New Turbo
Not trying to make the guy feel bad. No one has said it's not a nice turbo either. The point that was being made is his buddy stuck it to him and he only wants 600hp. That's been done over and over with a 250$ GT45. Just hate the guy didn't look into it a bit more for his own sake.
Not trying to make the guy feel bad. No one has said it's not a nice turbo either. The point that was being made is his buddy stuck it to him and he only wants 600hp. That's been done over and over with a 250$ GT45. Just hate the guy didn't look into it a bit more for his own sake.
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Ball bearing 88mm turbos with billet wheels, race covers, extended tip turbine wheels and years of New technology outperform the y2k for quite a bit less.
Hell, a billet Pro Mod 88mm can be had for that price if you look around hard enough, and they're rated for 1650+.
Value of the turbo is somewhat reflected in price, yes. But that turbo is years out of date. It's just a bunch of factors that go along with him buying this one for 2500$. Really hate it for him.
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Not a bad turbo but old technology. For that price, you can get a billet 80/82/84/88 which will spool faster and make more power. I would sell it or see if your "Friend" will return it and get a turbo better suited to your application.
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All of those can be had in billet for less than 2000, even with race covers and even custom turbine wheels.
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For the guys saying that the turbo is not that bad, it's like buying a compaq pc from 2002 at full retail price in 2014. Sure it's a quality computer and probably still runs, but you could buy a modern one and get far more performance for far less price. You wouldn't buy a pentium 4 pc for $2500 now would you?
