Jackieboy420

I have a 2000 civic si with a gsr b18c1 swap in it and i wanna get a turbo and idk what to get or where to get it and i saw these and was wondering if anyones had any experience with em, thanks!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/INTEG...item3cac7457ac

YARO.

Garbage. Search on here and you'll get plenty of answers why.

TheShodan

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Stay away, stay FAR away. stop looking at e-bay right now for a turbokit, and make sure you have about $2800 ready for the full setup. If not, wait, be patient, save, and get a REAL kit from a reputable company. Read the FAQs regarding "ebay turbo kits"

Jackieboy420

Idk if its just me but i suck dick at searching faq on this site lol whats it say? link maybe? sorry lol what am i doin wrong?

phelpsj2

do some research, and peice together your own kit you can do it for pretty cheap. i peiced together my own kit with alot of go -autoworks products for 2500 ish and that is including a electronic boost controller and turbo timer. so with out those and just the pure turbo kit parts its like 1900ish

TheShodan

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On the beginning of the forum. its says "STICKY:"Forced Induction FAQs

non-VTEC

the hose clamps and couplers are pretty good in that kit....that's about all...

TheShodan

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which isn't worth investing into the rest of the kit for.

chewyv

good? no
works? yes

joe111599

Damn youre pretty good! Just spent 2800.00 on the kit for my daily driver. lol.

Check the link in my sig...they have great kits. Least expensive online and great quality parts!

Schister66

They're crap...end of story. If you buy one, you'll end up replacing damn near every part in the whole kit which will cost you more in the long run. Do it right the first time

HondaRacer2k

Ebay turbokits cost quite a bit to modify and make them fit your car. Intake pipes are usually too long and need to be cut, and reflared, the intercoolers are cheap, the downpipes(if they come with it)usually need to be shortened as well. Plus the reliabilty of the turbo cannot be judged. Yes it will get you by and you can make it work, but if you are going to be putting a turbokit on a vehicle, stop being cheap, and put some money into known brand names with good reps. I'm not saying to be like me and by a precision turbo intercooler, and turbonetics ballbearing turbo, but you gotta pay to play. Do not take short cuts.

darkdc2teg

ebay turbos are garbage. They have "free floating shafts" that are all pretty much guaranteed to fail. If your going to boost the best way to go is to buy a good compleat kit like you will find on here like the "AFI" kit with a good garett ball bearing turbo or journal shaft bearing set up. They cost alil bit more (around 3k give or take for yours) but you will save yourself a lot of headache. None of the ebay turbo parts are any good. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!

Gregsteggy

I am building my own kit because the ebay kits are crap one of my buddy got one and the welds on the manifold broke in about three days we trashed the piping because my arm got tired of the hack saw I build his piping out of PVC and it works pretty good now plus I think the PVC helps displace heat better keeping the charge cooler.

LS_VTECteggy

Have an ebay turbo kit on right now, no problems just make sure you buy a good wastegate cuz the one that comes with the kit is garbage, everything else is good though

sneakysneaky

I dunno the knock off wastegates are the best part.
Everything else is garbage. The 60 dollar intercoolers
will get you by in a pinch also. The turbos I would
stay very far away from.

jetspeedz

you get what you pay for, stay away in my opinion

wantboost

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for the love of christ...

I remember when the search button was red.. I think we need to do that again, but have it flash

boostedeg302

Theres no need to even search. Just look in the facts section of this forum and you will see this discussion about halfway down the first post

sydistik

Ebay piping and couplers should be ok for a basic setup. You might be able to find a kit for your car or you can just do some custom work to the piping.
The hose clamps are hit and miss. I would get some good t-bolt clamps because worm gears suck. I blew apart 3 worm gear clamps in one tuning session with my dsm.
Not every t-bolt clamp is good quality though, so do some research.
I would never use an ebay turbo unless it was free.
Ebay bov's are junk.
Idk about ebay wastegates, but I wouldnt trust them.
Ebay manifolds are known for cracking.

Piecing together your own kit would be your best bang for your buck.

(When I refered to "ebay", I ment the cheap knock off companies. There are some quality parts sold on ebay, you just have to know what to look for.)

wantboost

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Ebay kits are good for one thing. Scrap metal...

boostedeg302

Thats not true at all... I been 11.7 with an ebay kit on a stock ls-v with low boost. Lasted for two years before the manifold cracked. I put a restrictor on the feed line and the turbo never gave me problems. Hit or miss I guess but I have never had problems...weird

91lsteg

lol i have a rev hard mani,knock off greddy bov,knock off tial wastegate(8lb)spring,ebay piping/intercooler. cheap 50 trim turbo. chipped obd0 ecu IN A 90RT AWD 6SP WAGON.
and i walked a mild built gsr/b16trans swapped eg hatch, fri night.
MAYB JUNK but they work for low cost non-the-less.

kouvang706

What about Treadstone turbo kits? They look afforable and i have not seen a bad review about them yet. www.treadstoneperformance.com