Happy to help mate. Turbo shopping can be very confusing!!! I spent several months just sorting out the bullshit before I spent any money. The best way to buy is to know what compressor and exhaust housing sizes you want as you'll go to 3 different shops and each shop will call the turbo by a different name!
Enjoy mate.

No worries matty.thanks mate

Yes it is mate. Just make sure it has the .64 exhaust housing and you're apples.

Is the GT28R bb turbo the same one you guys have been telling me about?Sorry, I know that sounds like a dumb question.

if u want quick power s15 turbo is the way 2 go and if u have enough money go for a hks GT2530 very punchy low - midrange turbo ideal for tyre streadn fun
i went for the 450hp Gt25 and it has .86 rear and is laggy but makes big power when comes on boost at like 4grand and is more ideal for a built motor with mods,

Sounds llike that might be the go. As i said before, im not really going for huge power figures, just some good reliable fun. Thanks fellas,
Mat

yeah when I heard disco potatoe I was like WTF? but the best bang for buck is an S15 T28 even if you can't get the BB version the bush bearing version is almost as good. There is a huge difference in the top end (but thats becuase of the bigger exhaust and compressor a/r and bigger trims) the stock T25 runs out of puff to early and you can feel it.

The only mods I had to do to fit it to a stock manifold was elongate the top dump pipe holes and slightly rotate the housings.

Damo

google ["disco potato" garrett] ?
http://www.horsepowerinabox.com/HPIAB2/prod176.htm

disco potato????? whats the deal here??

As per my turbo above. No real boost below 4200. managed 128kW@7psi. I reckon somewhere in 140kW@10psi which I'm now running.

I reckon disco potato with the 0.63 rear housing. My advice for the CA18det, NEVER get the 0.86 housing.

My car is very sedate at the moment. You drive it around, and it feels like nothing special, unless you get a clear freeway onramp or open road. You feel like changing gears before any more than 3psi boost is seen when driven carefully. You need the boost curve lower to 'encourage you to give it some' in every gear.

Even crappy cars blow me off at lights, not that I've been trying hard. I could probably get them if I dropped the clutch at 5000 revs, and appeared like I had no respect for: the law; my license; or the long term life of my car.

There's the truth for you.

Chris