tt turbo kit ?

[94-5.0GT]

i was wondering if anyone try an ebay turbo kit? i know i should know go this route but i was thinking if the turbo and the headers are good it might be worth it. i probably will build an engine for it and upgrade fuel,computer and ect. but here a link to one i was looking at http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford...005QQitemZ150248742547QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

 

[Jrgunn5150]

They're gonna come in here and let loose on you man. I mean, since you asked, I think you know the answer.

You could get your own good headers and good turbos for that price if that's all you are counting on working anyway.

 

[ScottyDsntKnow]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Ebay turbo kits are total trash made in China garbage. Do you honestly think a $1,100 kit is going to be ANY sort of decent quality?

If you want a GOOD turbo kit they're about $3,100 from Ponydown or B&G.

 

[Javi]

if they are so cheap why you think everyone is running those?

Exactly they are POS,get a decent turbo

 

[Anrev]

ALL SALES ARE FINAL! NO INSTRUCTIONS OR TECH SUPPORT IS INCLUDED!

Theres your answer right there.

 

[FunkyBoss]

The biggest complaint I've read is that the housings on the turbo's split, but then again, those turbo's are dirt cheap on ebay. I'd actually like to hear from someone with first hand experience, but I think most people have been scared away because of threads like this.

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Go over to turbomustangs.com or DSmtuners.com or just google and do a search, everyone who buy's one winds up replacing most of it.

You can scratch your own kit together, and there are good universal plumbing kits out there, it's possible to get a turbo on your car for under 2k, but you can't start cheap, you gotta start wise.

 

[ScottyDsntKnow]

Actually some ppl on turbomustangs piece together "kits" for around $1k but most of those wind up being pretty wild and using ebay ripoff bovs and wastegates in the end... That also assumes you already own/have access to a welder, can weld and are competent when it comes to reading turbo maps. It also assumes you have a junkyard close by with some turbocoupes, dsm turbos, diesel pickups etc...

Honestly though if you were thinking of getting an ebay turbo kit you probably won't have the wherewithal for all this and should stick to a cheap used S trim off the corral or a nitrous kit for a power adder.