Too good to be true..............

714xb · Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 189 Location: Anaheim, CA

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2008-SCION-XB-TURBO-KIT-2-4L-2AZFE-T3-T4-TC-ALSO-NEW_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33742QQihZ022QQitemZ350055771536QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

So apparently the down pipe just has to be modded to fit the car, but besides that it should bolt on. Seems awefully cheap to me though.
Just throwing it out there for someone that wants to be brave.

coryjames · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 3980 Location: arvada co

i would slap some one for doing this

jondutch · Joined: 30 Nov 2004 Posts: 104 Location: Utah

the ebay header for 50$ worked ok, but this seems like a little bit more of a risk. But if you think about it, the header was 1/4 the usual price, the turbo kit is 1/3... lol

BFDBOX · Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 361 Location: Chino Hills, Ca

people who make these kits for ebay should be taken out back and shot. Cuz some poor noob who dosent know anything is gona bolt this on and fuc there motor.

sp2 · Joined: 30 Jan 2008 Posts: 447

haha
yea these r such a joke

next thing u know walmarts gunna be selling these
haha

miketf1 · Posted: 5/4/08 7:55PM Post subject:

why do these people sell these things....

universal plumbing with a turbo cleaned up from the scrap yard...

IH8ONYU · Posted: 5/5/08 4:14PM Post subject:

for every 100 people out there that do there homework, there is 1 noob who doesnt reasearch. they buy this crap, thinking its a weekend bolt on, and b4 you know it, they are in way over their head.. If they DO get the damn thing installed right, and all the piping cut right, and downpipe cut and re-welded, and can actually get it into dyno,guess what, the turbo burns up, or something else goes wrong.. piping is cheap, real cheap... but like i said, there are more then enough noobs out there to fall for a "too good to be true" scheme to make most of us rich..
can you imagine if you were the first guy selling the MAF resistor mod!?!?!?!

greybox · Joined: 17 Jun 2007 Posts: 680 Location: lake oswego

Something to remember though-the GReddy turbo kit for the 1st gen xB also requires cutting, fitting-and re-welding the downpipe.

Brand name and $2500+ and it still doesn't bolt right in. Actually for the price you get your own e-manage somewhere else and it should all work and just make sure the BO pressure is set.

There are tCs running around with huge amounts of boost-like 300hp plus boost and the engine holds so anyone who knows what theya re doing thismight not be a bad deal. For a newby it would be a mess.

tainoxl · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 151 Location: NJ

I just sold my 96 Civic HB with an egay kit, never had any mechanical problem, piping did need some modification but most do. The guy i sold the car to just upped the boost to 14lb, 3yr no problem. There is pics of my civic on various honda forums.

tainoxl · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 151 Location: NJ

You guys may be interested in this kit.

http://www.whyindustries.com/store/index.php?cPath=23_90_32[/url]

coryjames · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 3980 Location: arvada co

im running that kit tainoxl hahahahaha

tainoxl · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 151 Location: NJ

uohhhh! It is decent looking, they should throw in the fuel management.

coryjames · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 3980 Location: arvada co

i bought fuel managment 300 bucks so im at 3300 on the kit another 200 wide band 200 boost gauge it starts to add up but its worth it

2_much_tc · Posted: 5/7/08 2:39PM Post subject: Re: Too good to be true..............

714xb wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2008-SCION-XB-TURBO-KIT-2-4L-2AZFE-T3-T4-TC-ALSO-NEW_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33742QQihZ022QQitemZ350055771536QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

So apparently the down pipe just has to be modded to fit the car, but besides that it should bolt on. Seems awefully cheap to me though.
Just throwing it out there for someone that wants to be brave.

mblock · Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 10

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buickid · Joined: 25 Feb 2008 Posts: 213 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii

These chinese turbo kits apparently aren't too bad for the price. They have their quirks though, like you need a oil restrictor the turbo, or the oil seals will blow out. This is from what I've read.

tainoxl · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 151 Location: NJ

The one I had purchased came with one. I think it is a 50/5o chance to be honest. I would wait and save up. The cost adds up when you have to modify things to make it work, and if indeed you get a turbo with weak seals then you bleww your money. I have heard of people buying these turbos as replacements and upgrading internals.

With my hb my turbo never gave me a problem, but the down pipe was a pain in the butt, and the cheap pipe straps could not hold the charge pipes together under boost.

714xb · Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 189 Location: Anaheim, CA

I wouldn't run this setup. In fact I would be boosting my xB until the factory warranty is over. I was merely throwing it out there for some other brave souls.
When the time comes for me to turbo (appx. 55,000 miles more) then I will probably go with the turbotoyotas setup.