Ebay turbo.....the real verdict

[carheadman]

Ive head an ebay turbo kit for almost a month now, and have gone through two turbos and was about to buy a third one ( a real garret) i said to myself "stop, how bout i just but a crank breather, and disconnect the ventilation tube form the intake". i did so in order to prevent any problems with the upcoming third turbo, but after seprating the two out it was miraculous, my car didnt smoke a damn bit anymore. So down to the point.....ebay turbos are not as bad as everyone says, it is usually the user error that fucks them up, for example, like people that don't run restricotrs on them, or in my case, leaving the crank ventilation attached to the intake tube, which spews oil into the intake and thus makes the turbo smoke like non other!!!! im talking about spyhunter style smoke screens! Ofcourse im going to keep updating this post in order to sort of having a log on the turbo's performance. thank you everyone for also helping me get my car together!!!

[Casey]

they are still as bad as everyone says :goodjob:

[carheadman]

probably true, but that "everybody" has never actually had one, so they can't speak form experience

now im gonna keep you guyz posted, but im just psyched i figured out that it was just this crappy little couple buck fix!!!

[Casey]

good. dont blow it up too soon lol

[hellfire]

The crank "breather" isn't there for show. Its to keep vacuum in your crankcase. It needs to be hooked to the intake to perform properly.

Nissan wasn't bored and decided to stick a nipple on there.

Tyler

[Casey]

The crank "breather" isn't there for show. Its to keep vacuum in your crankcase. It needs to be hooked to the intake to perform properly.

Nissan wasn't bored and decided to stick a nipple on there.

Tyler

yeah you need a catch can...

and if you have that much blowby you need a new motor :)

didnt you say your compression numbers were like 130 150?

ka's are supposed to be 170+

[Sir_Alexander_Slideways]

yea if KA's get into the 150's they can cause crank no start conditions... (troof)

i need to do another compression test on mines.,

[~The_Duke~]

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s153/Orangellomaster/ponymechanic.jpg

[babowc]

lol..
you had your VC port hooked up to a pressurized source?
I'm guessing you put the hose from it to the cold pipe, which pressurized the crank causing excessive blowby..

your VC port needs to be hooked up to your turbo intake.
not your motor.

[((sr)) kelly]

ummmm buy a real turbo ;)

[babowc]

glad it worked out for ya anyways..

hope you get your moneys worth from the turbo.

[hellfire]

lol..
you had your VC port hooked up to a pressurized source?
I'm guessing you put the hose from it to the cold pipe, which pressurized the crank causing excessive blowby..

your VC port needs to be hooked up to your turbo intake.
not your motor.

I think he said he had it to the Intake. But its hard to tell without any punctuation..

Tyler

[Turboboxer]

or grammar....

[carheadman]

lol..
you had your VC port hooked up to a pressurized source?
I'm guessing you put the hose from it to the cold pipe, which pressurized the crank causing excessive blowby..

your VC port needs to be hooked up to your turbo intake.
not your motor.


where was this when i was freakin out about my car smoking 3 weeks ago, lol

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and my compression numbers were 160-165, i went back and re did it, cuz i didnt have the throttle down the first time i did it

[Casey]

I think he said he had it to the Intake. But its hard to tell without any punctuation..

Tyler

exactly what i was thinking

[hellfire]

where was this when i was freakin out about my car smoking 3 weeks ago, lol

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and my compression numbers were 160-165, i went back and re did it, cuz i didnt have the throttle down the first time i did it

So wait, you did or didn't have it connected to the intake?

Tyler

[Casey]

he didnt post pictures for us to see.... :(

[carheadman]

i had it connected to the cold side of the piping, which is presurized

[Neejay]

i had it connected to the cold side of the piping, which is presurized
Ouch...

