Mr2 Ceramic Turbo

I think that ceramic wheels are perfectly fine if you are.

Mr2 ceramic turbo.

Alot has been said on the net and on this forum that the ct26 is a crap turbo. By 2010 mr2 s are only going to be owned by serious enthusiasts who put love over gold or diy people because thats what its going to take to keep it on the road. Wrapping up the detail pun intended on my 1991 mr2 turbo. 1991 mr2 turbo my mr2 page.

Turbo technics in the uk report the ct 26 turbo as generally reliable if appropriately maintained and reconditioned replacements are available for 450 based on exchanging. Garrett gt or gtx ball bearing turbo with internal wastegate stainless tig welded turbo manifold header complete 2 5 mandrel bent exhaust in. They used the ct20b until 99 in japan. My first experience with a ceramic turbocharger hasn t been a good one.

The 1993 and later models benefitted from a revised suspension to mitigate lift throttle oversteer larger brakes and an optional limited slip differential. Included with the kit. If it was so unreliable they would have stopped using ceramic exhaust wheels and went back to steel or inconnel. I think the toyota engineer s though of that before a ceramic turbine was put to use in their turbo s.

The turbocharger fitted to the mr2 from 1990 to 1994 is a twin entry ceramic garrett ct26 operating at 10psi similar to the celica gt4 configuration of the same period. I m looking at getting a complete new core and swapping the housings. Who ever thought this was a good idea. Monkeywrench racing is proud to offer this turbo kit for the 2000 2005 mr2 spyder equipped with the original 1zz engine.

It s an sw20 with a ct26 equipped 3sgte. 1992 toyota mr2 ceramic turbo twin entry 2 0l mt 70 000 miles perfect condition 1992 toyota mr2 sw20 turbo ceramic twin entry mt 70 000 miles mint condition 1992 toyota mr2 trd ceramic turbo twin entry 2 0l mt 70 000 mi. No one happens to have a cheap ct26 core with steel shaft and wheels do they. 1991 toyota mr2 turbo 24 938 orignal msrp 5 240 in factory options optional full leather interior 1 235 1 owner from new 129 000 miles factory.

Ceramic turbo disaster hi everyone. The ceramic turbine wheels are absolutely slated by turbo rebuilders as being unreliable but i ve not really heard any first hand accounts from mr2 owners which back this up compared to turbos failing for other reasons such as wear or the oil seals going and in my experience the ceramic ct20b will stand very heavy use at standard boost. The second generation of toyota s mr2 which stood for midship rear drive 2 seater arrived for the 1991 model year in base and turbo form and it was sold until 1995.