power? Will it have reallly bad lag until it hits about 4k?
I was told to look into the 18g as well but doubt that will meet my power needs.
Also told to look at a gt28rs, but price is a little high on those.
Lastly i was told to get a t3/t4 (or t3/t04e) in either a 54 trim, or 57 trim with the .48 AR for a spool at about 3200-4000.


My question is which turbo should i really look for, again with those numbers i would really like to see full spool at about 3500, maybe 3800-4000 and still have it not fall on its face at redline with room to upgrade.

 

TD05 (very small) or you can go with something slightly bigger like a T28 that should give you full spool by about 2500-3500 rpm, one or the other would work well for your application and with something even as small as the td05 you'd have about 215-230WHP not crank HP, check those out and lemme know what you think

 

I'd go with the t3/t04e that will spool around 4000. 5k is way too high on a motor with a 6800 redline.

 

searched more on honda-tech and hondaswap...honda-tech is more voting towards the 57trim .48 AR t3/t04e, hondaswap pretty much says the .48 is usless and get the .63 AR.

Also I guess i was missinformed, numerous people running the .63 ar setup im using see full boost at the latest at 4300-4500, usually positive boost at like 3200, and full boost about 1k later.
The .48 should be almost fully spooled at about 3500-3800.

 

You have to look at your power goals. Pick the turbo that will flow enough to reach the power goals you have. For a low boost daily driver, I'd go with the smaller of the two.