turbo anybody !!?

[silver-e34]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/92-98-BMW-E36-6CYL-GT-325-450-HP-TURBO-KIT_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33742QQihZ005QQitem Z150055063346QQrdZ1

not bad for that price all you need is the piping and thats the easy part.

[SlickShift]

$625 for a turbo...that's cheaper than Hondas.

[DavidL]

Not a bad price. Not many people go with the internal wastegate (have yet to see one actually) on bimmers though. xspower seem to be improving from what I have read and since have picked up a xspower turbo for my e36. It will be used to setup and tune and break in then down the road I will definately be switching to a Precision SC61. I do see many more bimmers with the xspower (ebay) cooler and have yet to read anything bad about them. I guess the way the make it makes it a perfect fit.

[Mr.bimmerPuck]

Holy sh!t im only 624 dollers short

[JonnyChimpO]

yup.... pretty cheap

[LDadrenaline]

i have a feeling that its probably fairly cheap quality. for a small turbo and injectors and fuel pump (neccessary for the upgrade), its $1200 for me on ebay. A fmic would be another $200 probably. I just dont see how $625 can cover all that stuff. I'd be weary of getting it.


edit: keep in mind i have a japenese car, and parts are normally much less expensive.

[TheDarkSide]

Damn good price. :eek:

[Trevahhhh]

no , not a good price . SSautochrome is a joke . go on vwvortex and search for their name . there was a dude that ended up running over his turbo cause the flange broke off of the manifold . they have mystery turbos in their kits and well you get what you pay for with the intercooler . the crossfin count inside of them is poor to say the least . you get what you pay for . a quality t3/t4 alone shouldnt cost any less than 550 .

also when you buy intercoolers size doesnt mean all that much . it does mean something but its all about the crossfins inside the bars . that is what does the work .

[Orion ZyGarian]

SSAutochrome is a universally known poor quality company. Dont forget the guy that bought the turbo that was *glued* together...turbo gets hot, melts glue, fubar turbo

[DavidL]

I agree in some areas Travahhhh, People have problems with many brand name turbos. I am not sticking up for SSauto nor am I jumping on the Hate club bandwagon but, like I say, you can have problems with anything mechanical. Some just have more problems with newer name brand products. Bigger companies like garret & precision are actually able to TEST their products extensively and fix the flaws before putting them out in the market. My comment about the intercooler was a guess as to why many people use them in bimmers not a statement. I will be using a water to air myself (non ebay).

[DeafBimmerDude007]

yea i agreed about this one.... so people listen to him about that one bc sometime i heard some bad things happened after they brought it and they regret it... so if u find any company that test their products before they sell it, thats a good thing to buy unless they lied to you just bc they want to rip u off

[LDadrenaline]

well the saying "you get what you pay for" is very true. I know a guy who has a mustang cobra and got an "amazing deal" on some new rotors. 10 minutes of hard driving and they were cracked and his new pads were destroyed. He paid for some brembos and hasnt had any problems since.

[Cokewell]

I can't see why people don't understand the "get what you pay for" concept.

[Trevahhhh]

granted there are times when you come across good deals . or find a company that makes quality parts for a bit cheaper than others but this simply isnt one of those cases

and yeah i remember that turbo where they glued the compressor housing together lol another quality ss autochrome piece

[SlickShift]

I can't see why people don't understand the "get what you pay for" concept.

Exactly, there are very few "good deals" out there.

[AzzMan]

I can't see why people don't understand the "get what you pay for" concept.

People like spending less money, or saving more money. Their car may not run like it should and their house may look like shit, but hey! They've got more money in their pocket than you, or me, or both of us combined. Not because they make a lot but because they spend none of it.

[JuCo]

Anybody who buys this kit is just looking for trouble. If it seems to be to good to be true, it is.

