What's INSIDE an eBay turbo!? 

That ball bearing/journal bearing combo: it's not that unusual. Turbonetics used to do that back in the day.

subbed because he actually put a timestamp for when he starts lol

I have one of these Gt35's on my 4 cylinder, 2.0L zetec in my ford escort zx2. Its been pushing 25 psi for at least 5 years. Brand name HKS bov and tial 38mm wastegate.

If you build cars you’ve bought off of eBay lol 😂 I’ve got kids so every builds a budget build ✌🏻

When you first gave it a spin, I thought journal bearing right away. Not that I'd really complain with that. Quality journals do a great job. Very little friction once pressurized. The compressor wheel had a reference mark and on the nut was the ground-off bit from the balancing process. You'd have to line it all back up exactly the same as it was for this turbo to work now. But I'll bet if you did, this turbo would boost nicely and that ball bearing on the compressor side would be just enough to make it robust against surge. The cheap metallurgy that went into casting the turbine housing is the part I wouldn't trust.

I hope @5:44 you were meaning to measure the Exducer of the compressor wheel. As you might already know, when a turbo manufacturer says they have a "76mm" turbo, they are usually referring to the Inducer of the compressor wheel, which is the diameter of the tips of the compressor wheel.

Pretty much my Whole car is ebay parts, Turbo is a CXracing T04e , injectors are from an ebay store, intercooler and pipe is cxracing, clutch it XTD, waste gate and BOV are CHials from ebay. I've gon over some of the problems I've had with eBay stuff on my channel. Seems like it always comes down to 2 things, QC and lack of warranty, but as long as you go into it acknowledging that you're going to have to go through it and possibly fix it and that if it is DOA or it blows up later your on your own then it's ok to buy this stuff. My CHial BOV and waste gate were both DOA and had to be "fixed" before I could use them, didn't cost me anything but time to fix them though.

I've bought numerous too-cheap-to-be-good parts from eBay and usually found them to be pretty good. My favorite is probably the LED headlights I got for my old VW Bug. $80, were clearly knockoffs of $500 JW Speaker units. Avoided them for years, hoping to save up for name-brand, or even takeoffs from the late-model Jeep Wranglers, but finally looked into it a bit more, found a lot of Jeep blogs where people found they were pretty decent. Decided to give them a try, not a ton to loose. Found they work great - huge upgrade over stock sealed beams and they've worked great for well over a year now.

If you send an ebay turbo off to be properly balanced they may actually last a long time. Many are not balanced and end up going though bearings and blow out oil seals in a few thousand miles. It will cost about $40-60 but will be worth it. Same goes anytime a turbo is dissembled, rebuilt or something like a compressor wheel replaced with a lighter billet piece.

I run a blow off valve from EBay for my 3sgte and it is great. It is a SSQV knock off and I love the sound. I am currently building a 2jzge NA-T and I am planning to run a EBay turbo and inter cooler.

I bought an OBX Helical LSD off ebay for my 2007 Porsche Cayman S and the bolts were loose and I had to deburr a few rough edges inside but for the last 5,000 miles it's running good! Great channel

I bought a Aluminum radiator and stainless steal headers for my fox and the radiator came with fans saved me over 1800 bucks and they worked great to help me drag out a 08 Zo6 through the 8th

I got my turbo rebuilt and it came back like a new one.wow I thought.i mean it cost $2100 but I thought quality costs right.now I realise they just gave me a $400 E bay turbo and kept the profit. I have the invoice and turbo if anyone would like to see it.

Hell, all parts from ebay are great

Lol I live my life one eBay package of car parts at a time 😎👌 it doesn't matter if it's from eBay, or if it's from Autobarn, Racecar parts are racecar parts! Dude you never had your eBay parts! Not double purchasing eBay parts like you should! And!, Don't let this distract you from the fact that Hector is going to be running three Honda Civics with Spoon engines. And on top of that, he just went into Harry's and ordered three T66 turbos with NOS... and a Motec system and exhaust! And I bet Harry's scopes those super cheap deals from eBay fam 👌👌

How big is the compressor inducer ? The to4e ebay turbos are 52.4mm . i have measured three.

I ordered an exhaust for my old mr2 and that turned out great lasted for years with no issues.

if it was not for ebay i could not afford to fixup my old mustang bought a lot of parts new and used sometimes they get things but still it well worth it

Had loads off eBay over the years. Turbos, air box and intakes, blanking plates and sensors, LEDs to rice up my interior. Most recently I got LED DRLs and a HID upgrade for my headlights, last night I bought the LEDs for my fog lights too so it all matches 😁

Bought a $40 cai and the bracket didn’t come with it to hold it solid to the frame and had to custom make one put the pipe in had to go underneath to secure the custom bracket and to install the filter 😂

Very interested in seeing if this turbo you get works well or not

Hell ya

Just found your channel was having problems finding performance parts for my VG33E until recently thinking of running a turbo. There is actually a turbocharged engine model but mine is not your channel has made it as painless as possible thanks.

