Advice Needed - Used Turbocharger or Rebuilt ?

[CONSIGLIERI]

Hello friends ! I need you advice please;

I'm willing to buy a 14B for my 2G and I will keep it and try to max it out.
In the future I plan on changing it for a HX35, 16G, FPGreen, etc... but for now I want a 14B because of the "lower" price and a little more HP until I decide my definitive setup.

So I'm researching and I'm in doubt about buying a good shaped one or buying a rebuilt one.

Some people say It's never good to buy a rebuilt, because it tends to break again in a short period of time. Is it true ?

So, if I manage to find a good shaped used 14B, should I buy it instead of the rebuilt one ?

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Oh friends, thank you very much for the help.

I don't know if it's ethical to ask about other sellers, but:

I found a seller, it's pj91gsx.
He rebuilds turbos and also converts them. He has a 45+ classifieds rating and asked U$ 130 for a rebuilt one.

He seid he has a couple 14bs. the one he just took apart, everything looks good. He just needed rubber seals, so he will replace those, everything else looked perfect. The turbine housing is hardly crack if its even cracked, usually cant see them but they are usually there. everything else looked perfect.

What do you guys think ? It's a fair price.
Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bud92gsx]

If you find the rebuilt one on tuners and it was rebuilt by Jusmx141..You should not have a problem...

 

[canada4g63]

You can get one rebuilt for about 100bux if you do the work yourself. As far as buying a rebuilt on would be fine. They sell a kit to make it work for the 2g. A t28 will bolt rite in.

 

[Morris]

You can find some really good 14bs with no problems used, but then again you wont know if they are good until you put them on. So the safe bet would be to buy a rebuilt one that you know for sure was rebuilt, but even better buy a blown one for cheap and rebuild it so you know for sure its good.

 

[linen88]

Ive had several rebuilt by jusmx141 and always come back perfect, if you can get one thats been done by him or go threw him for rebuilding one you wont have a problem.

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[99gst_racer]

Find the cheapest one you can with good wheels and an non-cracked turbine housing, and send it to justin for a rebuild. Pretty much exactly what I've done with my last 4 turbos. You should be able to find such a 14b core in the $50-80 range.

 

[mrvict0r]

Hey bud:

This is an advice column, so take anything you get accordingly. DO not pay more than $200 for a 14B.. Keep in mind a brand new 16G can be had for $500 (real one, no Chinese crap). Your talking 14B so you will need an install kit either way. So factor it that way. As for rebuilding it yourself, I would not recommend. It will be a hack job either way. Rebuilding a turbo requires VSR balancing and that alone is a $250 adventure.

If you want to stay stock appearing, go T28 (do a craigslist search, there is a guy selling an almost new T28 for $500). otherwise, drop the $500 on a true MHI 16G, and an extra $100-$150 for the install kit. You will not be unsatisfied.. I've been in the game for a long time, and the amount of peeps burnt on paying $200-$300 for turbos that don't work would make your head spin. Used turbos are a real gamble. Its one of the first things to fail due to contaminated oil. Don't put yourself in the position of buying someone else s problem.

So, all that being said.. If you trust the person your buying the 14B off of and are paying less than $200 for it.. Sure do it up. Otherwise, pay the extra $300 and get a brand new Mitsubishi 16G and be done with the question marks.

Hope this helps!

Aaron

 

[CONSIGLIERI]

Oh friends, thank you very much for the help.

I don't know if it's ethical to ask about other sellers, but:

I found a seller, it's pj91gsx.
He rebuilds turbos and also converts them. He has a 45+ classifieds rating and asked U$ 130 for a rebuilt one.

He seid he has a couple 14bs. the one he just took apart, everything looks good. He just needed rubber seals, so he will replace those, everything else looked perfect. The turbine housing is hardly crack if its even cracked, usually cant see them but they are usually there. everything else looked perfect.

What do you guys think ? It's a fair price.

 

[Darris]

to bad your not running an external wastegate. i have a 14b that had a cracked turbine housing. but i had to pull the flapper to fix it.

 

[CONSIGLIERI]

I've heard a lot about jusmx141. He will charge me U$ 230 plus shipping for a rebuilt one. It's out of mu budget for now...

I don't know if it's ethical to ask about other sellers, but:

I found a seller, it's pj91gsx.
He rebuilds turbos and also converts them. He has a 45+ classifieds rating and asked U$ 130 for a rebuilt one.

He seid he has a couple 14bs. the one he just took apart, everything looks good. He just needed rubber seals, so he will replace those, everything else looked perfect. The turbine housing is hardly crack if its even cracked, usually cant see them but they are usually there. everything else looked perfect.

What do you guys think ? It's a fair price.
Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[evileagleawd]

I rebuilt a friends 14b and my own 14b both have about 2k on each of them. No problems yet. I would go with a rebuilt unit.