Turbo $199

kroz123 · Post by **kroz123** » Fri May 26, 2006 5:19 am

Hey guys what do you think of this turbo?
does it seem relaible cuz its way to cheap.
Only $199 brand new.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/T3-T4-T0 ... 0884QQrdZ1

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Fri May 26, 2006 9:17 am

The link doesnt go to any particular turbo.. just a search of many.

Slammed · Post by **Slammed** » Fri May 26, 2006 10:17 am

I think he ment this one
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/T3-T4-T0 ... 0884QQrdZ1

kroz123 · Post by **kroz123** » Fri May 26, 2006 2:39 pm

yes Slammed that's the one.

lanowoo · Post by **lanowoo** » Fri May 26, 2006 3:08 pm

it looks alright on the outside, but that doen't mean anything.

DomWoo · Post by **DomWoo** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:45 pm

i got my turbo/ waste gate and blow off valve for 250$ plus free over night shipping and lots of extra goodies... lol well the over night shipping and extra goodies are because they forgot to send me my stuff and they wanted to make up for it

ill see if i can find the deal i got... i also bought a nice intercooler off them just the other day. its on its way

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:08 am

Since your doing drag racing I'm not sure if I'd recommend it. I think thats the same size as my turbo, which wont spool up untill around 3-4k rpms which is a bit high if you wanna drag race.

Slammed · Post by **Slammed** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:31 am

Thats nice thats what I would want I want it to spool up around 4800 rpms right when the etech kicks in

kinkyllama wrote:Since your doing drag racing I'm not sure if I'd recommend it. I think thats the same size as my turbo, which wont spool up untill around 3-4k rpms which is a bit high if you wanna drag race.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:25 am

Slammed wrote:Thats nice thats what I would want I want it to spool up around 4800 rpms right when the etech kicks in

4,800 is a waste.. then it'd stay spooled past redline probably. If I remember right the turbo I got should reach full boost around 3,300-3,500rpms and stay spooled all the way to redline.

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:09 am

Slammed wrote:Thats nice thats what I would want I want it to spool up around 4800 rpms right when the etech kicks in

would that make any difference? i mean with a turbo you don't worry about intake restriction, lenthes and all... some people even said that port and polishing won't do nothing if you are going to boost the car... right??

MMamdouh

ubuyau · Post by **ubuyau** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:59 am

MMamdouh wrote: would that make any difference? i mean with a turbo you don't worry about intake restriction, lenthes and all... some people even said that port and polishing won't do nothing if you are going to boost the car... right??

MMamdouh

Port and polish is less important with forced induction, it still will improve power, but the money is better spent elsewhere in the build.

With NA, the engine has to suck in all the air it can all on its own. So the smoother and larger the ports the better - since you get better airflow and less restriction in the intake.

With boosted applications, the turbo/supercharger is forcing air into the cylinder. So air 'flow' becomes less of an importance (since its now getting all crammed in there). This is where pressure level/compression ratio becomes more important on the air side of the equation.

--Tim

ubuyau · Post by **ubuyau** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:02 am

kinkyllama wrote:
Slammed wrote:Thats nice thats what I would want I want it to spool up around 4800 rpms right when the etech kicks in

4,800 is a waste.. then it'd stay spooled past redline probably.

+1.

You'd get such an un-useable power band if it spooled that late and probably rev past redline everytime...

Spooled around 3000rpm sounds much better!

--Tim

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:08 am

ubuyau wrote:
MMamdouh wrote: would that make any difference? i mean with a turbo you don't worry about intake restriction, lenthes and all... some people even said that port and polishing won't do nothing if you are going to boost the car... right??

MMamdouh
Port and polish is less important with forced induction, it still will improve power, but the money is better spent elsewhere in the build.

With NA, the engine has to suck in all the air it can all on its own. So the smoother and larger the ports the better - since you get better airflow and less restriction in the intake.

With boosted applications, the turbo/supercharger is forcing air into the cylinder. So air 'flow' becomes less of an importance (since its now getting all crammed in there). This is where pressure level/compression ratio becomes more important on the air side of the equation.

--Tim

so my point still stands, VGIS on or off won't make a difference... or maybe too little difference to worry about.

MMamdouh

ubuyau · Post by **ubuyau** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:35 am

MMamdouh wrote: so my point still stands, VGIS on or off won't make a difference... or maybe too little difference to worry about.

MMamdouh

Too little to worry about.
Have a drive in the 2.0L Nubi turbo and then tell us what you think

You cant compare a lightly modified NA with port+polish, to even a basic budget turbo conversion - there is no comparison.

Port + Polish NA = Oh I feel it pick up a bit better/quicker

On boost = Hold on

--Tim

DomWoo · Post by **DomWoo** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 5:18 pm

kinkyllama wrote:Since your doing drag racing I'm not sure if I'd recommend it. I think thats the same size as my turbo, which wont spool up untill around 3-4k rpms which is a bit high if you wanna drag race.

thats about the same spec turbo i have and it spools up really quick.. around 2k is 6 psi