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G,day people now im interested i know theres olot of people out there running generic turbos rather then the trusty good old garrett! im going over cheap ebay turbos etc and etc and for the bang for my buck some of these cheap $600 hybrid things look so tempting can anyone help me out and point me in the right direction...! see i only use my r33 for drift use for the track decided the gian alil power yet have no knowlegde about this cheap nasty things

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I have heard of people getting good results from them and I've also read about people who have had the cheap ones shit themselves very quickly. Sort of a lucky draw type affair.

As always, Name brand turbos that lots of people use are costly for a reason...they are proven time and time again to do exactly the job they are said too do.

I have heard of people getting good results from them and I've also read about people who have had the cheap ones shit themselves very quickly. Sort of a lucky draw type affair.

As always, Name brand turbos that lots of people use are costly for a reason...they are proven time and time again to do exactly the job they are said too do.

yeah thats the hard part iv also heard people picking the short straw with a bung unheard of turbo..! and then again people getting great resaults from a ebay turbo lol

best bet is to go for something with results to back it up. ebay is for second hand goods and the like, not for selling shit you couldnt sell in a shop.

we all know those turbos are bad, and you have to be lucky to get one that doesnt shit itself in a hurry.

just buy a garrett or get a hiflow done.

Do NOT get a eBay turbo. What would you prefer? Having to replace your turbo everytime you boost it or spend a bit more and know it's not going to break. My mate made that mistake. The turbo blew up on the dyno while it was getting tuned. So probably had 50km on it. Then he got a Garret. Wasted $600

Always Turbonetics, A'PEXI, Blitz, Trust and a bunch more if you just have a thing against Garrett :blush:

But as far as ebay Turbos think of it this way, 600 bucks for the Turbo on the off chance its one of decent build. But if its like most of them than $600 or the turbo and if it shits itself well enough a wallet killing amount for the rebuild and then another Turbo.

From what ive seen the results are never great, they might make 250rwkw but they dont come onto boost until 5000rpm..and do you think that they will last 15-20 years like the garretts, KKK's, MHI, IHI etc turbos do.

Nor can you get parts for the cheapies if a seal lets go or a comp wheel gets chipped etc.

Id rather pay 2k for a decent trust turbo now and know that in 10years i can rebuild it for 120 bucks rather than buy a 120 buck turbo 10 times

no matter what we tell you, you will keep going for the cheap turbocharger on ebay

so go for it

any turbocharger sub $600 is junk, lots of mangle work to make it fit, non ball bearing, oil cooled, custom everything to make it fit, poor response etc

for you, im thinking hypergear.. you seem rather cost focused, bang for buck. Hypergear sells a good product and gets the results to match.

Have a look at his list, I think he can set you up something 250kw capable for about 1400 or so and bolts back onto your stock position etc.

For a cheap reliable turbo I'll be voting for Hypergear too. Mine's pulling 300rwkws full boost at 4500RPM and I thrash the crap out of it every day no problem at all. Plus all your stock lines, manifold and dump bolts up.

Edited by kwickr33
For a cheap reliable turbo I'll be voting for Hypergear too. Mine's pulling 300rwkws full boost at 4500RPM and I thrash the crap out of it every day no problem at all. Plus all your stock lines, manifold and dump bolts up.

What are the specs of yours again? Im at a loss finding what one your running

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