[DavidL]

People like spending less money, or saving more money. Their car may not run like it should and their house may look like shit, but hey! They've got more money in their pocket than you, or me, or both of us combined. Not because they make a lot but because they spend none of it.
I hear ya there. I bought my cheap turbo to put the abuse on untill everything is tuned and so forth. That way I dont abuse my good one when I install it. So I am one of the dumb ones that spend more money on stupid things, I dont know why :dunno:

[Cokewell]

I'm speaking of those who want to come out of a transaction with an impossibly good deal on a high quality product. If an individual does not mind that their car runs like shit as a result of their frugality, generally resulting in purchase of a product of lower quality, than I urge them to satisfy themselves.

I highly doubt that anyone in their right mind would KNOWINGLY do something of this nature though.

Let me ask you this ... Why would you pay money to have your car run like shit? Break? Catch on fire?

When someone spends $625 on a turbo kit when the generally accepted price point for a similar product is easily more than triple that price, they are so excited to have found such a great deal that they often don't think twice about what they are really getting. They are GETTING WHAT THEY PAY FOR. It's just sad that they have to learn the hard way. What's even more sad is that some people never do learn their lesson.

[Cokewell]

JuCo knows what's up.

[AzzMan]

Let me ask you this ... Why would you pay money to have your car run like shit? Break? Catch on fire?

You're missing the concept though. They're paying money for, in this case, a turbo. They could pay thousands more for a good turbo, or $600~ for this. They save money by buying the shitty one.

That's all. That's the entire thought process, it never ever goes beyond that.

[Cokewell]

I highly doubt that anyone in their right mind would KNOWINGLY do something of this nature though.

Like you suggested, the money is spent on the turbo and not the bullshit they will have to deal with after the fact. (car running like shit, breaking, armageddon, etc...)


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When someone spends $625 on a turbo kit when the generally accepted price point for a similar product is easily more than triple that price, they are so excited to have found such a great deal that they often don't think twice about what they are really getting.
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Again, like you suggested, the thought process never goes beyond "625$=Turbo Kit"

[AzzMan]

Yep, and that's all there is to it! I hate arguing that point with people who don't get it though, like my dad. $500.00 cars don't run as well as $40,000.00 cars, yet he's convinced my mom's Achieva is just as good of a car as the M3 she's looking to get, in every way. There's a reason it costs 80x as much, but some people would never look at it that way.

[mbanks21]

Anyone who buys this turbo is an idiot. Point blank. Theres a HUGE differance between a hell of a deal and buying a cheap piece of $hit. Theres a 99% chance this thing will damage your car and end up costing you what a real turbo kit would have cost in the first place.

[Hodge]

Yep, and that's all there is to it! I hate arguing that point with people who don't get it though, like my dad. $500.00 cars don't run as well as $40,000.00 cars, yet he's convinced my mom's Achieva is just as good of a car as the M3 she's looking to get, in every way. There's a reason it costs 80x as much, but some people would never look at it that way.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

LOL WTF is an Achieva?

Sorry btw. Your dad is complete opposite of mine.

[Orion ZyGarian]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

LOL WTF is an Achieva?

Sorry btw. Your dad is complete opposite of mine.

Holy crap...Tyler?! LOL!!!!

Its Lonnie, from 1st period!

[Hodge]

:alright: ROFL awsome! I though that Miata looked so damned familiar!

Small (German) world.

[AzzMan]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

LOL WTF is an Achieva?

Sorry btw. Your dad is complete opposite of mine.

http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/bm/images/95achieva.jpg

The only reason my mom isn't rolling in that M3 is BECAUSE he's convinced her the car isn't worth money more than THAT ^ thing.

Oh well! BTW the Achieva actually has a bit of kick to it for what it is, the SL trim has something like a 150hp V6, and being FWD it doesn't weigh TOO much. Keep in mind, "What it is" is a $500 car though.

[Orion ZyGarian]

Nah....my 1986 Corolla GT-S was a $500 car. Bought it from the original owner with 250k miles on it. A/C didnt work, PS belt snapped driving down the road, but strangely enough everything otherwise still worked, even the rusted power sunroof.

That car is the cheapest car new anyone wouldve ever been able to get with an LSD I think. If not, then at least both LSD and RWD. What a blast that beater was!

[kelso]

$ 500 cars are things to fix and flip for cash to eventually buy the $50K car;)