Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 09:23 pm, by: James Harris(Haro)
this has been done before.
You will get the usual "you get what you pay for" comments.
But i reckon just as long as you are not expecting HUGE power from these things are simply running them as a replacement of your twins and not push them too hard (if at all)... they may just perform ok.
Just remember labor is expensive and so are all the oil/water fittings.....
Would be a good idea to run a simple SAFC also with one of these i reckon.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 09:25 pm, by: James Harris(Haro)
oh and i used to have a wastegate that looked like that one (from just jap/crap) and it didnt work... so my turbo kept overboosting on the dyno when i was trying to get it tuned... turned out to be a very expensive excercise as i had to change to a TIAL wastegate ... labour costs killed me.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 10:59 pm, by: Maurice Diggler(Mau_rice)
Personally, I'd get a Hypergear set up for a little bit more money.
That kit, you still need...
Intake pipe Pod GOOD wastegate Intercooler piping mods Oil line Oil drain Dump pipe Heat wrap Hosing Silicon Clamps Gaskets + Heaps more stuff I can't think of right now
Plus... 440cc's, FMIC, boost controller, full exhaust, Emanage (minimum) shift kit (minimum)... and probably an LSD...
Then factor in $500 to have your stock turbos removed... Then another $1000 at least (minimum) to have everything fitted, then tuning of your ECU to make it run properly ect...
A $800 kit like that will cost HEAPS, I'm tipping at least $4000 minimum... Make sure you think it through properly... or else your funds will blow out and you could end up worse off.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 11:29 pm, by: Charlie Ters(Ul05st)
FACT: with the money i spent making my chinese turbo work, i could of easliy bought a GCG kit and afforded the labour, or purchased a trust/greddy kit and fit 90% of the stuff myself.... that aside now...
a bare minimum i will use is HYPERGEAR or KKR, and even then you will face some issues, as with these official no name turbos, i at one stage had access to these chinese (straight from china)'t70's etc for $70 USD and a dual ballbearing VF34 style for $160 USD, wastgates for Under $40USD.....
point being, is in all honesty, dont bother with these no names, maybe a hypergear turbo, a second hand manifold and a tial wastegate (or turbosmart if you an get the 48mm for $550 like i did ) , then the drain line for around $100--ill get the stuff from earls for you if you cant souce them and a GFB manual boost controller (these things kick ass )
maybe then you can minimize the issues that i once faced, and BTW: the heat wrap and blanket is probably more important then the turbo itself + re-use the toyota manifold gaskets...
turbos are like a sound system........ buying the subwoofer (turbocharger) alone is the cheap part..... its everything else that adds up...
Saturday, September 27, 2008 - 11:40 pm, by: David Tra(Bookie)
just for the record, i am using the same wastegate as pictured (from the same supplier + manifold, pretty much the same thing on ebay but minus the turbo)
It is holds boost great, never over boosted once! (period of one year)
Total labour = remove stock twins, install manifold, turbo, front mount, fuel pump = around the 800ish mark.
I can show you my invoice, if you like
And i am running a t04e but made by HKS (rebuilt by MTQ)
Sunday, September 28, 2008 - 12:09 am, by: Charlie Ters(Ul05st)
David Tra wrote on Saturday, September 27, 2008 - 11:40 pm:
can show you my invoice, if you like
.... and i can show you my $$$$$$$ + invoice if you like too, no kit is 100% like the other, but you have a 1 in 5 chance of getting a spot-on fit kit from ebay, and a 1 in 10 chance of an ebay kit that will last more then one year, i take it you are one of the lucky few...... other more $$$ kits have less of a chance failure or issues arrising, but still arnt perfect....
my point, if you got 2k and want to take a risk, then yes, you may be laughing and have a weapon 1jz.... however, if this kit fails, expect its price multiplied by three.....that is all