i was wondering if anyone has bought or is currently using one of those cheap turbo off of ebay. For a brand new t3/t4, it is going for about $250. Some of them even come with a 1 year warranty. I am on a budget build for my b18b1, and the price is hard to resist. Just need to know if its worth it.

 

Worth it, well do you like to gamble ?

 

No!

 

I got one really cheap from a guy when it started leaking oil past the seals after three days of use. I sent it off to http://www.blaastperformance.c...build to get it fixed for $250, so I'll see how it works. From what I've seen and heard, the cheap ebay turbos are basically a coin toss as to whether it will work right or not.

 

i know a guy that runs 10.8@138 on one of the t70 ssautochrome ones...it dumps oil though..

 

try to search yesterday i seen three topics on the same subject.

 

god damn i'm sick of these threads!!!


Get a real turbo or shut the expletive up!!

 

damn I didn't know that there is a place the rebuilds these ******* with better parts.

 

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I wish somebody would!!

 

if you dont like the thread, then dont click on it. and especially dont post!

 

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After 329 posts you would think you would know better tho!

 

nothing wrong with ssac turbos, as long as you run a oil restrictor they will last a good bit. besides... the price you would pay for one quality turbo that could fail just as fast you could of have bought 3-5 ebay turbos. so why not give it a shot?

check my past post search my name and look for my ssac turbo post... alot of good usefull post in that thread.

 

some of u mother f**kers are funny with ur we know it all but never tested just herd crap. don't matter what brand turbo u buy it all comes down to do u really know what ur doing cuz the same troubles u get with a cheap turbo also happens to an over the price turbo. just that some of you don't want to admitt it cuz 98% of the time it's something you did wrong to ur setup/tune, and then want to plaim it on a cheap part to show ur ignorance based on ur weak knowledge and commen since on doing thing right. i've installed and tune tons of these kits and the only true fact about the product is pay for a really good turbo manifold cuz theirs is not strong. any problems i've seen with these turbo and name brand is when customers done something wrong to there setup such as increasing extreme amount of boost on a really small exhaust or pushing the turbo out of it boost effenciency range or clog oil/return lines, improper cooling setup, poor design manifolds with the turbo housing vibrating against the engine block causing bolts to loosen and housing to crack. there a list of **** u people do wrong with any of these name brand kits. commen since is most people's flaw when setting up and installing these kit and **** goes wrong.

 

blah blah blah......personally i go with proven performance and companies that back up there stuff 100% if u feel comfortable using those kits GO AHEAD your money, your struggles


Modified by DfwBB6 at 12:16 PM 1/24/2007

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vtec-adykt &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you dont like the thread, then dont click on it. and especially dont post!</TD></TR></TABLE>or you could use the search button, then there would be no need to even make this thread

oh, lookie! like 5 threads down...

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1730931

 

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you = tool
/yourself

its called the search b utton... big red thing in the top right corner. hell i figured an 04 member would know where the f uck it was

 

Geez SSAC has turned to be such a douche-fest

 

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oh, lookie! like 5 threads down...

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1730931</TD></TR></TABLE>


thanks for linking my thread

 

This one helps, sometimes...
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1749857

 

<FONT SIZE="5">meaby we should have a ******* sticky threat on top of this section with ebay turbos and how much of a junk they are </FONT>

 

you get what you pay for. this is getting so annoying, i haven't seen a decent tech related thread in awhile

 

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have u tried one personaly?