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Old Sep 22, 2013 | 09:31 PM
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Anybody ever use an ebay twin turbo kit? are they complete junk or even worth buying? its on there for 1050
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its sold by BM auto racing as a corvette twin turbo kit.
I was trying to put up a pic of the kit but couldn't get it to work.
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Searching the forum for forced induction should yield some experiences. From the little effort I've expended looking it appears that 3/4 of the people have an acceptable experience with them, the remaining ones were having various issues. In my opinion, it's one of those gambles you have to make. "Do I go for the budget stuff and risk my investment it the components, plus the very real possibility my motor could ingest some shrapnel from a setup gone bad? Or do I wait, save up some and spend more money for the good stuff and have that piece of mind?".
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Originally Posted by musclecarsrock68
its sold by BM auto racing as a corvette twin turbo kit.
I was trying to put up a pic of the kit but couldn't get it to work.
Are you talking about this one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Corvette-ls1-ls2-ls6-ls7-lsx-ls9-t4-custom-twin-turbo-kit-1200hp-/290800727888?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item43b512f750

It might be the same one that Denmah was talking about in this post:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-in...st-outing.html

Sounds like it, but I can't be sure.

Seems kinda expensive (for what you get).

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Great thing about turbo setups is you can buy parts one at a time so it doesn't take quite a hit all at once. I had the time so I bought mine one at a time and researched each and every piece before buying to make sure I was getting a quality product that would fit the power level I wanted and more! I too was looking at that kit and decided against it, but that is just me. Peace of mind comes at a cost.
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my friend bought a small block chevy twin turbo kit for super cheap, like 450-550 dollars shipped and made his own turbo kit.

its a third gen with a stock 5.3, the turbos are t3 based 50-57mm not totally sure, car cranks out 650whp @ 22lbs and goes 9s everytime he goes to the track haha

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Matt, are these the same turbos you used on the truck (Twin Setup down low) and ran out of steam ??
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Old Sep 24, 2013 | 03:20 PM
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Originally Posted by mightyquickz28
Searching the forum for forced induction should yield some experiences. From the little effort I've expended looking it appears that 3/4 of the people have an acceptable experience with them, the remaining ones were having various issues. In my opinion, it's one of those gambles you have to make. "Do I go for the budget stuff and risk my investment it the components, plus the very real possibility my motor could ingest some shrapnel from a setup gone bad? Or do I wait, save up some and spend more money for the good stuff and have that piece of mind?".
ok thanks i will do some more searching now that i have some more time.

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Are you talking about this one?

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It might be the same one that Denmah was talking about in this post:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-in...st-outing.html

Sounds like it, but I can't be sure.

Seems kinda expensive (for what you get).
yes thats exactly the one.

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Great thing about turbo setups is you can buy parts one at a time so it doesn't take quite a hit all at once. I had the time so I bought mine one at a time and researched each and every piece before buying to make sure I was getting a quality product that would fit the power level I wanted and more! I too was looking at that kit and decided against it, but that is just me. Peace of mind comes at a cost.
That would sound like a great plan to me but i dont know that much about turbo set ups, so I wouldnt know how to piece a kit together myself. im going to search for a complete list of everything needed to turbo my truck. If anyone knows of a list somewhere a link would be awesome!
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Originally Posted by denmah
my friend bought a small block chevy twin turbo kit for super cheap, like 450-550 dollars shipped and made his own turbo kit.

its a third gen with a stock 5.3, the turbos are t3 based 50-57mm not totally sure, car cranks out 650whp @ 22lbs and goes 9s everytime he goes to the track haha

Chad Keipers Twin turbo Camaro at Island Dragway - YouTube
Any idea where he might have bought that from?
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Originally Posted by HRHohio
Matt, are these the same turbos you used on the truck (Twin Setup down low) and ran out of steam ??
they are not the same, they are smaller
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