just installed EVO3 GT turbo, here's a tip...

[Steve Hebert]

Were those the EVO III GTs - If so I am not completely surprised. Any first hand experiences I have come across with regards those turbos are all only good.

 

[Imp Pwr Online]

not even the infamous GTs, a differnet knockoff

 

[ShapeGSX]

If you feel comfortable running a knockoff of a knockoff, good for you.

 

[Imp Pwr Online]

If you feel comfortable running a knockoff of a knockoff, good for you.

I feel comfortable running a turbo that allowed me to run the world trap record. Yeah. I can live with that. Remember, just because something is a copy, doesn't mean it has to be bad.

 

[Stapl3]

It has nothing to do with the performance, all we care about is the reliability.

 

[Steve Hebert]

Hey - someone has to put them to the test - How else we going to really know?

Keep us up to date.

 

[Imp Pwr Online]

It has nothing to do with the performance, all we care about is the reliability.

so you don't care how they perform, as long as they last...

 

[Stapl3]

so you don't care how they perform, as long as they last...

They both hold the same value to me. We know they make some power, no one is worried about that part.

 

[Tom N]

So this is not the evo3gt turbo that originated from turbochargers.com
Where did it come from?

 

[ryu]

not even the infamous GTs, a differnet knockoff

did you use the gt's and dropped the turbo? how about some more info on the car/or some proof?

 

[Imp Pwr Online]

did you use the gt's and dropped the turbo? how about some more info on the car/or some proof?

Here is proof, and not only did I break the all around 3S trap record @ 139.67 but yesterday I broke the FWD ET record (was already mine but I broke it again) 11.35 @ 137.89 (I need traction, MT ET Streets are old and no longer grip)

You can also go to www.3squicklist.com the official 3S record site. You will see our times and traps on the main page and under the FWD w/Power Adder section.

VID
http://www.3sforum.com/vids/1135.wmv

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[Stapl3]

So, how much nitrous were you spraying?

 

[Imp Pwr Online]

So, how much nitrous were you spraying?

haven't sprayed yet, as you can see in teh vid, or hear actually, I don't have traction in 2nd and after boost builds in 3rd I lose traction again crossing the line at 135-140MPH spinning the tires. I need traction before I start juicing it up.

 

[jmakado]

Right, I`m the ignorant one.

Haha. Classic!
Yep, you are way to uninformed to buy XS power 16g GT knockoffs from dormroomracing.com. If only all DSM'ers could be so ignorant.

I mean, does it really matter if you don't know anything about cars at all in this computer age? Apparently you can open a shop without knowing anything.
Who cares if you can't tell people what parts work and what you have tested like FP or RRE. Just throw up a website, put some knockoff crap on it, and watch the cash roll in!

And then, if you're really smart, you'll be a supporting vendor on a Forum and no one can question your knowledge, or lack of knowledge, or they'll get told how ignorant they are by a mod.

 

[Imp Pwr Online]

Just broke the FWD ET again AND am now the FIRST 3000GT/Stealth (awd and FWD) to break the 140MPH barrier
10.91 @ 142.15MPH
and that was after I ran 11.39 @ 140.88

Again, knock off EVOIIIs

 

[Necromancer69]

Put my evo3gt in last week and i'm very happy with it. made 263.7 at 15lbs. dont want to turn it up to high yet. Pulls hard and makes 15lbs at 3300. took it to the track the night after the dyno and ran a 13.03 at 108mph at capitol spinning through 1st and part of second due to an issue with the track that night. (my buddies were running slower times ahve traction issues as well) Overall review of the evo3gt

 

[punkak2]

i almost bought the GT....glad i didn't because alot of memebers including a friend i have locally only got 4k miles or so out of this turbo. Indsted i spent the couple extra bucks and went with the real deal(MHI)....i luv the turbo, really does great on street dsm's... and i have put about 12k miles on it with still no shaft play or issues of any kind!

 

[Maverick3169]

i almost bought the GT....glad i didn't because alot of memebers including a friend i have locally only got 4k miles or so out of this turbo. Indsted i spent the couple extra bucks and went with the real deal(MHI)....i luv the turbo, really does great on street dsm's... and i have put about 12k miles on it with still no shaft play or issues of any kind!

Mine died in 3,000 miles. Buy at you own risk.

 

[tstkl]

My 14b died and I was going to replace it with a big or small 16g from the classifieds, but after almost getting ripped off of $250, I decided to just buy a new turbo. So, I searched for the cheapest alternative and came up with the EVO3 GT on ebay- turbochargerscom, website is turbochargers.com go figure. This is the same turbo as on logicperformance and rre's websites as well, and for $550 shipped I figured it'd be worth the extra few dollars to get the GT as opposed to a small 16g.

Anyways, here's my tip just in case anyone else decides to purchase this turbo. On my 1g, the bolts that hold the oil return line to the turbo were longer than the EVO3 GT was threaded for. So, I was torquing down the first bolt, only to keep on turning, and turning waiting for it to click. Well it finally clicked but then it felt Really loose all of a sudden- the bolt broke in half! Apparently the bolt bottomed out because it was too long, and I had to take the entire turbo assembly back out to get the broken bolt out with some vise-grips (not enough room for a drill and extractor.) Went to Home Depot and replaced the bolts for 50 cents with M6-1.0 x 16mm (stock is 20mm.) If I would've known that was going to happen and had shorter bolts to start with I could've saved myself HOURS of frustration.

PITA... but first impressions after installed- Very satisfied! Response is good, doesn't peter out at high rpms, and my car's faster with the EVO3 GT @ 9lbs than my 14b @ 13lbs.

Happy DSM'ing
Rommel

same thing happens with the dejon tools smim and the stock bolts, its just off by about half a mm or something, so you dont notice until the dealer gives you the wrong bolt thats 30mm instead of 28mm like the stock bolts are. then when you go to screw in the 30mm bolt that you dont know is 30mm, it bottoms out and breaks. all the other ones bottomed out but didnt break because its so close. if you get the dejon smim, go with some 26mm bolts and save yourself some time.

I know from experience.

 

[RiceKiller_TSi]

Mine died in 3,000 miles. Buy at you own risk.

Were you able to get it replaced for free or what?

 

[Maverick3169]

Were you able to get it replaced for free or what?

Nope, my sponsor bought me a real MHI Evo III this time.
Turbochargers.com gave my sponsor problems about the warranty, so he didn't care for that.
I don't really want to be redundant about this (I've explained this in a different thread), so thats all I'm going to say.