Sounds like a similar problem I had. My PCV was clogged (on RBs it's on the side of the valve cover), so it was causing blow-by. Couple this with leaky injectors = smoke city

[carheadman]

yeah it was really bad, to the point that people would follow me to tell me that somethign is wrong with my car, lol

[BlackMage]

ebag turbos = garbage

they don't balance them like they should be balanced and are junk

someone gave me a blowen ebay evo III 16g and the quality difference between the two is staggering. It's like comparing school lunch to a home cooked meal.

[J Squared]

Oh snap! 12psi to the crankcase will do it for sure hahahahaha.

[carheadman]

how did the metal between the two compare, did u have the same turbo, but one was ebay, and the other a brandname?

[Andy C]

i thought the real verdict was in like 7 years ago

[Infinite]

how did the metal between the two compare, did u have the same turbo, but one was ebay, and the other a brandname?
casting differences, alloys are all different
most of the ebay turbos have sand cast components, which is what gives them that cheap shitty look
most of them use garrett reject wheels, the ones that dont pass garrett's qc. (yes, they sell them off)
same with the CHRA's (if they dont cast their own)

pure shit

[s14unimog]

Some things are not adding up or you left something out. When you pressurize your crank case the main seals will fail momentarily and spew oil out of the crank case under boost; you'll also see oil in the intake from the V/C breather. I don't understand how you relate oil in the intake, which you know now was from pressurizing the crank case, to a blown turbo. Cheap turbo or not, there is no way that oil could have made it out the exhaust side. My question to you is...What symptom made you decide the turbo was bad?

The oil you friends would see coming out of the car, when you boost, must have been from the main seals.... OR, and I would hope this isn't the case, could the oil be going through your entire charge system and sent into the intake? If that's the case, you either don't have an intercooler, which is where it usually gets hung up, or A LOT of oil in your charge system. Either way, the topic of this thread should not be about the turbo manufacture

A simple rule with turbo's...you get what you pay for.

Post a picture of the engine bay! Lets see what you've got going on...

[babowc]

where was this when i was freakin out about my car smoking 3 weeks ago, lol

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and my compression numbers were 160-165, i went back and re did it, cuz i didnt have the throttle down the first time i did it

i didn't expect you to have made that mistake.
if it's running good now, that's all it matters.

[madmansilvia]

I’m going to give you guys the real story on those eBay turbos.
I’m a international seller of these turbos, I order them and the guys who have stores on eBay buy them from me and sell them. For the most part the turbos are exact copies of real turbos HKS, Garret, Air research ect… out on the market. the only diff is when they are remanufactured, most of the time in in the same factory the real thing was made in the materials that are used are not the same grade as the marital supplied to the manufacture by hks gertt ect. for example hks will contact the manufacture with the blue prints the manufacture will make the product but hks will supply the metal the parts and whatever that they will need to produce the turbo. So after they complete the process of making however many turbos hks needs the manufacture still has the blue prints for the turbo, so what do you think they do? They take the blue prints and use their own martial most of the time its not the same grade martial as hks would supply so you end up with faulty turbos, sometimes you get a good quantity of turbos but if the marital was contaminated you get a inferior turbo, but to let you guys know whether on not to buy them I say if you’re on a budget go for it most of the turbos are half the price as the real thing, half price new turbo and if your lucky it will perform like its counterpart but If you have the money get the real thing, but for 400bucks I had a .60 turbo on a rb20det for 2 year form eBay and then sold it to a friend and he is using it on his sr pushing 18psi. so I think its worth it, it sure ass hell beats paying 400 for a used name brand turbo just for it to blow on you.

[carheadman]

Some things are not adding up or you left something out. When you pressurize your crank case the main seals will fail momentarily and spew oil out of the crank case under boost; you'll also see oil in the intake from the V/C breather. I don't understand how you relate oil in the intake, which you know now was from pressurizing the crank case, to a blown turbo. Cheap turbo or not, there is no way that oil could have made it out the exhaust side. My question to you is...What symptom made you decide the turbo was bad?

