im not trying to be rude here, just trying to keep board clutter to a minimum.
what im saying is that by doing a little bit of research BEFORE you post, you can often find the information your looking for without posting at all, as is the case with 99% of the posts youve made here.
not that posting is a bad thing, in fact quite the opposite is true.
however, you need to understand that alot of the stuff your seeking answers to have been covered MANY times here over the years, and you just need to look around abit to find it.
we were all noobs once, gotta learn this stuff somehow!

what i mean by asking for help and doing the opposite is, youve posted here about which turbo to get, what turbo does what, and how this or that turbo will spool.
once we gave you are opinions, you went ahead and bought a turbo that is terribly matched to a 3sgte, and with the large housings and small a/r are just going to spool slow, and make less power overall than a properly matched turbo to your goals and setup.

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Ok I am getting mixed opinions on this turbo, Your the first to say not a good turbo. 2 members on here that was the only 2 to give me there opinion besides you said thats not a bad size turbo. Intake .60 ar & .63 ar exhaust. Also I am a member on mr2oc and many people on there aid its not a bad turbo. Sure It will have lag but will have a great top end, atleast thats what I got from the whole thing. Also I see a few people on the other site that run these even bigger. I figured the gt35 with .82ar was big so this was smaller and good enough for me. What rpm do you think I will hit full boost on the gt32? IIt should not be to bad as long as I hit full boost at 4000k I like top end better my car spins to much when launching so this turbo might even it out?

gt32 deal fell through maybe for the good. I decided to get a ct20b from Jim hope I am on the road again soon an I just ordered a new bov

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donald, your turbo will be shipped to you in a couple days.

CT20b was the best plan.. only get the Gt35 or GT32 if ur building a weekend car.. had GT35 installed couple months back.. and I was replacing and breaking things every other day, i went back to stock since and im happy.

I installed the turbo but it wont boost past 6-7 lbs and boost is hard to build its very slow. I was thinking when my old turbo broke maybe it tropped a code or I am in low boost? I did not reset the ecu do you think thats the problem is reseting the ecu a must when changing a bad turbo? I might have bad hose going to the turbo to the acuator I will change the tommorow and reset the ecu by pulling the fuse. Also noticed the wastegate flap is not shut firmly its shut all the way but theres alittle play. Will this cause my problem also? It dont sound like the tubo is spooling up fast nor a big amount. Any help would be great thanks

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sounds like your wastegate is stuck open, or you have a major boost leak.

It's also always a good idea to reset your ECU anytime you change anything major. That being said the ECU only keeps you in low boost mode until the next time you turn on your car - Presure2 is most likely correct. Reset your ECU and check for leaks everywhere.

This post has been edited by DEATH: Jun 9, 2009 - 7:54 AM

no boost leak I tested that for about 3 hours sunday and found none. I mad sure I had all new high quality clamps and couplers and have as less connections with couplers as possilbele most of the pipeing is welded together or is solid pipe with out many couplers used. When I installed the new turbo to my old acuator the flap seemed to be a little loose maybe the flap is the problem

do u have an aftermarket downpipe?

Yes I do but it worked fine with the old ct26.

Ok today I checked out some things and ran into a big problem. I changed the turbo hoses. I checked the flapper on the wastgate its loose by about a 1/16th of a inch mabe the boost is leaking out. And the exhaust wheel may be in my cat. Will check that tommorow. Now the big problem is when I started the car to day I have a bad rattle/grinding sound from the engines top I think not sure though it was not like that when the turbo went out it just happened. I am hoping it the exhaust whell rattleing in my exhaust piping I will find out soon. But is there a way for a part in the engine to break and go into my turbo breaking the exhaust wheel? And Why would I have a engine problem all of a sudden? I hope my engine is ok it never made this sound before. I tried to record it but the sound came out bad and could not hear it on my camera. Any ideas?

I had a CT20b go bad on me, Diagnosed as excessive shaft play, made a grind & whine sounds when given some throttle, gave little more than 0.5psi boost pressure. Idled fine though. Went through Toyota to do the diagnosis/repair, ended up costing a mint and they had a rebuilt ct26 put in. I ****en hate it, recently the rebuilt ct26 turbo started going past the engine's normal 14psi (0.9bar) mark and has been hitting the fuel cut at 18 psi (1.2bar)... this things are **** ass crap I was suggested to go with Garrett GT2876R, By time Toyota had "diagnosed the problem" I incurred a hefty labour fee and figured I might aswell just go ahead with their repair and that would save me on ECU/dyno/tuning. I got ****ed in the ass royally by Toyota and am keen on the Garrett some time down the track.

Well, what is the best turbo for the 7A-FE? And where does the fun begin with it? 3k rpm? 2,k rpm?


I was offered a turbo called Garret T3. Is that a good one? (Or is T3 the flange or something?)

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your turbo is working fine then by the sounds of it.....your waste gate on the other hand sounds like it could use some TLC