garrett turbo s r made in china now......
we just send back two brand new ones
one didn t want to spin seems like parking brakes r on.
the other has so much shaft play the blades r scrapping the housing

 

I heard they were made in china now... just didn't know they really were..

 

China is a BIG country. Just because there is the possibility that Garrett may have had some production facilities in one area, doesn't mean its next door to the chincy-made crap. Different facilities have different standards using the same workers. I don't like it myself, but I'm also realistic as to how some of these things work.

 

no ebay kit pls

 

i hear good stuff about godspeed. i also had a cxracing turbo that lasted 15k miles at 17psi

 

i made 386@ 20psi ebay 50trim

 

If you can't afford to turbo it right, then you won't be able to afford a rebuild if it detonates or boost spikes. Things happen, and if you don't have the money to fix it you shouldn't do it to begin with.

 

I have a 94 civic and im planning on buying a ebay turbo kit its not that there cheap cuz 6 or 7 hundro isn't cheap for me lol ya know, im gonna run about 5 psi just to be safe and change some little things and work my way up to pistons and eagle rods. but i say go for it

 

I ran 11.7 on a ebay kit. turbo went out after 3k miles or so. Iv also had the same ebay turbo before and it lasted over a year and a half. now Im going with a garrett unit and hoping for a little more power.

if you do go ebay get a oil restrictor for the turbo and cast iron mani not one of the cheesy tubular manifolds.

 

totally agree with you. thats why when I went with my kit I did it cheap to have money to fix it if needed. if I had an expensive kit and things went wrong IDK what I would do.

 

6 or 7 hundred is cheap if you can barely afford that how are you going to afford to fix it when it takes a **** on you? i know first hand that they blow.... yes you can prob get away with the intercooler piping, BOV, and th ecast log mani but i wouldnt mess around with the turbos and Wastegates

your better off saving up and having a high compression n/a motor

 

To me ebay is the wat to fuucckking go know way end hell ill ever pay 4 grand or even 3 for a turbo kit.Best thing to o is to Just piece one together.!!!!!!!!

 

The intercooler piping, BOV, and the cast log mani is all good just butba new turbo and a new w/g and your good to go.

 

"budget" and modifying a 4 cylinder do not go together. "budget" and all motor REALLY does not go together.

 

hey i was on budget and my lil crx it banging with a turbo kit off ebay all i did was but a new turbo and wastgate and im was good.im going to change the mani soon allso but tell then ill be rollin with the long mani.

 

I disagree. budget and knowledge and know how can make things work. if you do all the work your self and get cheap parts it really isn't hard to put together a somewhat fast car for cheap.

 

I have a chinacharger from EBAY, the 50 trim t3/4, it works very well, does 15 psi and accelerates with plenty of power.

Mine, when it is on idle will spin and if you turn the car off it will keep on spinning for a while. One thing is you must install the restrictor, the ebay turbo does not like too much pressure.

When I received my turbo kit I used everything, knock off BOV, wastegate, 15 dollar manual boost controller, aluminum radiator and fan, BUT one thing I threw away was the turbo oil feed line. I did buy a good custom made hydraulic line from a truck machine shop, in fact they even tested the ebay oil line and straight up told me that it was junk.

I think ebay kits are reliable, another thing is watch out for cracked manifolds, so sometimes it is a good idea to have a support brace under the turbo, weld it or whatever so when there is a lot of heat the manifold doe not carry the weight.

 

what do you think im sayin bro that what i did and im good with it the only thing i changed was my w/g and turbo.

 

Yeah your right the turbo oil feed lines, are trash but to me everything els is good to go.ill never but a 1,000 dollars turbo, not even one that 500 if i can get one for 220 bucks i can care less about bb turbos.

 

Mine I even opened up the complete turbo, and you know they say you must mount it back the same way as it is balanced bla bla bla, I put everything back and the turbo runs good.

 

[QUOTE=GrizzlyMan;42073809]Mine I even opened up the complete turbo, and you know they say you must mount it back the same way as it is balanced bla bla bla, I put everything back and the turbo runs good.[/Qi stript my bolts holes on my compressor side and my turbo still runs good.lol

 

i have a ebay kit on my car, i just have to say oil restrictor. im running 550 and ive tuned it myself and still running strong after 6 months besides the turbo smoking

 

T his is the turbo. im runing on my car its the best one i have found on ebay by far and im sticking with it.*** long *** they stay that price ill never buy a name brand turbo.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/T3T4-...item5886508919

 

I bought mine from Ilovetacotaco, I think they usually run like 150.00.

Here is a video clip at 14/15 psi...

Click here for video

 

if you know that the hell you doing ebay kits last as long as any other kit.close thread.