RX8 13b-REW swap! - Page 3

12-11-2008, 02:03 PM

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rgonza

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Originally Posted by arghx7

you gotta have a lot of ***** to trust your motor to an ebay wastegate. I have seen a knockoff Tial 38mm that was completely non functional right out of the box. Leaked horribly at idle, and yes it was installed correctly, because we installed a genuine Tial 38 in the same way after that and it worked fine. Ebay turbo parts are so hit-and-miss... I've seen some hold up for a long time and others be complete crap.

For me it working for 4 years without any problem, The HKS broke in the same manner if not properly installed if you apply much heat during welding the flange is came to disform due to execive heat applied and will no seat properly maybe your installer become the major problem not the waste gate. This wate gate become popular in 7 sec. Rotary drag starlets here's in the island running all the years without no problems.

Last edited by rgonza; 12-11-2008 at 02:06 PM.

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