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Ebay Chinese Turbos

89_740Turbo

89_740Turbo

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Whats anyones luck here with these Chinese turbo setups they have on Ebay? I know a few people here have experimented with them and just wanted to get some feedback.

I have a LH2.2 740 Turbo I've been working on and eventually I'd like to upgrade from the stock turbo. If these Chinese ones are decent maybe Ill shoot for that. Any experience?
 
I have an emusa td05-20g that's supposed to fit a 99 eclipse. It was very easy to reclock, and bolts up to a 90+ manifold. I ended up welding a 2.5"x3" V band adapter to the exhaust and porting the turbine outlet into the adapter. It's probably got 8-10k miles on it so far.
 
VB242 said:
I have an emusa td05-20g that's supposed to fit a 99 eclipse. It was very easy to reclock, and bolts up to a 90+ manifold. I ended up welding a 2.5"x3" V band adapter to the exhaust and porting the turbine outlet into the adapter. It's probably got 8-10k miles on it so far.
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Bolts up to a 90+ manifold you say? Now you have me thinking...

Previous owner of my 740 let me know they have a 90+ manifold for me. I'm wondering if one of those turbos will bolt up to that. Not looking for a 20G though haha that will blow my trans up in a second
 
Choo choo bois are all the rage in the sloppy mechanic v8 world. Longevity is what it is but they're cheap and do the job.
 
89_740Turbo said:
Whats anyones luck here with these Chinese turbo setups they have on Ebay? I know a few people here have experimented with them and just wanted to get some feedback.

I have a LH2.2 740 Turbo I've been working on and eventually I'd like to upgrade from the stock turbo. If these Chinese ones are decent maybe Ill shoot for that. Any experience?
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Spend your money on something more adjustable than LH2.2 :twocents:
 
I don't have personal experience with them but I've seen others experiences. For every claim of "works awesome!" it seems like there are probably 3+ fails and much sadness within 1-180 days. If swapping out turbos is a menial task for you, it might be a way to go. Everyone I know that starts on ebays ends up with a name brand anyways. If there is anyway you can swing a name brand you probably wont regret it.
 
I used a cheap GT30R knockoff for a fairly long while on my '16V turbo version 1' engine, never had any issues with it. It was a cheap ball bearing turbo, so it was ~$400, not $150.
 
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