i want to put a turbo in my em2 d17 and found this one on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...27106 u think this will work on my car??

 

Will it fit? Yes.
Is it a good kit? No.

http://www.dezod.com for a decent turbo kit.

 

why not??

 

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Mostly?

No name parts, cheap apperance, costs less than 1,000 bucks, and non-custom ANYTHING except the cheap knockoff HKS look-a-like manifold.

 

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Expect the bearings in the turbo to go after about 500miles, expect the manifold itself to crack due to poor welding techniques, expect the blow off valve to seize after about 14psi, and expect leaks in the intercooler. Need any more reasons?

 

wow we need a turbo faq about this...ive seen wayyy to many threads about hey i wanna go turbo check out this one on ebay i found!...lame...


quit pussyfooting around...if you wanna go boost its gonna cost you...

 

Yeah definatly costs to go boost I just bought my turbo, manifold, bov, wastegate, and intercooler and so far I have spent right around 1200 dollars

thats my t3 garrett/ turbo xs hrfl bov/ manifold I picked up from nopi

 

well you get wat you pay for, you wanna have crapy turbo to blow your head and bend ur valves, bend rods?? The manifold is most likely gonna break. Ebay turbo kits are about as reliabal as used condom

 

hey bro go with a sf kit. you can find em used or almost new. there the best for our cars..

 

AR_Motorsports good luck with that OBX Manifold, i hear those are POS's

 

its not a obx it is NOPI's brand which is "Number 1" if I am not mistaken

 

Which makes it, all the more, a piece of garbage.

 

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of course, you could tell from that one picture.

the OBX one doesn't clear the radiator support, if this one does, it should hold up, never heard of that nopi brand, might be a rebadged OBX. there's nothing wrong with the OBX except that it doesn't fit without cutting.

 

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of course, you could tell from that one picture.

the OBX one doesn't clear the radiator support, if this one does, it should hold up, never heard of that nopi brand, might be a rebadged OBX. there's nothing wrong with the OBX except that it doesn't fit without cutting.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well considering I have seen "Number 1" stuff up close... that would be based of my opinion.

 

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of course, you could tell from that one picture.

the OBX one doesn't clear the radiator support, if this one does, it should hold up, never heard of that nopi brand, might be a rebadged OBX. there's nothing wrong with the OBX except that it doesn't fit without cutting.</TD></TR></TABLE>

That and their welds are notorious for cracking.

 

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That and their welds are notorious for cracking.</TD></TR></TABLE>

modex coming soon

 

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Oh snap!

 

yep, watch out

 

well since i alredy put some pics on here I figured I would jus throw these up instead of starting a new thread

 

i hope you know those red coated air research turbos are rebuilt turbos being sold on ebay, but air rersearch/garrett is good stuff, but the rebuild could be sucky...

and atleast you have a tial wg, but damn that manifold is shittacular and the fmic looks like a knockoff also...good luck...you get what you pay for

 

might be a knock off might not be -but my friend and I went over the welds and they all seem very solid so I think it will do just fine... and atleast it isn't an OBX which i think would be worse...but thanks for your concern

 

xs power fmic's are alright..

to be honest i everything will be alright, but i still am really really iffy about that manifold...ive heard horror stories...

if you wanna stick with it, weld some more support brackets on it atleast

 

thanks man I will prolly do that and for sure hope your set up turns out ok keep me up-dated you might find something i missed when doing your set or vice-versa ya know

 

mmm no, mines a complete kit that has been on another d17 before, im just adding stuff...