was this Carlos' kit? or did he end up putting the esmeril kit in his car?

 

Carlos has his installed. Diego got a deal on this one in NE. I should be joining you guys very shortly.

 

oh, did he get staticlag (dan's) kit? I know he was parting out his car

 

So they are cheap, yet you see anyone else running same power levels with more expensive parts? NO. Cheap can be good sometimes, go look at the Rx7club forums and you will see many people running "cheap" turbos on their Fcs for drifting and they making good power levels and having a good running car. If the part is cheap and performs right then you have to be STUPID to spend 4x more on something that performs just as good. If you have the money to do it, then go ahead. But im 19 and ill have a car that performs "as" good as most of you people with "NON CHEAP" parts. Oh well, and like i said. If anything breaks i DO got the money to buy authentic, just why bother doing it now when i can get something for less than half the cost??

 

I actually do not know if they are infact ebay, but that Al guy was and is the first person to encounter them problems. So if NO one would of encountered them problems then nobody would be saying they are cheap, knock offs, or whatever. And like you said, your greddy is so easy to upgrade, Isnt mine too?? i mean if turbo sucks, can't i just buy a "authentic"?, what about Waste/bov, TiAl has same wastegate with same "V clamps" and bov. So if i didn't want "cheap" parts i could upgrade to those, but ill wait for mine to go boom before spending unnecessary money. Just like what your doing with that greddy

 

Hey man, different strokes for different folks,
Just keep us posted on the running tab and cost of your kit when you finally realize you have all the parts you need to run it without blowing up. I bet it cost you more over the long hall then.
To me this is just the same logic when people buy knock off bodykits and wonder why when they go to the body shop it cost so much to fit the kit and make it look good, those people always end up spending more than the people whom bought the authentic.
Im not trying to attack you but your thinking just doesnt make sense at all... Bandaids may not be able to fix it, thats all...
Again good luck,,,

 

No your logic is wrong, your attacking Esmeril kit because one guy had a bad experience. Please post up all the other bad experiences and **** that has gone wrong with peoples turbo kits. i guarantee you, you wont find many. I personally haven't seen anyone with problems, except that "one" guy. So far i have $4,300 spent on this kit. Which i really don't think ill have to upgrade anything soon. Kit was used and guy ran his perfectly. At end if your "cheap" parts go out, i can spend about 750 and get a TiAl waste/bov. then another 1500 for a turbo. Id spend about 7k for a "better" parts and stock piping. not bad at all. Iv spent about that on the car already, Yes NO knock off **** goes on my cars exterior. Except that turbo!!!!
But my logic is simple, I plan to break,burn,destroy most of the parts on my engine trying to reach HIGH hp. So rebuild, new turbos, all that is on my list of things to do/get. Im building a fast track ready rx8 so got to expect all that.

Thanks for the good luck, i need it for this damn stripped nut

 

good luck with turbo keep us posted!

 

So your planning on blowing up your engine???
Why not just buy an engine build it up first to handle the higher hp, then buy your turbo and drop it in???

 

Cause i already have an rx8! lol why buy another engine? True though, ill do that with the 20b for sure.

I should have her done this weekend, but i have to work more OT

 

I am not talking about that thread actually. There were some other threads on here making the ebay parts claims. Al's thread alone did not influence me to think they were ebay parts. It was just something discussed more than once....

 

I feel like I've created a little following here...
Again, as it's been said, good luck and I have a REAL Garrett GT3076 for sale, bolts right up.

 

Its my turbo build nothing else.
Edited...

 

So i cant manage to fit that damn manifold through my engine bay!!

 

can you do it from under the car? or is that the way you are doing it?
with my greddy, you have to install it a certain way or it will not fit

 

You have to do it under the car, but its a bitch to get it through. Ill get it figured out sometime.

 

have someone else there to help you guide the pipe through into the bay

 

yeah, like Ngo said you may need 2 people to get it snaked up in there...and from what I can remember from pictures of the esmeril manifold, it is quite beefy

 

just wondering, can you relocate the wastegate for this kit? if you can, it will be better.....do you guys think it can be done?
steven

 

yes, it has been done
when importshowoff had it in his car before he sold it, the shop he had install it relocated it out of harms way. I believe Joliet Wankel bought the kit and is selling it right now, complete with the relocated wastegage.

 

I had 3 people help me, it was still a bitch, kept hitting something. I have to figure out a route to get it inthere right.

 

cool, i hope people who have the kit can relocate the wastegate, just incase, you never know. someone in NJ has the kit, and he bumped it and ruinned it little bit, he also burn the hood ...o well, i am happy that there are more people put turbo in their 8, good luck man, make sure tune it right..
steven

 

was it the bracket that holds the lower radiator hose?

esmeril had instructions to bend it out of the way. maybe its that.

 

wow, no kidding...burned the hood?? now that I've never heard of before

 

I had a bit of fun taking the manifold out yesterday, I can't wait to put it back in haha!

Bend the radiator support up and then twist it towards the passenger side fender. Also, the small bracket that holds some hard lines can also get in the way, it sits directly below where the turbo will end up. Good luck, and hope all works for you!