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Old 10-15-07, 11:26 AM
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What is a R85 turbo?

I am looking at a car that is making 400whp and is said to have a single R85 setup....The owner claims it is a responsive turbo (14lbs by 3600) on a streetport.

The search doesnt work on 3 letters so i cant research....so who makes this turbo..and is it good?
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Try KGParts.com, Keith has been selling those for a while.
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I have the R85. It's a very impressive setup. On stock engine porting you can make 400whp on 15-17 psi. Throw in some porting and you lower the threshold...
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well this guy has a half bridge setup and its tuned by reactive racing in NJ. So I think it has some power!!
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Didn't you first say he had a street port? Anyhow I have the turbo too.... and a half bridge... however I won't have my motor in the car till this weekend. The guy I got my turbo from made like 550ish whp. Search for Blitzed33, he's the one I got mine from, think he has some dyno sheets floating around here.
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^ You got your car from Greg! He mad 611 on the last setup. That was with some compressor modding...
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i have this turbo as well on regular streetport and spool up is pretty impressive for non ball bearing turbo. as for power its in line with the garret gt 40
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Originally Posted by mono4lamar
^ You got your car from Greg! He mad 611 on the last setup. That was with some compressor modding...
Greg didn't use the R85 to get 611rwhp. He used a Borg Warner S300. The R85 is a good street turbo, but your not going to crack any hp wars with it.
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Originally Posted by ErnieT
Greg didn't use the R85 to get 611rwhp. He used a Borg Warner S300. The R85 is a good street turbo, but your not going to crack any hp wars with it.
actually the r- 85 is the borg warner s 300 also known as ht-300 from schwitzer
greg used the 360 compressor wheel i belive to get over 600. the regular r-85 kit on a streetport should see mid 500 on race fuel.
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wow, sounds like I might be getting a very nice motor setup. I do not want that much HP. I would like 400whp "reliable"
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Originally Posted by 1wide7
actually the r- 85 is the borg warner s 300 also known as ht-300 from schwitzer
greg used the 360 compressor wheel i belive to get over 600. the regular r-85 kit on a streetport should see mid 500 on race fuel.
Thanks for chiming in I was about to elaborate further...
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Originally Posted by yusoslo
well this guy has a half bridge setup and its tuned by reactive racing in NJ. So I think it has some power!!
Reactive Racing is located in MD I thought? Dee does come up to JPR Imports to do tuning which is located in NJ. I got a ported motor done by JPR, ordered a R85 off of Dee Wensday night. Hoping to have it running this week and starting to get it broken in.
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