Twisted motion "ebay" turbo?

[Hickory-NC-2Ggsx]

So ive been into the dsm game for about 5 years now. And ive always seen this 20g sold by twisted motion. Im curious bc to me they look like rebranded up priced (450$) ebay units. I suppose they could just use the housings. But i want to see what everyone else thinks. And thought it would be a good thread for others considering ive never seen anything about them.

 

[ThunderChild]

Looks like typical chebay stuff, the hub diameter on that wheel is massive. I'm not an expert, but I wouldn't waste my money there, especially not 450 for what the eye can see there.

 

[Hickory-NC-2Ggsx]

Yeah like i said ive just seen them for ever and i figured it was just a ebay unit. But i notice if you look at the compressor housing closely it says the same stupid crap the ebay ones do.

 

[Hickory-NC-2Ggsx]

Well this picture.

 

[JusMX141]

Twisted Motion is just another scam vendor selling Chinese turbo at 200% profit. They apparently build confidence in their products by showing photos on their Facebook page of a Chinese turbo sitting on a work bench that they clearly just took out of a box, or "rebuilt" a customer's quality turbo likely by dropping a new Chinese CHRA in just to make people think they're built in-house with quality parts.

At best all they do is re-clock the turbos so they fit whatever riced-out drift car their target audience is driving. Might last a while at low boost but apparently they don't take any real amount of abuse well.

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I'll gladly buy a Chinese 20G from eBay, pull it down, port the wastegate hole and weld the flapper bushing in place so it actually has a chance at controlling boost, then hog out the oiling hole in the thrust plate and rebalance the rotor group then sell it to you for $450. That's a hell of a lot more than they're doing for the same price.

 

[EVLGSX]

wow now thats pathetic. whats really crazy is that theres enough boneheads out there to keep them going!

 

[Hickory-NC-2Ggsx]

this is why i made this post so others can know what these really are. Thanks for chiming in @JusMX141 i was hoping you would see this thread bc you are the master. I myself never bought one in the past 5 years bc of them looking so similar to a ebay turbo.

 

[Hickory-NC-2Ggsx]

Haha i love that comment on there page.

 

[Spleen8urLSX]

This is the stuff that kills me. A lot of these "companies" that mark up the ching chong specials don't seem to target our community like they do the V8 guys and the Nissan crowd and such thankfully, but I constantly ask myself how they get these guys to fall for it. Another prime example is the On3 racing stuff, take a 155 dollar china 35r, slap an "On3 Performance" logo on it and mark it up to 450 bucks and the guys buying it think they're actually buying something good and buy the crap out of it. If someone knows the risks and wants to run one that's all on them but no sense in paying 300 bucks more than its worth just because of a name on the box.

 

[Hickory-NC-2Ggsx]

Yeah ive always thought the same on the on3 stuff. Ive had a few mustangs come into where i work with there stuff and the kits are always made poorly. For example every kit the driver said header has to be dented just the clear. Me personally if im going to pay that much it best be atleast half decent.

 

[DSMPT]

I remember that when my customer asked me to install a new $150 eBay 20g, it didn't spin at idle even it did freely spin by hand.