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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 11:04 AM
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opinion on a TURBO on EBAY????

I saw this turbo set up on ebay dont know if its a good deal or not or if its any good, Im new to the turbo.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33742
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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 11:12 AM
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That is a single turbo kit for an 13B that already has a turbo or twin turbos
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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 11:14 AM
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That's also one of the most poorly put together eBay auctions I have seen, and there doesn't appear to be a manifold.
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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 11:19 AM
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the same company makes manifolds, i dunno why they dont have one in that kit...ive been eyeing the same kit for a while....it seems to be about suited to a 13B, im no expert on turbos tho, but i dont know what kind of quality it is.... be nice if they had better descriptions of stuff...

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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 11:33 AM
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is that a good price for the kit>?
Im proly buying a 87 T2 next week so im just starting to look into all the ne toys i couldnt get for my N/A. :-)
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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 12:07 PM
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this is turbo kit for a turbo rx7, not for a NA rx7. it replaces the factory turbo.

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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 12:11 PM
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that is a great price. Don't see any SS lines but other than that it looks solid. You will need to buy one of their manifolds for 200 bucks
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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 12:45 PM
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Yeah, $300 is cheap.
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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 12:49 PM
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Carefull with the wastegate, it is not a HKS, and it cann't handle the rotary heat!!
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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 01:19 PM
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know this from experience??

if so give us all the datails! if not, why do you think so?

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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 01:24 PM
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This exact same auction was commented on in the single turbo section. Its not a true T04S (60-1), since the blade design is wrong, and I think RETed spoke of those crap-gates not being able to handle rotary exhausts.
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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 01:27 PM
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know this from experience??

if so give us all the datails! if not, why do you think so?

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Not my personal experience, but it is known that cheap wastegates don't go with rotary engines, including the "not so cheap" deltagate.

http://www.nopistons.com/forums/inde...howtopic=46844

I can;t find his original post about the issues with the wastegate

At the end, I won't trust my engine on a untrusted\unknown "wastegate".
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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 04:22 PM
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i dont think i'd want that in my car ...
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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 05:46 PM
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Never buy from this guy, biggest mistake of my life.
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