Any Problems?

Thanks.

 

Like what?

 

Bill Lutz(Outlaw 10.5 guy) has been using the ebay wastegates for the last year or so and claims they work very well.

 

i have the knockoff wastegate...44 and 50mm bov. work fine but you need to verify the springs as who knows what you might get

 

I purchased a knock off hks "Style" wastegate. It worked well at first. It held 8psi pretty reliably, this was on a rear mount system. A few months later I was running up on the highway entrance ramp and noticed 16psi!!!!
The valve in the wastegate was made of steel, not stainless. Condensation built up in the exhuast and rusted the valve shut. Also the valve never seated completely closed, but that was very minor. Thank god I had no damage could have been buying a nw motor

 

i have been using a 50 mm wastegate off of ebay with no problem at all...i drive my car almost everyday. as far as bov i am just using a junkyard volvo valve with no probs...surely the ebay ones cant be too bad lol

 

I'm using the knockoff 50mm tial bov. i just ordered the correct spring and works like a champ.

 

how would you verify the spring pressure in a wastgate when its ont mounted on the car?

 

I wont use the gates but have used MANY of the TiAL style BOVs with NO issues

 

Have a Tial knock off wastegate, and have never had a problem with it.

 

Have a Tial knock off wastegate, and have never had a problem with it.

 

i used a XO2 racing 60mm gate for a couple years and never had any problems with it, always very consistant

 

Bringing this back up to see if there is any more input and recommendations on what to get. I just found out what i thought to be an HKS 50mm is actually a knock off version and now I want to change it (mostly cus the mounting flange broke and i cant get a replacement) Wondering what is worth it.

 

They work great until the valve sticks to the seat and your sweeping connecting rods & pistons off of the pavement on Rte. 10. It's not worth cheaping out.

 

we use the HKS knock off 60mm waste gate and they work great. Most guys buy one of these when their diaphram rips in the HKS. They pull out the cheapy diaphram and put it in the HKS. The whole uit is cheaper than a new diaphram and the fact that they fit is a testament to how close they are in design. JMHO

 

Dusty Bradford (associated with PTC converters) runs knockoff wastegates in his racecar...its a SB2.2 headed 94mm setup....

 

Typical use in a race car that sees a few 1/4 mile passes a week is far different than someone who drives his car regularly. Justifying using China-Bay gates because John Doe uses them in his million horsepower race car is dumb as well.

 

I wouldnt trust egay wastegates. I am running a BOV from egay though.

 

Running a turbosmart BOV and a OBX 44mm wastegate.

 

i think you can skimp on the bov but not the wastegate.