20yrsToMidnight

Ok heres the story.. my good ole garret finally let go a few weeks ago. I have a friend who is pieceing together a turbo kit for his 240sx and has a cheap turbo that he bought off ebay... he figured it should last alittle bit and said "oh well its only 200 dollars".. I put it on my car to test it out and though maybe it would last long enough until I found a REAL turbo. This is what happened after 20 miles of driving and 3 PULLS!!! not even hard pulls either just a little bit in 3rd and 4th. The ******* shaft bent and the whole turbo seized and starting shooting smoke and oil out of my exhaust. It was a bigger turbo (57trim) then my old garrett and the couple pulls i made it actually pulled really damn hard.

What a piece of ****.. this was only 20 MILES!! If you want a turbo to last 20 miles then go ahead and pick yourself a BRAND NEW one on egay for 200 bones.
I am now looking for a new or used turbo, if anyones got one let me know.





Modified by 20yrsToMidnight at 11:11 PM 8/23/2006

mrbsponge

XS power strikes again

20yrsToMidnight

It wasnt an xspower one but im sure they are all the same=****

reactiondc2

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 20yrsToMidnight &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It wasnt an xspower one but im sure they are all the same=****</TD></TR></TABLE>i dunno about that...my friend has an ebay turbo on his car and he is trapping 130+ in the quarter in a full weight ek hatch with zero problems for a while now

nsxmatt

So you got a turbo second hand from someone who got it off Ebay and threw it on your car untuned and boosted it correct?

Running925

even your normal ebay turbo & the **** that ssac sells would last longer than that. You either did something seriously wrong or there was some major problems with that turbo prior to you installing it.

reactiondc2

is it possible that you may have an oil feed problem...it looks like you have blown 2 turbos in a very short amount of time

Weq

ive seen these turbos die on the first pull on a dyno...

Muckman

iTrader: (2)

Yup my friend blew up a Evo3 Big 16G off Egay in 50 miles. Cheap chinese junk. I wonder how these guys have such good ratings.

Attaus

Don't most of those knock-offs use Garrett wheels/shafts?

Those turbos aren't that cheap.. they may not last a year or two, but it damn well better last longer than 20 miles. I think it might be a problem with the setup.

Several people on here have run SSAC/XS P turbos at 9-12 psi for 9-12 months without problems..

The quality isn't great, don't get me wrong, but the whole company was overhauled a while back and the quality improved somewhat. Still not highly recommended, but wth.

DPSJosh

You can only leave feedback up to 30 days after the auction. 90% of all people get the turbo, see that it doesn't have shaft play and that it's new and they'll leave feedback. A few weeks later, they get it on their car, blow it up, but already left feedback, or ran out of time.

wantboost

iTrader: (2)

looks like the compressor nut backed off and the shaft pulled out of the housing

20yrsToMidnight

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DPSJosh &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You can only leave feedback up to 30 days after the auction. 90% of all people get the turbo, see that it doesn't have shaft play and that it's new and they'll leave feedback. A few weeks later, they get it on their car, blow it up, but already left feedback, or ran out of time.</TD></TR></TABLE>

This is correct, and no my setup is fine.. i ran a slightly smaller garrett for a few years.. chrome tuned... IT WAS JUST A PIECE OF ****. made with very low quality parts

pgmatt

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wantboost &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks like the compressor nut backed off and the shaft pulled out of the housing</TD></TR></TABLE>

Def.That has happened on a couple ebay turbos.This is why when i get a knock off part i double check the assembly as alot of the earlier wategates had diaphrams improperly installed,loose bolts etc.

turbociviccoupe

holy **** thats a bad turbo

YiNYaNg

Who was the seller?

b18a1ef9

damnn.

B18C Turbo

thats no XS power turbo nor is it from SSautochrome. There are no stamped numbers on the turboflanges like the one in your pictures.

Ex Member

Thats not a SSAC turbo . Ive ran a SSAC turbo with no problems.

Boostage

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Attaus &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Don't most of those knock-offs use Garrett wheels/shafts?

Those turbos aren't that cheap.. they may not last a year or two, but it damn well better last longer than 20 miles. I think it might be a problem with the setup.

Several people on here have run SSAC/XS P turbos at 9-12 psi for 9-12 months without problems..

The quality isn't great, don't get me wrong, but the whole company was overhauled a while back and the quality improved somewhat. Still not highly recommended, but wth.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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DfwBB6

awful turbo

Flashmn

How the heck do you bend the shaft like that by driving, never seen it before

boosted94cx

all you gotta do is order an ebay turbo, send it to blaast for a garrett rebuild......and bam, perfectly fine new turbo for under $500

hondamike.com

ebay junk

swappedcx

or you get a true garrett t3/t4, for $575 shipped and dont have to worry about the bullshit.