I bought an ebay dual ball bearing gtx3582r turbo and it's working flawlessly boosting 35lbs making 630whp.

I built an entire 450bhp twin turbo vr6 setup with eBay parts (apart from the turbos which I got free from work). Still going strong 1.5 years later

Brought 16 piece stainless exhaust/ intake valve kit for stock 351 ford Cleveland cylinder heads. Had no issues, and ended up selling the heads later on and got $300 for the set.

Was in a financial bind a few years back and my blitz bov siezed open so I ordered a Greddy type S knock off bov called a freddy super racing bov which worked out very well. It's been on my car for over 7 years 120K miles and holds 16 pounds of boost just fine.

Just fitted an eBay special quick shift to my E36. So far so good. I've also commented on every video, my partner finds it hilarious when you announce the winners and it's never me 😂

Just bought top Speed Pro1 mufflers for my 2000 m5... They sound amazing

I actually ordered a LS block over the weekend (found a couple cracks in the 350 that's in my truck now). $89 plus $199 shipping from Florida, should arrive tomorrow afternoon.

Really dig the vid. Planning on turboing my car this year and wasn’t quite sure where to look when it came down to what to look for.

Great videos! I found your channel looking xor Porsche builds. I just spent the last few days binge watching the series. Now watching the 240. Both are cars I would love to have. The Porsche is my dream car, and been a fan of the Z's. Since my Uncle bought his in '82. Build what ever you feel, also a bike fan. Keep up the good work.

Bought some Big Block Ford Aluminum heads. They were actually pretty good. They're still on the car and running strong.

Removing the shaft nut for looking into the center section prevents the wheels from being perfectly realigned again for balancing purposes. I know you were returning this one so no foul but I don’t want others to do this just for fun/curiosity. While I have a real turbo I plan on trying an eBay turbo one day based on the success of others. My Intercooler could use and upgrade should it grenade anyway.

Better hope ya put that all back in the same config. Those wheels are /were balanced.

I have an eBay turbo on my Jetta tdi and I run it hard and have never had a problem with it

You can get those turbos for about 40 dollars if you check fb market

I bought a cone air filter off of eBay for my 1.8T VW, only for better turbo noises haha, it only had the baby ko3 turbo

I bought a k03 turbo on ebay and it did ok but the exhaust seal leaked a little oil. Turbo said it had a restrictor built in so I don't think it was getting too much oil.

Have not bought performance parts on eBay, but I did get the wheel bearings for my truck. 29.95 vs 155.74......

That single bearing turbo is based on a Turbonetics design. It was used on a lot of there turbos.

Just picked up a new pair of sick boosted shades.😎

my ebay parts were an entire turbo kit, the turbo was some sort of hybrid thing it was a jm turbo technologies cold side and like a holset hot or something like that and it worked amazing, was a true 76 mil, and the rods i bought were SGI h beams and they held 700 hp and me beating the piss out of them, i machined them in my block, a little bit but they were great

Bought a carby for an old 22r. Wasn't exactly the same and some mods required but worked wel

I dodnt know they did that...solid info bro

What size restrictor would you run on one of those hybrid turbos?

Ebay performance parts.. Actually bought a used Arizona z car intake manifold as well as a used 8007 holley carb. Planning on putting it on my 1981 280zx l28 and hopefully make a blow thru turbo config

Grab a used K04 from borg warner 😛 they can be really cheap like 100$ used

i braught break discs slotted and dimpled for 180 and my breaks are amazing with no fade

I got a cheap 120$ Dremel bearing no brand name Turbo off eBay for my D16 and I've been pushing 15 pounds of boost on it for lil over a year now and no shaft play so far

Ive had a ebay turbo on my honda for 50k miles. I got the kit and the blow off valve and waste gate let out boost at random times so i went name brand on those but the turbo that everyone told me would break still hasnt.... lol

Yall literally make me wanna get an Ebay turbo for my honda accord.fuck it ima try it lol

Only thing I used off eBay is gun parts, haven't had the chance to get performace parts off it yet great channel though guys

Bought car audio products, OEM plug adapters and brackets. So not performance products. You get what you pay for. They worked, although the brackets didn't quite have that OEM look

Awesome video guys, love the info and advice!

so so sooo much thans for show and explain.

Love that you are driving the Porsche!

Picked up a downpipe for the WRX. While it did bolt on, the hangers didn't line up. Classic ebay exhaust pipes, ha.

You guys ever tried the brand maxpeedingrods? Would you please try and make a video on them....very popular on ebay...maybe tear one of them down...great videos keep it up!