The oil you friends would see coming out of the car, when you boost, must have been from the main seals.... OR, and I would hope this isn't the case, could the oil be going through your entire charge system and sent into the intake? If that's the case, you either don't have an intercooler, which is where it usually gets hung up, or A LOT of oil in your charge system. Either way, the topic of this thread should not be about the turbo manufacture

A simple rule with turbo's...you get what you pay for.

Post a picture of the engine bay! Lets see what you've got going on...


the reason we thouight the turbo was bad was because it was blowng smoke, and everyone was like "its ebay shit" and the intake was covered in oil, so i replaced it, didnt help, then i put a breather on it, and it worx great now

[babowc]

madmansilvia, that's why the ebay turbos are "hit-or-miss"

and if you "miss" and brought from an ebay seller with excellent A/S like carheadman had, you eventually end up with a good turbo.

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btw, carheadman, you're gonna want to take that breather off and route the VC port straight to TURBO intake. Right next to the filter where the turbo gets fresh air.

[carheadman]

I’m going to give you guys the real story on those eBay turbos.
I’m a international seller of these turbos, I order them and the guys who have stores on eBay buy them from me and sell them. For the most part the turbos are exact copies of real turbos HKS, Garret, Air research ect… out on the market. the only diff is when they are remanufactured, most of the time in in the same factory the real thing was made in the materials that are used are not the same grade as the marital supplied to the manufacture by hks gertt ect. for example hks will contact the manufacture with the blue prints the manufacture will make the product but hks will supply the metal the parts and whatever that they will need to produce the turbo. So after they complete the process of making however many turbos hks needs the manufacture still has the blue prints for the turbo, so what do you think they do? They take the blue prints and use their own martial most of the time its not the same grade martial as hks would supply so you end up with faulty turbos, sometimes you get a good quantity of turbos but if the marital was contaminated you get a inferior turbo, but to let you guys know whether on not to buy them I say if you’re on a budget go for it most of the turbos are half the price as the real thing, half price new turbo and if your lucky it will perform like its counterpart but If you have the money get the real thing, but for 400bucks I had a .60 turbo on a rb20det for 2 year form eBay and then sold it to a friend and he is using it on his sr pushing 18psi. so I think its worth it, it sure ass hell beats paying 400 for a used name brand turbo just for it to blow on you.


exactly!!! ive heard that elsewhere too, andi had a no name dirtbike, that used a motor exactly like the crf90, and yamaha pw90 chasis, it worked great, and halled ass, and basically made by a factory using left over casting machinery form honda and yamaha

[babowc]

http://nissaninfiniticlub.net/photopost/data/500/19378Img_0080-med.jpg

this.
do it like that.

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check thread: http://www.ka-t.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6662
if you need to see how others set theirs up with catchcans.

[madmansilvia]

yeah you need a catch can...

and if you have that much blowby you need a new motor :)

didnt you say your compression numbers were like 130 150?

ka's are supposed to be 170+

I’m with him, plus if the turbo is in good condition and your still getting smoke out of your exhaust replace you valve stem seals. Most of the time the increased presser form the turbo on the head on weak or worn valve seals will leak oil in to the cylinder. Get a catch can because the pressure must circulate through the block in order to keep condensation form building up, no circulation = humidity which will mix with oil and it will = sludge.

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exactly!!! ive heard that elsewhere too, andi had a no name dirtbike, that used a motor exactly like the crf90, and yamaha pw90 chasis, it worked great, and halled ass, and basically made by a factory using left over casting machinery form honda and yamaha

yes your right shoes are the most commen ;)

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im updating form my phone so if it does not make any since sorry.

[carheadman]

http://nissaninfiniticlub.net/photopost/data/500/19378Img_0080-med.jpg

this.
do it like that.

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check thread: http://www.ka-t.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6662
if you need to see how others set theirs up with catchcans.


thats how i wanted to do it, but there is not enough pipe to tap into on that pipe for me, because i had to fit the maf on there, and the filter, whill keeping all that under tha hood, and out of the way of the other pipes

[carheadman]

so i have almost 2000 miles on my ka-t with an fmu setup, running stock sr psi, spiking to 8psi, but comming right back down to 7

im going to do a compression test to see the toll its taken on my motor, and whitebunny setup is installed!

