Just bear in mind pushign the car that far on a std old engine is askign for trouble, just be prepared for engine failure if things are not up to scratch.
i learnt the hard way.
cheers

Shamus: note that just_ace was talking in horsepower, not kilowatts, so don't get too excited about the '300' that he mentioned

Haha, true. Good point Rob! I misread that entirely :(
Ok, so even though 250 is a good figure, chances are that i won't hit it with the mild mods i'm looking at.
Would it just be easier to buy a ct20b to hold me until i decide on what i want to do (although something is telling me not to do it) ? Dylan is selling one for $800 or something like that. Or should i buy an equivilent turbo that is brand new?

Haha, true. Good point Rob! I misread that entirely :(
Ok, so even though 250 is a good figure, chances are that i won't hit it with the mild mods i'm looking at.
Would it just be easier to buy a ct20b to hold me until i decide on what i want to do (although something is telling me not to do it) ? Dylan is selling one for $800 or something like that. Or should i buy an equivilent turbo that is brand new?

buy things that you can use now and when you eventually rebuild the engine.
 
is there something wrong with your turbo currently? i think dylan has the ct20b for only $500
 
that'll prob give you the biggest bang for buck in the short term, fit that, also a walbro (or other 255lph+) fuel pump and maybe a haltech sprint ECU.
 
or just save up for a rebuilt engine with forged pistons and CAMs etc

Dylan? Do you have a link to his for sale thread, im also looking to upgrade my ct26.
Sorry to hijack your thread OP.

click on the gorilla industries link from the froum home page

Just_ace:  good call.  There is nothing wrong with the ct26 i have now but it's just annoying not being able to hold it all the way through, plus it would be nice to like the boost up a bit as well. 

Mr2gtracer

Ladies and gentlemen,

Now that my car is fixed and running smoothly again...

 
Ahh, and you want that to change?
 
Have a little bit of fun with it while its running happily! I picked up mine from the suspension shop last week, put it under some load and a cooling hose decided to give the block a nice fine spray of coolant 

I'd seriously consider the CT20B. Having everything bolt up and running fine on the standard gear will save you a small fortune, which you can spend on other supporting mods. I plan to upgrade everything bit by bit, to keep the car running, until the turbo becomes the limiting factor. Then I can swap to something bigger and not have to worry about upgrading the fuel system, getting the ECU sorted, etc.