Im on the hunt for a cheap turbo to put into my ZX once I install the turbo motor. Ive been trying to find a holset but they are either: crackpipe priced for a used turbo or knockoffs.
Does any have experience with the knockoffs or know ahere to find a legit holset for less than 900$?
Rumors on the street are that the Chinese units are getting good enough that the major oem's are scared. Quality varies wildly though in Chinese units.
Which holset are you trying to get?
What you want is the eBay t3/t4 to4e housing 50 or 56 trim, maybe 60 depending how you feel. With internal wastegate is $150 shipped
Is $900 your budget or $900 your number of frustration?
Journal bearing Precision turbos are tantalizingly close to that price point. And they are new, and you can buy what you want, and don't have the limitations of having been designed for a Diesel truck.
i have heard good things and had friends who run On3 turbo's. they started out not great years ago and got a bad wrap but have really stepped there game up and make a good product now that has been proven to make a lot of power.
find out what sloppy mechanics uses.. https://sites.google.com/site/sloppywiki/everything-ls/sloppyguidejunkyardturbols use them
i think thye recommend on3 as well.
Also.. Only a few more years until the Holset patent runs out.
http://www.google.com/patents/US7024855
also keep looking for holsets, you are right with some people asking crackpipe prices but if you arent needing any bigger then a hx/hy35 then you should eventually be able to find one reasonably cheap since that is what most people upgrade from.
A lot of Borg Warner S-series turbos go for well under $900, too.
Ive mostly been looking for a hy35w but on3 may be a choice now as well.
Fitzauto wrote: Ive mostly been looking for a hy35w but on3 may be a choice now as well.
Hy35's can be had for around $300.
In reply to yupididit:
Hoping I can find one soon. Would rather find it local than lay for shipping though. May swing by the local diesel shop and see if they have anything.
In reply to Fueled by Caffeine:
Define "good enough"
I've used 2 of them and they typically last under a year before the oil seals start leaking....if you want it to last, pony up the coin.
Fitzauto wrote: In reply to yupididit: Hoping I can find one soon. Would rather find it local than lay for shipping though. May swing by the local diesel shop and see if they have anything.
Did you see the one in my first post? If you don't want to join the forum so you can contact him, I'll do it for you. Just give me your email or whatever.
Shipping should be about $25 for a turbo that size. I had 3 Borg Warner S300's shipped from Utah to VA, shipping was $26 for each.
WOW Really Paul? wrote: In reply to Fueled by Caffeine: Define "good enough" I've used 2 of them and they typically last under a year before the oil seals start leaking....if you want it to last, pony up the coin.
Let's put it this way. My friends at the OEM's are scared about the latest batches. These guys are engineers, not sales people.
In reply to Fitzauto:
Just make it easy on yourself, like me. Buy a used t3/t4 from an eclipse/talon/laser, or Volvo, or z31, or Saab, or heck any turbo car out there. Then rebuild it. Good quality, at a cheap price.
I think I may just end up saving some coin and eating ramen so I can go with a turbonetics. Getting to 400whp reliably isnt gonna be easy...
If you want 400whp the hx35 would be a better choice. More of them too.
In reply to Fueled by Caffeine:
Any brands in particular doing particularly well?
Admittedly China doesn't really have 'brands' so much, but you know what I mean.
In reply to ssswitch:
I sadly didn't get that detail.
http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/engine/ccrp-1009-cheap-turbos-from-ebay-on-a-350-small-block-engine/
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