[Jorgen]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/savatoge/auto/BoostDesigns/BDkit004.jpg

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I see the "breather" setup more than anything else. Who cares to explain why it's wrong?

[carheadman]

seem fine 2 me

[Slip N Slide S14]

With a correct catch can setup. The vacuum pulled by the intake sucks and helps seals the top of the motor/rings. The catch can also helps to separate the vapors from the head before re-entering the intake tract.

A breather does none of that.

[leroiboy]

great info in this thread...

[Jorgen]

Ok so it is creating a negative pressure to seal? Because a vacuum is negative pressure and boost is a positive pressure correct? And negative pressure in this case is better than atmospheric pressure?

[carheadman]

so i got a little over 3k on my setup, ijust upgraded from my fmu to an safc tune, and the car put down 216whp, and 217wtq on a very conservaive tune on a stock sr wastegate

[Memme]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/213/448121232_2f8bbe9dd0.jpg


I want to know... right now... WHO POOPED MY PANTS!?

[350zftw]

http://www.jdmdecals.com/images/uploads/EBAYDM.jpg
LIFE!!!!

[carheadman]

i wish ebay would send me giant sponsorships and stickers, i love ebay!!!

[sullen]

I’m going to give you guys the real story on those eBay turbos.
I’m a international seller of these turbos, I order them and the guys who have stores on eBay buy them from me and sell them. For the most part the turbos are exact copies of real turbos HKS, Garret, Air research ect… out on the market. the only diff is when they are remanufactured, most of the time in in the same factory the real thing was made in the materials that are used are not the same grade as the marital supplied to the manufacture by hks gertt ect. for example hks will contact the manufacture with the blue prints the manufacture will make the product but hks will supply the metal the parts and whatever that they will need to produce the turbo. So after they complete the process of making however many turbos hks needs the manufacture still has the blue prints for the turbo, so what do you think they do? They take the blue prints and use their own martial most of the time its not the same grade martial as hks would supply so you end up with faulty turbos, sometimes you get a good quantity of turbos but if the marital was contaminated you get a inferior turbo, but to let you guys know whether on not to buy them I say if you’re on a budget go for it most of the turbos are half the price as the real thing, half price new turbo and if your lucky it will perform like its counterpart but If you have the money get the real thing, but for 400bucks I had a .60 turbo on a rb20det for 2 year form eBay and then sold it to a friend and he is using it on his sr pushing 18psi. so I think its worth it, it sure ass hell beats paying 400 for a used name brand turbo just for it to blow on you.


i think i found a whopping number of 2 periods and 1 question mark...

did you graduate middle school?

[Jello!]

i think i found a whopping number of 2 periods and 1 question mark...

did you graduate middle school?

Shut up fag! It's the internet. You don't have to have punctuation.

[Future240]

Shut up fag! It's the internet. You don't have to have punctuation.

Dumbassery at its finest.

[I RON DON KEY]

Dumbassery at its finest.

lol i was like lol

[Jello!]

Dumbassery at its finest.

id love to take this man to man. .. well, man to woman. im just in that kindof mood tonight.

[Thomas]

so cars running now? I want to check it out at a meet or somthing/

[carheadman]

heck yes, lmk, ill pm u my number

[Thomas]

got your number and cleared my inbox. Ill hit you up

[Nisxsz]

dude i wanna ride ... :)

[I RON DON KEY]

i'd like a ride too.

come to a sonics meet one day

[Nisxsz]

i thought the sonic meet was fucked.

[I RON DON KEY]

was it? i have no idea. havn't been in foreverrr

[Nisxsz]

dude that thread "MMA style at riverside" or somethin'

[Thomas]

well if I RON Donkey, carheadman, slideways(couple of his friends show up) and I, I think we could get a pretty good meet.

