turbo kit on e-bay $475

[AK-Z]

Are you guys nutts?

 

"LAST ABOUT 20,000 MILES BEFORE NEEDING A REBUILD"

 

you guys will be changing your turbo-charger every 4 - 6 oil changes.

you guys will be changing your turbo-charger 3 times for every 1 spark plug change.

 

there are cars that have turbos that could use a clean-up, but don't even need a rebuild @ 150,000 miles.

 

20,000 is a joke. Probably doesn't even have bearings, nevermind journal or ball. And where would you get them at that point anyway? You can't rebuild it yourself, you'd have to bring it to a tractor/truck shop that deals with all kinds of makes and models and has mismatch parts in a bin somewhere.

You can rebuild it. Only reason I see in taking it to a shop for a rebuild is because of something being off balance, and/or the turbo in question that needs rebuilding is a "non floating bearing" turbo (ball bearing). Would be wise to do that if you mod it by changing out a compressor wheel/housing like I have, but I'm cheap

 

Yes 20,000 miles is a joke. From what I can tell, seals starting to go and starts leaking, or something catastrophically goes wrong, like the compressor wheel shattering.

 

IIRC bigphil you rebuilt your holset, correct?

[tonycharger72]

I purchased a Chinese hand grenade (Was called a T3/T4 hybrid) and strapped it to the side of an N/A RB30 and it went fine, manifold, turbo and wastegate cost me $500AUD and all were new,

 

Ran the car for about 5-10,000km's without any drama's, besides burning the paint on my bonnet !

 

If you are going to buy an EBAY turbo with some strange name, I would avoid purchasing the ones that cost 75-90% of the price of a brand new Garrett - there are a few of those on EBAY AUST - that seems pointless to me!

 

I have heard lots of similar to stories to my personal experience!

[Careless]

You can rebuild it. Only reason I see in taking it to a shop for a rebuild is because of something being off balance, and/or the turbo in question that needs rebuilding is a "non floating bearing" turbo (ball bearing). Would be wise to do that if you mod it by changing out a compressor wheel/housing like I have, but I'm cheap

 

Yes 20,000 miles is a joke. From what I can tell, seals starting to go and starts leaking, or something catastrophically goes wrong, like the compressor wheel shattering.

 

IIRC bigphil you rebuilt your holset, correct?

 

you can rebuild any turbo. i had my z31 turbo rebuilt. the point is that you'll be rebuilding it more often than you should... about 10 times more often.

 

I wouldn't chance that if I really cared about the engine or the car, or if the engine was a known beefy powerplant, like tony's RB30, that you could find in the junkyard, swap in a weekend, and be only 400 dollars or so out in engines, beer, and trips to the parts store.

[Careless]

also, if i did buy the turbo, the first thing I would do is take it to a turbo rebuilder and get his input on what needs changing, and probably put a different set of wheels and have the shaft inspected for pitting or manufacturing defects.

 

It would cost about 300 bucks or a little more but then you have a turbo that is worth using, in my opinion.

[WizardBlack]

also, if i did buy the turbo, the first thing I would do is take it to a turbo rebuilder and get his input on what needs changing, and probably put a different set of wheels and have the shaft inspected for pitting or manufacturing defects.

 

It would cost about 300 bucks or a little more but then you have a turbo that is worth using, in my opinion.

 

Assuming the materials themselves weren't substandard. You might end up with a whole new CHRA and machinework to straighten the housings (if they could be). In the end you would have a Precision priced turbo.