E-Bay EVO III Big 16g STAYING STRONG

[JusMX141]

I find it hilarious that the turbo is a piece of crap or "complete pile of junk" in your words but now you actually sell them on ebay after rebuilding them. I hope who ever buys yours doesn't end up with a "$300 canoe anchor". Oh and I guess you had a change of heart on the American economy and now its OK to sell Chinese junk, right? I mean as long as you take a free turbo and throw in a $10 set of bearings and make a profit I guess its OK. In your auction you mention it came from a reputable vendor on ebay, however here you mention tons of things wrong with them that make them prone to failure.

Reputable vendors don't always sell quality items. There's a Pep Boys on every street corner....but I've seen guys go through 3 of their starters in one summer.

I gave the guy a hell of a deal on the MHI turbo (I actually made "0" on labor) on trade for the blown eBay 16G figuring I could use it for parts. When I tore it down and saw that all it needed was journal bearings and seals, I decided to replace the worn parts and resell it as a whole. The wastegate hole porting was done by me before the turbo was ever installed.

I don't buy the $10 pair(s) of eBay journal bearings, either. I buy genuine Garrett bearings in a sleeve of 10 for $100, so that's $10 each at quantity price, not including shipping.

Think what you want, I'm simply unloading this thing for anything I can get out of it as it's paying for the labor on the first job. I have $33 in genuine Garrett journal bearings and Mitsu seals on this turbo.

 

[Denji]

Everybody is waiting for this guys turbo to grenade. I personally don't care what kind of turbo he has, how reliable it is, I'm glad its working for him. Honestly, I looked for a month and compared turbos, primarily MHI evo III, EVO GT and even the ebay ones. I selected the MHI evo III only for the peice of mind it gave me because I perceived it as a better product only becuase of how many 14b turbos i have seen running around on 1gs with 100xxx miles on them. I'm not angry at him for getting the ebay special. I can tell you that he is a braver man then myself. I've got a rule about ebay for myself, I only buy off ebay if its a non-moving part. Anyhow, I'm not going to be standing around with my bag of "told you so's" but you've got quite a line of others ready to hand them out free of charge.

 

[JohnnyT]

So any number updates?

 

[Afroclipse]

updates man updates

 

[EclipseRydazz]

Well it is official….Ran a 12.1 @ 116 Saturday at Great Lakes DragaWay on my E-Bay 16g Turbo….When I get home and take a picture and post this, all you haters of E-Bay turbos can go a head and “EAT” every single word you have posted on this form….….So go ahead and spend $500 + on your genuine MHI Turbos….I have proven to all of you my E-Bay Turbo Kicks…HATERS

 

[Mr Peepers]

Damn, that's a very good time for a 16g in general. Congrats!

Thank you thank you for numbers haha.

Finally

 

[chicagoavenger]

One ebay turbo goes to shit and everyone bashes. How many name brand turbo's take a shit and noone says anything? Go do a search on blown turbo or rebuild turbo and see what comes up.

 

[JohnnyT]

Sounds pretty sweet, hope it continues to work for you. Maybe Ebay got it right this time?

 

[EclipseRydazz]

Well you know, its ok to go e-bay for things, if mean I went that route with the turbo for $315 shipped and my intercooler for $225 Shipped. And both those added up to about how much a MHI Big 16g would cost. Now the intercooler from SBR is like $750-$800, and I buy things from SBR all the time. But I wanted to prove to everyone on here that I had good luck with this setup so far. That’s why I started this Thread and looks like I sparked a big interest....

 

[JohnnyT]

I just recently bought the rebuilt ebay turbo the guy on here was selling, hope it works like he says it will.

 

[kabooski]

good job! EclipseRydazz don't sweat the haters

 

[EclipseRydazz]

Heres me racing another 12.1/2 sec Talon..This was this past Sat...This was my 12 sec pass...Slip to follow after i scan it.
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[fwdeclipse]

Wow great time, I am impressed even with it a 16g in general and on only 20psi.

 

[98eclipsekidd08]

thats impressive, congrats. I will still be buying the real deal tho but this thread is very interesting to read haha it goes into business and all sorts of unrelated topics

 

[EclipseRydazz]

Well thanks a lot guys...Yes I know this thread that I started has stirred up some much crap......From Knock offs to the real deal, to overseas purchasing to our economy......its crazy...But thanks to everyone that supported this thread and waited for the numbers.
The only other thing I need to do is Dyno it...

 

[kabooski]

wheres the turbo splitting in half?
wheres the bearings feezing up?
wheres the smoking and puking oil?


so mush for being "junk"
good vid proof

 

[oldman]

Keep the discussion of this thread on the technical path, I will close this thread if it continues to be a pissing contest. Congrats OP on an impressive run.

 

[EclipseRydazz]

Keep the discussion of this thread on the technical path, I will close this thread if it continues to be a pissing contest. Congrats OP on an impressive run.

Dont close this thread...I think we can all be adults here....Thanks though oldman ...

 

[AndrewD5418]

Heres me racing another 12.1/2 sec Talon..This was this past Sat...This was my 12 sec pass...Slip to follow after i scan it.
<embed src="http://videos.streetfire.net/vidiac.swf" FlashVars="video=bdce3adf-cf4b-43ad-aacf-99cf014edfe4" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="428" height="352" name="ePlayer" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>

Hmm.. Sadly I didn't see that run . My budy had the other black 1g talon, one with external wg, driver side strip missing. Looking at your profile I see you've got evo pistons, where could I obtain some?

 

[92GSXman]

These things are even cheaper now, I see them going for $229 + $40 S&H.

Oh yeah, good run!

 

[Street Surgeon]

I'm more interested in the longevity of this turbo, rather than how it performs in the short-term. Keep us posted!

 

[EclipseRydazz]

I'm more interested in the longevity of this turbo, rather than how it performs in the short-term. Keep us posted!

Well so far so good, Have had this Turbo on here for about 7 1/2 K now, and haven't had an issue with it yet, and hope i never will. I have been beating on this Turbo soooo much and seems to be holding nicely. But will let you all know to scoop.

Lee

 

[EclipseRydazz]

Also forgot to mention that I am still on a stock tranny &#61663;-but not for long……Stock suspension with 101k on it. So I still need to add a lot more for better times but I’ll take this for now ;-)

 

[oldman]

Well so far so good, Have had this Turbo on here for about 7 1/2 K now

Didn't you say 10k on page 1 and 9k on page 3?

 

[EclipseRydazz]

…..well you know I loose track of the miles…….