[Sir_Alexander_Slideways]

I wanna ride/drive too :D hit me up one day your close to my work .
404 791 8976

[carheadman]

aight str8

how bout the starbux on johnson ferry by chic fil a?

[Z U L8R]

"eBay..........

The other reason your car's not running well 95% of the time lol"

:)

[Sir_Alexander_Slideways]

aight str8

how bout the starbux on johnson ferry by chic fil a?
sure, when? as you know i dont get lunch brakes often for.. reasons i dont agree with. so probably have to be after work some time... wich would be in traffic and lame..

[Future240]

id love to take this man to man. .. well, man to woman. im just in that kindof mood tonight.

And here we have dumbassery lesson 2.

Note the poor attempt to show bravado by flexing her "muscles".

What she fails to realize is that he and I are just nameless usernames on a forum, so she poses no threat to me or anyone else at all.

And going back to her original statement of not using proper punctuation due to it being the internet, she shows her intelligence in forgetting that this is a forum where 100% of the communication is written, therefore not abiding by the rules of written communication defeats the purpose of attempting to communicate in the first place.

[Nisxsz]

jello's a girl

[The Marty]

lol, she's still around? Shouldn't she be cutting herself or something right now?

[cjacob74]

^ hahaha.

[carheadman]

sure, when? as you know i dont get lunch brakes often for.. reasons i dont agree with. so probably have to be after work some time... wich would be in traffic and lame..

well i only work friday and saturday, and next week college is starting, so pretty much any time, maybe thursday, or later 2day, just let me know when your free, or we can all meet up @ barret again on friday,im going

[Campo]

Hybrid ebay turbo was on my ka-t.
Had for a couple months .
Never smoked made way more power than any other motor psi for psi.
So im calling user error.

[The Marty]

Hybrid ebay turbo was on my ka-t.
Had for a couple months .
Never smoked made way more power than any other motor psi for psi.
So im calling user error.

Yes we know we know, you had the fastest KA-T never to get on a dyno and produce numbers :roll:

[s7_]

So im calling user error.

Yes user error everytime; hitting that "Bid" or "Buy it now" on that ebay brand turbo.

[madmansilvia]

i think i found a whopping number of 2 periods and 1 question mark...

did you graduate middle school?

I was updating from my phone, I don’t have time to be on here all day, too busy fucking up all the fucks that made fun of me not graduating form middle school.

J/k

[Casey]

I’m going to give you guys the real story on those eBay turbos.
I’m a international seller of these turbos, I order them and the guys who have stores on eBay buy them from me and sell them. For the most part the turbos are exact copies of real turbos HKS, Garret, Air research ect… out on the market. the only diff is when they are remanufactured, most of the time in in the same factory the real thing was made in the materials that are used are not the same grade as the marital supplied to the manufacture by hks gertt ect. for example hks will contact the manufacture with the blue prints the manufacture will make the product but hks will supply the metal the parts and whatever that they will need to produce the turbo. So after they complete the process of making however many turbos hks needs the manufacture still has the blue prints for the turbo, so what do you think they do? They take the blue prints and use their own martial most of the time its not the same grade martial as hks would supply so you end up with faulty turbos, sometimes you get a good quantity of turbos but if the marital was contaminated you get a inferior turbo, but to let you guys know whether on not to buy them I say if you’re on a budget go for it most of the turbos are half the price as the real thing, half price new turbo and if your lucky it will perform like its counterpart but If you have the money get the real thing, but for 400bucks I had a .60 turbo on a rb20det for 2 yearS form eBay and then sold it to a friend and he is using it on his sr pushing 18psi. so I think its worth it, it sure ass hell beats paying 400 for a used name brand turbo just for it to blow on you.

check this out ^ totally credible lol.

even from the smallest amount of mechanical engineering teaching i have. i can tell you right now this is now how things are designed. lol. Chinese engineers take a product. they take it apart, learn how it works, copy each part to the best of their abilities and then produce and sell the product for a fraction of the cost of the original. usually the manufacturing process is entirely different from the original product, but the outcome is visually similar. performance will never be up to par as the original but it will still work. you're right on one thing though. the metals they use suck ass.

so whether you're lying outright or someone lied to you. dont believe the bullshit about Chinese parts being manufactured in the same plant as the originals.

