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?

 

Try KGParts.com, Keith has been selling those for a while.

 

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...

 

well this guy has a half bridge setup and its tuned by reactive racing in NJ. So I think it has some power!!

 

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.

 

^ You got your car from Greg! He mad 611 on the last setup. That was with some compressor modding...

 

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

 

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.

 

wow, sounds like I might be getting a very nice motor setup. I do not want that much HP. I would like 400whp "reliable"

 

Thanks for chiming in I was about to elaborate further...

 

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.