turbo any good?

found on flee-bay, my mate wants one and as its dead cheap from the usa he's thinking of getting it and buying an xs power t4 mainfold as well-

is it any good or would he have to do a lot of extra work- he's already got a single turbo supe but the turbo blew and the idiot through it out rather than getting it repaired lol- just wanna know ur opinions so i can take the pi$$ lol

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/T04-T4-Turbocharger-Turbo-Toyota-Supra-Soarer-600BHP_W0QQitemZ140250078466QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140250078466&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318

No.

any particular reason or just a dud cheap make?

£160 for a turbo, and you are asking if it's any good

i'm taking a wide berth into looking at the us economy crisis lol

Cheap Chinese turbo with a huge hotside, it will last not much more than 5 min and be laggy as hell:)

Cheap Chinese turbo with a huge hotside, it will last not much more than 5 min and be laggy as hell:)

thats the answer i wanted lol. now i tell my mate he's going to have to save for a decent turbo...... or buy that one every week

It's junk, even if it did last it's totally unsuitable for a 3 litre petrol.

Is it me or does that hot side flange even look warped?

LOL. The guy f**ked up his watermark on the pictures. "JDM HOOOOOOONDA PARTS".

And whats going on with the back of the turbo? how does the exhaust connect to that?

And whats going on with the back of the turbo? how does the exhaust connect to that?

Good point.....

So to conclude: ITS RUBBISH

To be fair though, £1000 for a turbocharger is outrageous. They should cost ~£200 IMHO.

To be fair though, £1000 for a turbocharger is outrageous. They should cost ~£200 IMHO.

£200 for a precision engineered part and high quality casting that can spin at 80k rpm? You 'aving a larf! Even the sh*t Chinese stuff comes out only slightly less, so god knows how you expect a 'proper' company to develop, test, manufacture and sell an item at profit for only a couple more quid...

£1000 is a bit much, but £500-£800 is about spot on (possibly less now with the US exchange rate)

In the race world a grand won't even pay for a a rebuild. The price of state of the art IHI turbos is now more than a top flight late VVti, so as people suggest, £200 won't buy anything other than a paperweight. Add in an XS manifold and the rest done on a similar budget and he might as well crush the thing and take the weigh in money.

£200 for a precision engineered part and high quality casting that can spin at 80k rpm? You 'aving a larf! Even the sh*t Chinese stuff comes out only slightly less, so god knows how you expect a 'proper' company to develop, test, manufacture and sell an item at profit for only a couple more quid...

 

£1000 is a bit much, but £500-£800 is about spot on (possibly less now with the US exchange rate)

but a turbocharger isn't *that* complicated a part though really, is it? I'm sure there's loads of things that spin at tens of thousands of rpms that need to be balanced properly, and don't cost a grand. I suppose £500 is getting closer.

I was doing some work at a composite door company yesterday. I used to do work for another composite door company called Rockdoor too, and their doors were a grand a piece. Can't have cost more than £100 to make

In the race world a grand won't even pay for a a rebuild. The price of state of the art IHI turbos is now more than a top flight late VVti, so as people suggest, £200 won't buy anything other than a paperweight. Add in an XS manifold and the rest done on a similar budget and he might as well crush the thing and take the weigh in money.

I suppose the size of the target market, and the fact that the target market can afford/will pay such amounts plays a part in it.

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