[carheadman]

^now im confused, are you backin up what he said or not, cuz if you are, then u miss read because that says that they are made @ the same plants

[Casey]

^now im confused, are you backin up what he said or not, cuz if you are, then u miss read because that says that they are made @ the same plants

dude. they arent made at the same plants.

[I RON DON KEY]

i'm going to go to china, go into their factories, and record the work they do on these car parts. then upload the video on youtube.

NA RLLYYY!!

[Nisxsz]

check this out ^ totally credible lol.

even from the smallest amount of mechanical engineering teaching i have. i can tell you right now this is now how things are designed. lol. Chinese engineers take a product. they take it apart, learn how it works, copy each part to the best of their abilities and then produce and sell the product for a fraction of the cost of the original. usually the manufacturing process is entirely different from the original product, but the outcome is visually similar. performance will never be up to par as the original but it will still work. you're right on one thing though. the metals they use suck ass.

so whether you're lying outright or someone lied to you. dont believe the bullshit about Chinese parts being manufactured in the same plant as the originals.

lol its right there ^

[madmansilvia]

check this out ^ totally credible lol.

even from the smallest amount of mechanical engineering teaching i have. i can tell you right now this is now how things are designed. lol. Chinese engineers take a product. they take it apart, learn how it works, copy each part to the best of their abilities and then produce and sell the product for a fraction of the cost of the original. usually the manufacturing process is entirely different from the original product, but the outcome is visually similar. performance will never be up to par as the original but it will still work. you're right on one thing though. the metals they use suck ass.

so whether you're lying outright or someone lied to you. dont believe the bullshit about Chinese parts being manufactured in the same plant as the originals.


This is bigger than just a simple eBay turbo. The company I work for imports all kind of shit, all the way from your basic toaster to $60,000 cnc machines.
When I post something on here, I’m only trying to help now whether or not you want to take the truth or just debate that’s on you, but form first hand experience flying to china and going to international trade shows, I know a good deal of information on were most of our shit is sold and traded to different reigns. All the body kits all the aftermarket taillights turbo kits seats exhaust radiators ect.
The first post I made was a basic run though of how you end up with eBay turbo.
The only thing that I said that was questionable is how the company handles their logistics.
And like I said im posting from my phone.

[Tire]

your full of shit, dont lie. liar!!

j/k

[carheadman]

little up date, still haning in there, no smoke, still building boost!

[Sir_Alexander_Slideways]

i just realised your car is made from ebay basicly xD i still wanna drive it though, i need to pop m ka-t cherry.

[Nisxsz]

little up date, still haning in there, no smoke, still building boost!

good! :)

[I RON DON KEY]

little up date, still haning in there, no smoke, still building boost!

what's your driving style?

[afwfjustin]

Hybrid ebay turbo was on my ka-t.
Had for a couple months .
Never smoked made way more power than any other motor psi for psi.
So im calling user error.

My last car made 400rwhp @ 11 psi. What motor are you speaking of?

EDIT: oh you're talking ka-t. Have numbers?

[carheadman]

lol haah

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what's your driving style?

its just a dd that i get on everonce in a while

[Casey]

Stupid thread is stupid

[cjacob74]

i have an ebay turbo. it made 360+whp on a SR and was DD for about 6 months, still no shaft play, no blown seals.. nothing. Buttt.. it looks to have been rebuilt because of markings on the fins, so possibly it has a upgraded shaft/wheels so thats why it didnt blow at 1 bar +

[whatever210]

i have an ebay turbo. it made 360+whp on a SR and was DD for about 6 months, still no shaft play, no blown seals.. nothing. Buttt.. it looks to have been rebuilt because of markings on the fins, so possibly it has a upgraded shaft/wheels so thats why it didnt blow at 1 bar +
wheel was prob re balanced

[Casey]

wheel was prob balanced

fixed

[cjacob74]

Possibly. I dont know. I just know it has markings for the rebuild, and if it was rebuilt or balanced it was prior to it making over 300 wheel otherwise i doubt it would have been able to make that power, at that boost, for that long of a period of time.

