So I am planning on rebuilding my turbo and have a couple of questions. Number one which brand turbo kit is best? What have you guys had success with? Second I was thinking about moving to a smaller 1.0 compressor housing. Any thoughts on that? And lastly my compressor wheel as I'm kinda at a loss to which wheel to get anyone have any suggestions? Thanks for all the input

 

I think Clay at Riffraff has a new wheel with some good reviews, supposed to work well. I'm pretty sure he can help you with everything you want. Email or call him, he's a good guy. When I had my stock turbo I got a kit from Ron's turbo, another good place. I would recommend getting the turbo balanced when you do the rebuild. I sent my parts in to Ron's for the balance, just had to pay return shipping.

 

Housing
Garrett 1.0 A/R Quick Spool Turbine Housing - Riffraff Diesel Performance

Housing bolts
Garrett 12pt Replacement Turbo Housing Bolts - Riffraff Diesel Performance

Compressor wheel
Riffraff Diesel Billet Compressor Wheel 94-03 - Riffraff Diesel Performance

Pedestal orings
Turbo / Pedestal O-rings - Riffraff Diesel Performance

Tp38 rebuild kit
Garrett TP38 Journal Bearing Rebuild Kit 94.5-97 - Riffraff Diesel Performance

 

I have a 1.0 turbine housing and Clay's (RiffRaff Diesel) billet wheel and I love the combo on stock injectors. Here is my thread on the wheel.

I wouldn't do the 1.0 housing unless you have and are going to stay with stock injectors for a while. I think stage 1s might be OK but EGTs would get really high in the upper rpm range (3k+). The 1.0 housing effectively lowers your powerband within the rpm range so you don't have to have the motor singing at 3k+ to get the power you need. (It builds boost much faster)

There is a lot of people that will say not to do the 1.0 housing because of higher EGTs. I actually found the opposite on stock injectors up to about 3100rpm, then EGTs did seem to get higher but the power isn't at that rpm range anymore anyway. I found it had more power and lower EGTs up to about 3100rpm. I have about 10k heavy towing miles on my 1.0 housing without the IC and another 5k with the IC. It works great towing.

It is a great upgrade with stock injectors. It might not be a wise upgrade if you plan on doing bigger injectors in the near future.

RiffRaff Diesel is IMHO the best place to buy parts, Clay has the best customer service I have ever seen, he will take care of you and his prices are great too.

 

If you are going to rebuild it, don't get the garret rebuild kit, get the one from Barder Turbo Service with the upgraded 360* Thrust bearing. Roughly same price and better support over stock.