Another evo III 16g question

[crazyboost]

Before anyone starts yelling at me, i have searched and searched and know just about everything about the evo III 16g mistu vs evo III gt turbo debate. But i have a questin about a particular seller on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mits...ewItemQQcategoryZ33742QQitemZ8039585944QQrdZ1

Is this a real mitsu turbo, because it gives a part number but then again it says it was bought from turbochargers.com which also sells the evo III gt. Has anyone had any experience with this seller? thank you

 

[Matt300ZXT]

Yea that's the real thing. Dunno how Turbochargers.com sells 16gs for that price, where everyone else sells them for about $525 and up, but those are genuine. The price on their GT 16g is $499.

 

[crazyboost]

thanks matt300zxt. I think I'm gonna go with the MHI evo III 16g from turbochargers.com and then get my own 34mm flapper, port the housing by myself to save some money. I'm skeptical of all the evo III gt whether its from turbocharger.com or an ebay knock-off. Anyone else have experience with this turbo from the website or the ebay link?

 

[Matt300ZXT]

SBR likes to call it crap and say it's from China, while TC.com says it's from Taiwan and not crap...they're actually seeking legal action against SBR for their slander. Anyways from what I've read and searched, these haven't been out long enough for people to rack up some serious miles on them and test their reliability. So you will be hard pressed to find an accurate representation from someone on that turbos pros/cons.

 

[daren_p]

Sometimes you have to be pretty careful with sellers on Ebay. When one of my buddies went to get his evoIII he saw one for a good price on ebay. The description and picture was of the real MHI evoIII but when he contacted the seller to make sure which version it was the GT version that he was selling. Now this was when the GT version just came out so it could have been just the seller didn't know the difference. The ad that you have looks to be real to me, as it looks like the seller is turbocharger.com and that is the same price they sell the real evoIII on their website for.

 

[timm98gst]

the pic in the auction looks nothing like my mhi evo3

 

[daren_p]

the pic in the auction looks nothing like my mhi evo3

What doesn't look the same as your turbo? are you sure you have a real MHI evoIII? Thats not the best angle to be 100% sure but that looks like the real MHI to me. Some things are the comp cover material colour, the paint marks that MHI puts on different locations telling that its been inspected (I don't think these are on the GT), the turbine inlet isn't ported & from pics I have seen the GT turbine is a darker colour.

 

[Matt300ZXT]

That could be just a generic picture ya know. If you buy one, and the stampings on the housings show it not to be a real MHI 16g, call them and tell them you want them to send you a real one. If you pay for a real 16g, you'll get a real 16g. TC.com isn't going to just rip you off. They're a legit business.