Is this a good turbo kit

acclude

cheap bastard
For a cheap kit, that's not bad however most of us on this forum tend to steer people away from the ebay kits. They generally aren't the greatest quality and include a lot of generic knock-off parts or no-name parts which basically means you have zero quality control. It may be fine or it may give you lots of issues. It's hit or miss. $800 should get you a decent turbo and MAYBE a log mani. A whole kit for $800, I'd be sketched.

Plus, it says you still need to purchase a downpipe and don't forget about the ECU, fuel injectors, pressure regulator and other tuning items that you want to do on turbocharged motors. That's another $500+ so add that into you pricing
 

nycpatron

New Member
the turbo guy from my city says they are good but only if you plan on running 5 to 8 psi but dont qoute me on this
 


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GSROWNSU

New Member
Don't do it...we've discussed this over and over again. If you purchase an ebay-kit you will be re-doing your setup all over again...and be spending a lot more.
 

92 eg hatch

SSS DR.EVIL
dont do it my friend had it the turbo leaked oil and the headers broke after 700 miles
 


rob1570

DC2 GS-R
It's an eBay turbo kit. Self explanitory. I have seen some beastly cars with these on yotube but as far as reliability I wouldn't trust it
 

98lsvtecgsr

New Member
These kits suck ass. I have had one and the manifold was in a million pices after 3 months. I have also seen a few friends have a lot of problems with them. Its worth it to save up and buy a nice setup
 

TeggyBear_Ls

90 EF LS/V 95 DC4
my buddy has the full eBay XS Power kit, and we had to weld on his wastegate again. It came with a ramhorn manifold, so the wastegate was hanging off the front. And apparently, it just fell off one day. The welds broke.
 

H2BDA9

New Member
i bought my whole turbo kit minus injectors and tune for 480 shipped. never had any problems with it except for the 20g manifold it game with. get a blox cast iron on ebay for like 130 and youll be good to go with everything else. with the cheapo kit i ran a 12.8 at the track and even after i got my use out of it, i sold the whole kit and parts from it are currently on a few different cars around town that run fine. not saying cheap is always good, but you can go wrong if you only spend a little on something easily worth more then what it costs. if you have the money, and plan on going higher boost with build, i wouldnt get cheap anything. if your going to boost 4-15 pounds, any cheap kit is well worth it.
 

IntegraGstypeR

New Member
dont get it. My boi bought one for his b16 eg and damn that thing must of had like 5 leaks from the manifold. within the first 2-3 months
 

GreenTeggy

My name is Ben
cxracing makes good stuff most peoplewill say dont do it but if you want a cheap kit its the way to go.
 
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