[v-empire]

http://www.blogcadre.com/files/images/super_mushroom.preview.jpg

http://blog.hostgator.com/images/mushroom.jpg

[jdmae86]

i wouldnt cheap out on a turbo... i would cheap out on a exhaust manifold though

[carheadman]

over 5k miles everything seems to be doing gr8, i dailly the car, and so far its still running!!

[Nisxsz]

nice. i wanna go turbo

[carheadman]

so is my ebay turbo FINALLY pooping out, or my motor :P lol, its been smoking at idle lately, so im gonna compression test motor, and replace turbo with a garret, and maybe reroute my oil drain. Ill get back with the results

[carheadman]

so, basically replaced my ebay turbo with garret, smoking stoped, so i have concluded, ebay turbo= expect to replace in 5k miles, lol

[~The_Duke~]

I am going to be the first one to tell you...

I told you so...

[blue_lude]

Haha

[Casey]

I am going to be the first one to tell you...

I told you so...

goes without saying

[~The_Duke~]

goes without saying

You are correct casey, however it needed said.

PS go hammer your fenders foo!!!!

[carheadman]

o i agree every1 told me it was gonna happen, but we needed a real review, by someone who actually had one, idont think i lost anything, cuz the turbo kit was only 700 (minus exhaust, fuel, and tune) and that is how much some pay for just the intercooler, no piping, no manifold, no anythgon else, like bov and stuff. i dont think i lost anythin, i just swapped it with a used t25 for $100 and done, lol

[Nisxsz]

does the garrett t25 pull harder than the ebay turbo that came in the kit?

[carheadman]

can't say that, but does seem to spool a tad quicker, lol

[Elizabeth Reed]

o i agree every1 told me it was gonna happen, but we needed a real review, by someone who actually had one, idont think i lost anything, cuz the turbo kit was only 700 (minus exhaust, fuel, and tune) and that is how much some pay for just the intercooler, no piping, no manifold, no anythgon else, like bov and stuff. i dont think i lost anythin, i just swapped it with a used t25 for $100 and done, lol

honestly there is no review here.

700 for an intercooler and a bov? where you buying from?

[carheadman]

manifold, oil feed kits, it did come with a turbo, but only lasted 5k miles, and all the i/c pping, ic, and bov

some ppl on here spend 700 on just ic

[Elizabeth Reed]

who? who on here has spent 700 on just the intercooler

[Casey]

o i agree every1 told me it was gonna happen, but we needed a real review, by someone who actually had one, idont think i lost anything, cuz the turbo kit was only 700 (minus exhaust, fuel, and tune) and that is how much some pay for just the intercooler, no piping, no manifold, no anythgon else, like bov and stuff. i dont think i lost anythin, i just swapped it with a used t25 for $100 and done, lol

theres atleast 1000 reviews key. we told you to google before you wasted money

[Sir_Alexander_Slideways]

shift2drift

[carheadman]

y don't u google, there is only 1 review thats done by some1 who owns it, and he said its fine, every1 else was a bunch of ppl who didnt own an ebay turbo themselves and were jumping to conclusions

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who? who on here has spent 700 on just the intercooler

keep ur eyes open on forsale items, ull see greddy, and w/e other expensive brand intercoolers goin for over 500

[Casey]

y don't u google, there is only 1 review thats done by some1 who owns it, and he said its fine, every1 else was a bunch of ppl who didnt own an ebay turbo themselves and were jumping to conclusions

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keep ur eyes open on forsale items, ull see greddy, and w/e other expensive brand intercoolers goin for over 500


um....

no. thousands of people have tried ebay turbos. infact, i can remember about 5 from just this forum.

