Ebay Turbos: Monsta Kits

[Beef]

Hey lads, one of my mates just bought a turbo kit off ebay for his soarer, it consisted of:

- Turbo

- Manifold

- External Wastegate

Now i think he only paid around $700 for all this...

i have heard bad things about these "monsta" turbos...

has anyone had first hand experience with these or know anything about them?

Beef

Edited September 17, 2006 by Beef

[paulr33]

cheap

chinese

ebay

it will fail

thank your mother for the rabbits

think why a genuine garrett is around $2000 and then think about what he has brought

[Mr. Oizo]

you get what you pay for

[Lithius]

Guy at work bought one of these about 6 months ago... it was blown within about a month I think. Complete waste of money.

[Evan_R33]

yep that saying definatley rings true here, you get what you pay for.

One of my mates had one of these kind of chinese turbos fail on the test bench! never made it near the car!

But now that we have all slagged them off your mates might go onto lead a healthy life! but i doubt it!

[Cubes]

For that price I would think it will live a short life and end up like this..

Look familiar?

[LBR33]

Quality is a real concern with turbos as they will spin upto 150,000rpm and if the balance it even a fraction out you can expect to get somthing like this

[Kozeyekan]

ebay isn't bad for cheap parts, but not for the performance parts. If you want a cheap pod, or a second hand dash surround, it's great, but for pipes, internals, turbos and such, I'd avoid it like the plague.

[SLIMVLT]

i had a e-bay t70 manifold and gate on a rb30 made 253 rwkw not a problem with mine.

i expected it to brake but it didnt, no turbo preservation went on either.

just shut it down hot and walk away.

[paulr33]

got compressor wheel failure

[nizmo_freek]

Would i buy one??

NO!!!!!!!!

[Busky2k]

I dunno but if one was considering a kit like that for a Skyline they shouldn't be driving one.

[Adriano]

My mate got ane of those rb26 setups for $220, threw the turbo away and put a garrett on it using the parts in the kit.

[teazn_r33]

i know that the quality of them now are shyt i purched one around 12 months ago nothing wrong with it and it produced 300 rwkw but i know someone who purched one of the same buyer 2 months ago and wat a difrence its rooted i look at it diffrent housing smaller (square shape) outlet shft play yet same product so id say no mine has done around 6000klms

[Cubes]

Luck of the draw if u get a good one or not.

[qikstagea]

If youre paying peanuts, youll get monkeys, dude. Or rather, turbos built by monkeys.

Get something quality. They may weigh in the same, and have parts that do the same thing, but youre paying for a LOT of research, development, and PROVEN performance, that is going to last, as long as you treat it right. THere are always exceptions, but its not something id take a chance on.

[_8OO5TED_]

I recently purchased a high mount manifold from monsta, to go with my tial gate and GT30r turbo. had a mate look at it (he is a welder by trade) and he was quite impressed with it, considering the price, $180. personally, i wouldnt buy anything china that had moving parts, ie turbos/gates etc. manifolds/exhausts on the other hand are fine imo having seen them work without problems for long periods of time....

[Busky2k]

^^ Only question is, how long will it take before it cracks... the designs look half decent though I have to admit.

[_8OO5TED_]

hopefully a while

i will brace it and heat wrap it and hope for the best

[Busky2k]

Actually don't heat wrap it cos all your doing is keeping the heat in, and making it more prone to cracking due to higher skin temperatures. Moreover wrapping is never uniform, which doesn't really help either. Ceramically coat it I say! I did that with a SSA cheapy one I had and it worked well for the few years I had it...