What Is A Blown Hi-Flow Worth

[mr-r33]

hi guys have a blown Hi-flow turbo (has up and down shaft play no in and out play and was blowing smoke but has stoped after unblocking rocker cover breather from last owner) what is it worth??

[W0rp3D]

Depends what it is, does it have a vg30 rear? adjustable wastegate? ball bearing or bush bearing? who made it and when? how big is the front on it?

once you have worked all of that out you can find out what it is worth in good condition then make a couple of calls to find out how much to rebuild and from there you can work out how much it is worth in its current condition, maybe only worth the value of the vg30 rear housing, if it has up and down shaft play the front and rear wheels may also be screwed then its worth very little.

[mr-r33]

Depends what it is, does it have a vg30 rear? adjustable wastegate? ball bearing or bush bearing? who made it and when? how big is the front on it?

once you have worked all of that out you can find out what it is worth in good condition then make a couple of calls to find out how much to rebuild and from there you can work out how much it is worth in its current condition, maybe only worth the value of the vg30 rear housing, if it has up and down shaft play the front and rear wheels may also be screwed then its worth very little.

it looks like a hypergear one no adjustable wastegate fines on compressor are ok there not bent in anyway and i would say it has a garett cartidge

and is there anyway to tell a VG30 rear?? it looks like a stock R33 turbo just hi-flowed

[W0rp3D]

Some will have op6 stamped on the housing there are others but I don't know what is stamped on there, a basic hypergear high flow is only about $800 I think and I got a quoted about $400 from hypergear for a basic rebuild.

[hypergear]

Generally if the turbo is performing as usual without making any sort of unusual sound then it is ok.

When breather is blocked crank case pressure forces oil to leak out of seals (including turbo seals).

The bearing clearance is about 1mm side to side and 10 thou in and out, So it will feels as a little play. That goes away under pressurized oil.