which one better

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Tomas_St
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which one better

Post by Tomas_St »

ct20b turbo or caldina turbo. is it possible to bolt on it on mr2 engine ???
2mad
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Re: which one better

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From what i understand there the same turbo .. one can be bolted and unbolted from the stock mr2 manifold .. the other is a turbo and manifold in one (not sure if it fits rev3 +).. i would pick the ct20b (and did) .
rgb
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Re: which one better

Post by rgb »

id say yes cause iv got the new block with a ct 26 hybrid so it should work the other way .don't quote me.
kirk
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Re: which one better

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As stated they're the same turbo except the Caldina turbo is part of the manifold casting. The manifold bolt pattern is different so won't fit a previous generations AFAIK
craig
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Re: which one better

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The CT20b may be an old turbo, but it's still great little turbo imo.
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Re: which one better

Post by Al-sw20 »

You can't bolt the Caldina turbo and manifold (because it is one unit) onto a gen2 3sgte. Use the ct20b.
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