I havent read all the responses to this thread, but i will chime in here. I pieced my turbo kit together from scratch. I used an Ebay IC Kit and piping, and an Ebay 57trim T3/T4. That is it for ebay parts and thats as much as i would recommend using to anyone looking for a budget build. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT cheap out on your manifold, wastegate, or BOV. You will be looking very quickly for a new motor. I used quality name brand component for those. Ebay turbos do not like oil pressure more than a few PSI. They NEED and oil restrictor. I have ran a Ebay turbo for over 3 years with no issues, not a puff of blue, not a drop of oil. I made enough power to trap nearly 115mph in the 1/4 but pull a 14.7 from traction issues. There is a correct way to do a budget build and a wrong way and from what was described in the OP you are going down the wrong path. Thats just my two cents on your build from my own personal experiments in this area.

 

Lol thank u.. Finally som1 get its lol.. People r always bashing and hoppin on the ban weagon n 9 times out of ten they have no idea what theyr talking about .. Its people like the guy above saying he saw a whole kit for 700.. No .. It was a turbo .. Manifold and top of the dp if im not mistaken.. These ebay kits are usually mever complete exspecially for cars like ours .. And kids see it.. Bolt it up.. No idea wtf they r doing and **** blows up.. I do agree most of the parts r ****.. I just got my package from zzp friday and so far only thing ebay is the turbo and piping and intercooler.. Every other piece is zzp n tial .. Name brand ****.. Oh plus the garrett rebuild kit.. Let em hate tho thats y i maid this thread.. Everyone wants to bash ot but no1s got the ***** to try and do it roght!.. I want to pruve its the man behind the wrentch (for the most part) and ****.. I may b wrong.. Mayb **** will blow up.. Soo what! Atleast next time some1 trys it we will all have a documented reason and refrence to y not!and im sry.. But these le5s are pretty strong .. With a good tune.. I think ebays shitty turbo will blow long b4 gm's engine lol i start install first week of november .. Tune and log date will be that saturday! Stay tuned!

 

i agree and wasnt aware of how bad the mani was till i recieved it..i now have zzp mani.. Tial wastegate ( never even got the ebay one f$$$ that) and zzps bov

 

For the oil restrictor OBX sells one it is available on ebay for like $15.
OBX Oil Inlet Fitting T3 T4 4 An Restrictor Regulator | eBay

 

also everyone seems to forget that one of the first guys to turbo swap a LSJ used a Ebay 60-1 turbo and made well over 450whp. He later went to a bigger turbo and made over 550whp.

 

holy 3rd grade spelling....lol. post pics/vids

 

Not saying this is a great idea but I have seen the ebay turbo's hold up and work really well on some cars.Interested in seeing this though lol

 

Yeah i know. Thats why i chimed in. This couldve really went the wrong way, still could but hopefully my suggestions stuck a little.

 

Should run better than a 14.7 being turbo. Supercharged 2.2 guys r breaking 13s

 

Look at his trap speed lol.that's a easy 12 sec trap.I can already see what you slip looks like with that ET and MPH.
Terrible 60' time,terrible 330' time ,terrible 1/8th time lol.Next time look at trap speeds before you jump to conclusions Alissa.Take them bald street tires off and put on a DR or slick and that car would pop off 12's easily.

 

So many long paragraphs tldr lol

 

i will only read 5 words into a long paragraph boring by then i quit reading

 

I look at the clusterf*ck of letters and skip it lol

 

what did I jump to?

 

You said i should be faster than the S/C 2.2's. You failed to see my trap speed, almost 115mph. Easy mid or low 12's with some good tires. I had a 3.0 60' and a 10.0 1/8th mile, i did the other 1/8th in under 5 seconds when i caught a little ( very little traction). I spun down the track into 4th gear.

 

this is what i have been trying to say !! i have been using nitrous on my lil cobalt for 3 years now the bottom end on these motors are pretty strong being i have sprayed 125 horse wet blasts at the car with nothing more then a fuel pump and a tune.

if i ever do plan to boost the car i would not have a problem useing some of the ebay stuff!! but you have to know who to buy from! cx racing seems to be a decent on there turbo's hell there is a guy on tech making around 700 horse with a junk yard 5.3 and a ebay cx racing gt45 i have been fallowing for months with no problems. on3 performance will frome ebay! huron speed and moduler turbo will include the proper restrictors needed to run these turbo's when you buy the lines from them !

 

when my trans am was bone stock i would trap 109 mph @ 12.9 mph with 6 thousand miles on it! stock good year eagle f1 tires with a 2.0 60 foot your that lil cobalt runs good get some sticky tires on it !

 

Do you have a time slip

 

Did you really just call me out on a 14.7@114?

 

No just want to see it. People ask to see mine sometimes and it's slow as hell. I keep all mine since its only 9 of them.

 

she wasnt calling you on on the 14.7 but more on the 115 trap. also the 5 second 1/8

 

Ya that.And I trapped 95mph in the 1/8
Lol

 

here it is pics are in my gallery.

 

middle one is the 114.7 trap. all others are 110+

 

Hey I got a better 1/8 mile than you
I don't feel like such a loser