[PleadingBark]

Oem ftw!

[Infinite]

who? who on here has spent 700 on just the intercooler

Each one of my pwr cores were 450 each
the prescision core I'm looking at now is around 850.
Stupid highschool kids and their eBay shit.

[Elizabeth Reed]

damn thanks for correction i didn't know just the cores got that high. i never really looked into them cause i had no reason to

thanks bud

[~The_Duke~]

My stock one is pretty awesome so I dont need a spiffy one til I make ALOT more power.

[afwfjustin]

Each one of my pwr cores were 450 each
the prescision core I'm looking at now is around 850.
Stupid highschool kids and their eBay shit.

Not every average person can afford an intercooler like that. You can find ones that work and won't break for 100-150 bucks.

240's are about being thrifty. That's why we own them: they're cheap. lol

[Infinite]

I'm never thrifty.
The eBay intercoolers are only good to about 4-450
I plan on exceeding that number rather quickly.
He'l I could sell my new turbo and buy an evo.

Making real power, reliably... takes real parts
and real parts cost money

[Elizabeth Reed]

which is why im out of the game for right now... lol atleast im being honest

[Neejay]

which is why im out of the game for right now... lol atleast im being honest
shit, there's nothing wrong with that. I'll be somewhat out of the game when I get my 2.5RS...as it will literally have 100whp less than what I currently have.

[Elizabeth Reed]

idk i thought about it a lot lately (lame) and i kinda realized, i dont have the time/extra money to build a car how it should be built, so for a little while im gonna just keep saving my money for more important things. trade in the element and get something a little more fun to have daily

[Neejay]

idk i thought about it a lot lately (lame) and i kinda realized, i dont have the time/extra money to build a car how it should be built, so for a little while im gonna just keep saving my money for more important things. trade in the element and get something a little more fun to have daily
hahah same here, even with the rb25. I want to start over fresh, with a subaru...I've wanted a WRX since 2001. LOL

MAYBE I'LL BUY A EBAY TURBO KIT FOR IT!!! (just to stay on topic :goodjob: )

[Elizabeth Reed]

lol yam im gonna put an ebay kit on a turbo diesel truck (dreeeeeeams of turbo diesel truck)

[ThatS13Guy]

lol yam im gonna put an ebay kit on a turbo diesel truck (dreeeeeeams of turbo diesel truck)

there are a few pretty fast turbo diesel trucks out there lol

[BlackMage]

I have an ebay "evo 3 16g" in my garage someone gave me to show me i was getting a legit turbo. it just felt cheap and lousy and the compressor housing felt like it was going to come in two, lol.

The Greddy IC kit I had my 240 was $975 and didn't come with a hot pipe, so I think I paid over $700 for my IC. The problem with ebay ICs is they have the tendency to have HORRIBLE pressure drops, generally at least 25~50% more of a drop than a name brand IC. That being said, my next IC for the DSM.

http://www.pwr-performance.com/images/barrel.jpg

[s13mike91]

try a stock nissan turbo.

[240sxll]

yeah nissan turbo is better than any turbo that ebay has to offer!

[Spinks]

china chargers

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Wow, this threads expiration date was a long time ago lol

[carheadman]

just a little update, The garrete is now starting to blow out as well,i have determined it is the oil drain causing this. I think the ebay turbo would ave been perfectly fine , if my oil drain was angled correctly. So im back to thinking that maybe the ebay turbo isnt so bad after all.

[Spinks]

I got a garret you can by if this one is done

[carheadman]

how much u want for it? cuz i have 2 other ones, tah i might just rebuild, lol i got a stock pile...stupid oil drain...

[Spinks]

idk name a price so I can say no =]

[carheadman]

aight, well im gonnna try and sort my return out first, and see if that helps, ill contact u if i need one, thnx for the offer, cuz i think im gonna need it lol