I searched this already but I wanted to see if anyone had any recent particular experience buying from this guy or had any feedback that might be useful

It's not a 'ebay brand turbo'. It says it's for a Garrett....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW

 

xs power = ssautoshit = stone mountain racing = "ebay" brand turbo
all their **** has Garrett in the title, sorry I hate how they clutter up ebay when I'm looking for real ****

Edit... I've read very bad things ex. (chinese made;glued together, failed seals,etc) and a couple good things about them, to me its not worth it. I'm saving up even if I have to buy used its better then ssac.




Modified by Banned in D.C. at 1:45 AM 6/27/2006

 

cool, its $300 cheaper than the next competitor so I was thinking with common sense....I was just hoping common sense was wrong : )

 

i dont like ebay car stuff.. its soo sketchy... doesn't matter if its HKS or greddy... unless you see it in person first.. i wouldn't dare buy from there. I read his feedback.. it looks alright... but personally i reather spend a few extra hundred bucks and grab everything myself locally or from a known dealer.

I was recently in Japan and then hong kong and china... you will not believe how good they are at copying things... i couldn't even tell until my cousin told me.

Good luck

 

that is not a garrett and that appears to be a 'B' compressor housing not 'E" good luck.

 

i bought an ebay EVO III 16g turbo. it lasted, no joke, 24 miles. do yourself a favor and buy a real one.

 

hahahhaahahaha....ow

Man, I'm still sore from my car accident, don't make me laugh

 

haha yeah, i actually just cleaned my intercooler and charge piping today, there were chunks of the compressor wheel in the IC after the main shaft snapped. its pretty funny, but it sucks i actually paid money for it. haha.

 

thats really fucked up calling the turbo a garrett unit..Feel sorry for the bidders that actually think they're getting garrett

 

I bought that turbo. It never actually made boost though. After it spooled a few times the seals blew out. I got it rebuilt and the only thing worth saving was the exhaust housing. Big waste of money. Suprisingly the wg still works perfectly.

 

the wastegates are nice...lol EXACT tial replicas.....the turbos different story

 

Bought my entire turbo kit from a turbonetics dealer on ebay. The kit on their site is 3500~ or so. Bought it on ebay for 2956. Kit looks great, real turbonetics charger and a FAT fmic.

It's a risk for sure but I wouldnt put it on your car if you didnt feel good about it.

 

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I don't want this to explode into a flame fest, but this is the main reason why everyone hates ebay/ssac/stone mt. racing/etc. They just read, without any real experience around the product. Don't get me wrong, they sell some pure **** on ebay, but alot of it is just hear-say bullshit.

It's just like that dumbass that installed his omni-power camber plates upside down and made a thread when they broke. People do stupid things with the stuff that they buy, and then they try to say it was a product fault. The picture circulating the internet of an SSAC turbo compressor housing that is cracked in half clearly exposing glue, is the result of the guy dropping the turbo. In no way does that justify the glue, but if you drop a turbo from waist high, there is a very good chance that something is going to break.

no offense to the guy I quoted, I was just using an example.

 

i know about 4 or 5 people here with those turbo's they are all running strong the only one had a prob but it was from metal in the oil from his motor...i don't know what i think about them it's a big debate on this forum. i'm in the market for a turbo to....

 

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how about this .. i've tested one in person .. it spun 270 degrees and got stuck cuz it scraped and hit the compressor housing .... JUNK ...

 

man i know i've heard it on here hundred's of time's but then i've seen them work, these cars are nothing crazy either like 10psi at the most more the likely i'm going to do it right suck up and spend the money

 

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What spun 270 degrees? Elaborate..

How about this..I'm friends with a guy who has used both an SSAC Super T70 and an SSAC TO4E .63/.84 on a few different setups and didn't have an issue with either one.

 

Well my experience with SSAC/xspower was one completely brand new, yet garbage turbo, a wg which still works fine (boosted 7psi for 6 months) and manifold I additionally ported and braced which, also works just fine. Still, I am replacing those items just for the peace of mind. If you think the discount is worth the risk then go for it.

 

Well if u think its cheap, go for it.. U pay for what u get.. It only bite u in the *** later on.. Good Luck..

 

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No offence taken, if I could find it there is a site where a guy did a 10k test on one of thier kits and had really no problems.

User error probably has alot to do w/ thier rep
I like to pay for peace of mind on my DD, if it wasn't my only car I might give them a shot.....?

 

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Yeah I definitely understand what you mean man

 

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If I read of more than 1 person having the most awful experience with a product, it tells me I don't need to waste my money on it. This is even more true when the product(s) in question are known to be cheap knockoffs.

Saving money is awesome, but if it comes with even the smallest chance the product is going to decentigrate... then count me out.

 

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Yeah, but thats what I'm talking about.

Would you rather read 10 stories of people who have actually owned and used the product, or would you rather read 1 story of someone who has actually used it, and 9 other honda-tech ******** that just say bad things about the product because everyone else does?

 

You're definitely right about the "i knew a guy" or "my buddy" reviews.

It's up to each individual what they take into consideration. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who aren't bright enough to consider the source.

 

http://www.spdweb.net/index.ph...art=0

Install starts on the second page

This is the link I was talking about earlier using a ssac kit w/ a xs power turbo, the few problems he had don't seem too bad, considering how little these kits go for.

O.K. I'm done trying to tell myself ssac really isnt that bad