ebay turbo?
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ebay turbo?
we all know its a hit or miss with them ebay turbos, but has anyone actually had first hand experience with these turbos? if so, how long did it last, and was it worth it.
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3 years on the ebay turbo it finally died yesterday. The bushings wore and the shaft play let the wheel hit the housing and grind it up. If you buy an ebay turbo you can get a garrett rebuild kit for $80 and have something nearly as good.
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dont buy an ebay kit **** that. Buy a zzp manifold. Buy just the ebay turbo.
Here is the little known secret to ebay turbos. A: garrette rebuild kit, B: Run an oil restrictor on the feed line for the turbo (I bought a OBX one off ebay)
Ebay turbos hate oil pressure, if you dont run a restrictor youll wonder why the bitch is smoking and why you blew the turbo.
Here is the little known secret to ebay turbos. A: garrette rebuild kit, B: Run an oil restrictor on the feed line for the turbo (I bought a OBX one off ebay)
Ebay turbos hate oil pressure, if you dont run a restrictor youll wonder why the bitch is smoking and why you blew the turbo.
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I would not waste my time nor effort on an Ebay turbocharger. I have been turbocharging cars for the past 10 years and have seen turbos from all brands......
The decent, but still problematic:
Turbonetics
Precision
Good, and less prone to issues:
Borg Warner
Garrett
The decent, but still problematic:
Turbonetics
Precision
Good, and less prone to issues:
Borg Warner
Garrett
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Its all what you want to spend. If your budget minded and dont mind rebuilding it or replacing eventually then its not terrible. But if you can swing it and buy genuine garrett or whoever do it. I did the ebay turbo as a placeholder till i could purchase a nice genuine turbo and here it lasted over 3 years.
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Why go with an ebay turbo? It could fall apart and destroy everything. Ask all the twin turbo LS1 guys that bought the AGP kit with china made turbos...
Hell find a used K04 before that or a s/c kit. Hell im selling a K04/manifold/chargepiping/bpv for about the price of a ebay turbo and charge piping anyway. (shameless plug)
Not sure what year/model car you have but your money is best spent elsewhere. There are things you just do not want to cheap out on. This is one of them.
Hell find a used K04 before that or a s/c kit. Hell im selling a K04/manifold/chargepiping/bpv for about the price of a ebay turbo and charge piping anyway. (shameless plug)
Not sure what year/model car you have but your money is best spent elsewhere. There are things you just do not want to cheap out on. This is one of them.
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i have a rebuilt precision turbo, thats about to be in a pile of crap, so i need a replacement for now. but even with a branded turbo the possiblity of it crapping is almost as high as taking a chance with an ebay turbo..
if i go and buy this, im probably gonna run 10 lbs of boost.
if i go and buy this, im probably gonna run 10 lbs of boost.
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