I bought a a/c friendly turbo kit and surprisingly I only had to redo the down pipe.

that fact that do giveaways every video earns my sub

they arent always ball bearing either though the stock cummins turbos are brass journals instead of ball bearings its only when you get into bigger sized turbos they must have ball bearings.... but i have never seen one with both ahaha thats funny stuff haha good thing you took it apart personally i would just save yourself the headach and buy from a reputable dealer instead of gambling on ebay

Well also, you could have done this, for about $5-10. Remove the journal bearing, measure it and buy a ball bearing that size to smack in there. Or It looked like there was enough meat in there to ream it out .. Then put in a beefer ball bearing set. Just food for thought

Bought some ebay braided turbo oil lines, worked well suprisingly.

I hear they work fine, the problem comes when it's time to rebuild.

Hahah...yes, I bought a td04 turbo for my ej205 Forester and haven’t yet had any issues

I recently bought the Launch X431S pro mini diagnostic computer (they make the Mac diagnostic tool)... just received yesterday and have not even programed it at this time... hoping to use it to change the governor on my 06' sprinter that is governed at 82 mph... when we drive out west the highway speeds are 80 and I need to up that to 95 mph to keep from getting run over by semi's ... also bought a glow plug controller from ebay along w/ the glow plugs for said Mercedes Sprinter...... Many Blessings , SMR

Probably easier to get the machine shop to put in the restrictor and get some high quality ball bearings and drop them in.

i have not bought any eBay parts (outside of genuine parts) for any of my cars, though my friend has a gt35r eBay turbo on his Integra and he hasn't hand any issues with it and on his flow bench it moves only about 4-5% less air than his real Garrett gt35r

Purchased a few specialty tools to use once.

As you guys said, provided you do your research and use your brain eBay can be a good source of parts. I usually buy name brand if I can...

Personally I have a very hard time finding quality items on ebay. You guys are too nice lol.... you obviously don't want to piss anyone off.

Boost addict got that win must have a turbo 2.3

A KINDER SURPRISE!

I got a exhaust system off of ebay, my car sounds okay, it was cheap so i cant complain

"It's a weird design that no reputable turbo manufacturer uses" If everyone thought this way, nothing would ever get improved.

I once bought a clutch kit from eBay, not a smart decision though learned my lesson from it and prefer to go to a junkyard but their not very close. I rather save up a little longer and buy good brand parts

I bought tyre valve caps off E-Bay and they fitted. Anything more than that I want to see before I buy.

lol i had no idea that that the bearings in the turbos were what actually made it better or worse

I have never brought stuff from ebay, I try to keep away from it but sometime in the future I'll probably get something for my car

I haven't gotten parts off eBay yet, but I would in the future

Thank you so much for this valuable information if I ever pick up a turbo I am sure that I'll get the right one now thank you so much👍👍👍👍

Bought a down pipe, worked but needed some tweaking.

I think it's funny that you guys ordered 2 Turbos and didn't read the description well enough to see what you were actually getting... make sure it says dual ball bearing and the specs that you're looking for. I know the boostedboiz use the one that's 499 and they've gotten really good results.

Ebay turbo are good its all about a good tune

that Porsche sounds insane

Wanna make your turbo last longer put MUSCLE MT10 in it and in your oil. Best stuff ever.

I'm at 4:48 and it's not ball bearing.... but anyway boost threshold has been proven to take longer with a ball bearing but gear to gear lag is better. Ball bearing has more mass vs Journal bearing.

That turbo actually looks pretty nice, ive seen some crappy turbos off ebay xD ... on another note ... its like the same shit but if you have amazon prime there are tons of turbos on amazon that you can get free 2 day shipping on ... its pretty nice and prime stuff is backed by amazon so if need be returns should be easy :P ... great vid guys

Boostedboiz use that gtx3582r turbo ,and he does make 700 whp on it

Wen are you goung to get a decent tune for the porche and maybe some dyno numbers ???

If you wanted a smaller turbo, why get a massive gt3582? :/ a gt28-gt30 would be ideal for that setup.

Never bought eBay parts, but I’ve got an blown up teggy I wanna do a budget build with one day and she’ll definitely be getting eBay goodies =P

Learned a lot from this vid....nice!!!!

I've never really bought anything for more than like £200 off eBay for my car. But then its easier in the UK to go to the shops as its no where near a big as the US!

Mostly just PC parts and tech, flip 'em if I find a good deal. Also love the Porsche build, saving up to eventually fund my own 'diy' 964 singer x outlaw hybrid build.

I plan on buying a ebay turbo for my 2.3.

Bought a refurbished Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo for replacing a turbo on a car off of eBay. Thing hand grenaded in an hour. Properly installed by a qualified mechanic and drive by a 60+ year old woman.

I recently bought a dc sports header for my car im pretty happy with it, it was exactly what was advertised. Except for being a open box sale for 300$ after i bought it they still have the same sale for many other ones? Wierd. It also didnt come with any gaskets or hardware. Whats your guys take on electric superchargers?

lol that dual you found has been on watch list for so long, same one boostedboiz use on their builds. first time coming across this channel. I'll give a follow!