Turbo trade

dcalsv

New Member
I have a set of ls webs on craiglist for sale, and i was offered a trade. The trade is for a "brand new" turbo mounted to an exhaust flange. I am piecing together a kit but i dont know a lot about turbo's. ill try to post some pics later. the guy said it was a t3 t4, and the stamp on the turbo says "sport jdm partno t3 t4 serial no tb00905659". Does this sound like a fair trade? will this turbo be what i need? i have an 01 ls and im shooting for 200-275 hp with a kit. Thanks for the help.
 

mjones73

New Member
Looks like an ebay special. Not knowing the history of it (unless it's brand new), you're taking a chance with it.
 

dcalsv

New Member
I have pics, but I guess I can't post them. Is their any way to tell the difference between a real and replica/ebay turbo?
 


DustinXIX

New Member
put the pics on photobucket, copy the img code from the pic, and then paste the cose here for pics :p
 

dcalsv

New Member
the person also told me that the turbo is brand new never used. he doesn't seem to know much about it.
 

98sierra

New Member
pretty much. you get what you pay for 99% of the time. i have 2 ebay turbo's, both bad. fixing to install a garrett =)
 

dcalsv

New Member
And you are sure you have this same turbo? No offense, I just want to make sure this is a bad turbo before I tell him to kick rocks.
 

98sierra

New Member
dont listen to me, i mean hell, look at my rep.. but yes i have 2 of those, one in the back of my buddies truck that just rides around with us and then one in my car throwing oil everywhere
 

MrDB1integra

honda greaser
Rule of thumb. Something I picked up. Touch the thing in the middle of turbiine and if it moves around its a bad turbo.
But yes the brand name sounds like a fake brand. I wouldnt waste my time with it
 
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