I'm going with a slightly larger budget build but nothing crazy. I'm going to go with a full Ebay kit but I will replace the turbocharger.
The engine will be a Vitara/eagle D16y7. I'm not looking to make 350+whp like most people. Just a little more umph. What is a decent turbo to go with that wont cost me more than a grand?

Thanks for the help.

 

Talk to theshodan. He can build you pretty much anything to meet your needs and budget

 

As in just replacing parts from the China turbo for better parts?

 

I think he's probably talking using the tubing and such from the kit, but buying like a Garrett or Turbonetics or something else good quality.

I don't know a lot about turbos, but I know you can find Garrets for a reasonable price used, and rebuild kits are like $100.

 

I mean regardless. I'll be beating the **** out of the car. So I want somewhat reliability out of the turbocharger itself seeing that it will be expensive to just go through them.

 

http://www.spoolinperformance.com/ga...trim-p-32.html

Excellent choice for what you want.

 

Nice. I like that I can choose my A/R on that turbocharger and what it can support. Looks good. Thanks for the insight, fellas.

 

Advice: don't get the eBay kit in the first place.

If you want the china stuff, get an eBay charge pipe kit, cast manifold, and IC. Go with a real non-china wastegate and (like you already intend) turbo. I'm not a big fan of rebuilding someone else's supposedly rebuildable core, or buying someone else's supposedly good turbo. Most people don't know a bad turbo when it fills their IC full of oil, because they are idiots.

 

I understand where you are coming from. I'm just looking to build this as a fun daily while I have something else in the garage.

I do know, not from personal experience, that the eBay manifolds are thin walled, but I'm trying to do what I can with what I got. There are log style manifolds for cheap though. The only down fall is the looks of it, haha.
Thank you for your advice, sir.

 

Gt2871R!!!!

 

That's a good size. A disco potato is more expensive than that Spoolin Performance T3/T04e. More so a toss up.

 

Do yourself a favor and dont buy the ebay kit. If you dont want the parts that come in it, you're going to have a hard time when you try and re-sell the ebay turbo and wastegate and all the useless clamps and valves that come with it. I use the knockoff bov, fmic, turbo, and charge piping, but the rest is trash.

 

Looks like I'll just get myself an intercooler kit then huh? I don't want to skimp out on the important things ( turbo, wastegate, fuel). I really appreciate the insight guys. Keep the opinions/facts coming.

 

1) Fielding a turbo toy as a daily driver is often a complete disaster, between down time and teething problems and extra maintainence... and in your case part quality if you try to lean too far into the cheap eBay or used parts market for certain aspects of your build. I recommend making your turbo car your toy, not your daily. You will enjoy it much more.

2) Thin walled = crackalicious tubular junk. I did not say tubular junk failure manifolds, I said cast manifold which are neither thin nor prone to cracking (the B/D series variants currently out, anyway, china will mess them up just like they did the OBX LSD in the fullness of time). They are also cheaper than a log manifold.

 

Got ya.