dk=gsr

agreed with Bseriescivic5 man. its ebay junk but makes power just like all other turbos. why i have a gt35R ebay turbo on my setup. made 370-380hp on my buddies type R at 14-15ish psi. spinning at the dyno too, don't know how though. LOL. turbo is piecing together nicely, still in the progress.

phat00civic

This question reminds me of those who wish they could have their BOV go off while at idle..

m3tech95

one overlooked question is, was the garrett turbo u took off the car dual Ball bearing? if so then theres your answer right there... BB turbos will always spin at idle.....ebay turbos (The one u put on) is probably a non bb.... after the car warms up u should begin to see it spin at idle sometimes it takes a little while for the oil feed to circulate....if it doesnt who cares as long as it performs under load that shouldnt matter whatsoever...

Bseriescivic5

I had a straight t3 off of a saab before on my stock b16a that thing would spin at idle and it was def. journal bearing.... but yeah who cares if it builds boost and makes power... just dont expect it to last very long.

rich7777

I think the its got something to do with the tolerances been so tight. There also may be a few high spots on the bearings what need polishing down. Give it a week or so and it will spin at idle.

93supercoupe

same with my holset.

Bseriescivic5

Its never good when a turbo needs "to get broken in" to spin right at idle... hahah..... I remember with my old garrett t3 super 60 I could damn near get that thing to build boost revving it under no load.... hahaha small little buggers

jv88_dc2

Changed out the garrett for personal reasons. If you must know, it belonged to my once good friend, things went sour and it was returned. Had the eBay laying around and needed the car to run.

And yes, eBay turbos are junk, it's not gonna last, blah blah blah, that wasn't why I created this thread.

If you'd like, you're more than welcomed to donate me a nice, good quality turbo. I run what I have, I don't spend money I don't have, plain and simple.

jv88_dc2

The Garrett was not ball bearing and even at OPerating temperature the t3 didn't didn't spool. Just thought it was weird. Bottom line is, I'm happy with the way the car currently performs. No smoke, nice and realiable.

LightningTeg

This shouldnt happen. If you dont have the money to do it "right" dont do it. I was a broke college student (still am lol) and I saved my pennies for 2 years before I could afford my turbo build. But I spent the money where it needed to be.

My buddy went the ebay route and I swear its a new problem every day.

dk=gsr

everyone has their reasons why they went the route they did. some for budget, some for better quality, some just because they want too, but all turbos go out sooner or later.

DeezyDshelbyNC

got a jdm t3 from ebay....at least its not chinese lol

Jimmynitro

I've honestly never seen a turbo that didn't spin on idle, somethings weird with this, is it missing like all the turbine blades or what?

T.M.F.T

what rpm is the car idleing at,maybe be that could be a factor

K7-1Ktrevor

I had a t bird turbo that didn't spin at idle on my old mini me thought it was odd but didn't care that much either.

as for the ebay vs real turbo debate Ill put it like this, If I can jack off to free **** on line and I can get off to it then why would I pay money for a online subscription to some other website when its essentially doing the same thing. lol.

the only time that I really see that you need to go with a real turbo is after 330whp or so since most of the ebay turbos Iv seen run out of breath after that. the cars I put together are always stock bottom ends so I don't have a need for over 300whp. if I wanted to put alot of money into a car my first pick wouldn't be a honda.

ekcoupeh22

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It's an eBay turbo do really expect them all to work fine? There is a reason there only 150 bucks

SiRCiviC94

They dont spin at idle

Judge Owens

my AiResearch turbo doesn't spin at idle either, its an oldie with thrust bearings. Same as other cheap trubos. Ball-bearing is the way to go.

wantboost

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All turbos have thrust bearings....

Why did you bumo this old pointless thread