kcaalarcon

i was looking at getting a turbo kit off ebay and i was just wondering what kinda life expectency i should have for it

project89

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dont buy an ebay turbo kit,i.e one that comes with everything
most of the tsuff is junk and u can buy the pieces seperatly for less

oil lines, rs style bovs , oil coolers and turbo timers are all crap
the piping kits and intercoolers are fine so are the reinforced couplers and t bolt clamps

some of the turbos u need to stay away from but for the most part

the t3/t4 hybrids are great turbos ive had these last over 6 years on a dialy driver
the the gt45 turbo has a great reputation
the gt35 turbos are so so , dont buy one if it has oil and water cooling , the plain old oil cooled ones are fine

the majority of the turbos labeled t61 and t70's are typically no more then the t3/t4 hybrids the chances of it actually being a t61 or t70 spec turbo is very slim


most of the wastegates are ok

the rfl bov is the best out of all of them

if u tell me what u plan on putting the stuff on i can give u a better odea of the decent stuff to buy

blue birdy 87

You'l get more help if you post a link to it

kcaalarcon

i dont have any spicific turbo kit picked out but i was kinda looking a a twin t04e tubo setup. and im building a turbo tbi 4.3 262 v6 with meth injection

project89

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so basically u just want the turbos wastegates and intercooler then

for turbos pick up a pair of the 118$ ebay t3/t4 turbos
a pair of ebay tial style 38mm wastegates about 50 bucks each
a single rfl style bov about 40 bucks

and whatever intercooler best fits were u have room to mount it

do not buy ebay oil line kits they are garbage and will leak
instead buy fragolo pushlock fittings and parker pushloc hose off ebay
i can get u links if needed

kcaalarcon

i could honestly care less about most of the stuff in the kits, i was mainly just looking for the turbo, intercooler, bov and that kinda stuff. and links would be realy tight

project89

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ill get u links to the good stuff in a lil while

kcaalarcon

thanx

kcaalarcon

is it ligit to have just 1 bov if you have twins

project89

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2 of these
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honda-Mitsub...9d83e4&vxp=mtr
2 of these
http://www.ebay.com/itm/38MM-VR-STYL...4c891b&vxp=mtr
1 of these
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TYPE-H-RFL-R...63e88b&vxp=mtr

fasteddi

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Just wanted to add Ive put well over 1k miles on my $118 Ebay turbo now and it works good for me, I do plan to get a really nice one in time. But a ebay turbo will work well and believe me Ive beaten the living crap out of mine and it likes it.

project89

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do u still have the link i gave u to the 118$ ones i couldnt find them on ebay for him but i only did a really quick search

and the 118$ ones are 57 mm instead of 48-50mm so they support a bunch mor epower

fasteddi

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I think this is it..... But the $ went up.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/T3-T4-T04E-T...item4cefdb413e

project89

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yeah that is the right link, seller must have relized the turbos were larger then he was advertising and decided to charge a lil more for them

to the original poster either the turbos i linked or the ones fast eddi linked are good ones

the only difference is the one fasteddi linked has a lil larger compresor wheel so they will support more power and should be a lilmore efficiant on the 4.3

i am using 2 of those exact turbos on my twin turbo iroc with a 355

cypris09

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I use those same one, though im still in the build stage (finishing up full exhaust) i have moved the car around with no issues. Oh and you can get most of you flanges cheaper on ebay vs summit. Just fyi

fasteddi

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Im probly just a cheep skate, but I bought almost every last part from ebay. They have some decent stuff if you shop right.