Jump to content
SAU Community

Cheapest place for HKS or Trust turbos?

curbsurfer253
 Share

Recommended Posts

curbsurfer253 Apprentice

curbsurfer253

Posted
Posted

I know this possibly should be in the wanted area but i think this can benefit all the forced induction guys. I often see people talking about good deals they got, or how they have "connections" and "know people" to get cheap turbos. Well...share the wealth then! I'm looking for a used HKS GT2535 w/ a T3 flange or a TD06-20G turbine and i'm having a hell of a time finding quality, cheap, 2nd hand turbos. Anyone.....?

autObarn Enthusiast

autObarn

Posted
Posted
I know this possibly should be in the wanted area but i think this can benefit all the forced induction guys.  I often see people talking about good deals they got, or how they have "connections" and "know people" to get cheap turbos. Well...share the wealth then! I'm looking for a used HKS GT2535 w/ a T3 flange or a TD06-20G turbine and i'm having a hell of a time finding quality, cheap, 2nd hand turbos. Anyone.....?

is there such a thing as cheap second hand turbos? not many reasons to pull a perfectly good turbo off a car just to offload it cheap, hence the fact cheap ones are usually farked and the good ones are still too pricey.

Steve Grand Master

Steve

Posted
Posted

If you buy from OS, just be aware that you are gambling.

You may get it past customs and not pay duty, then GST (and they include the cost of post) - and you may not.

If not, you may possibly find it was cheaper to source locally. Remember too, that if you buy from OS you dont get a warranty.

I have bought some gear from OS, but I have bought a fair bit of gear locally, as when I compared the cost, the possible saving of a few dollars didnt outweigh the risk and the total cost I would have been up for if I bought OS. Whilst I have never been hit duty and GST, I know people who have and it ended up costing them more than buying locally.

Best bet would be to see what it would cost locally, then compare the OS price and then figure in how much duty and gst you may have to pay - that way if you decide to import yourself, you wont be caught unawares.

I can recommend D1 Garage as a good place to look locally, I have bought alot of gear off them, and found their prices as good as it gets here in Aust.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • xmanz
      Video Edit Programs

      By xmanz · Posted

      When I need something else to edit, I use Movavi. A friend who does video editing on a daily basis recommended me) it's an easy video cutter to use for beginners
    • Skidmore
      Video Edit Programs

      By Skidmore · Posted

      I need to edit some videos for work but I'm not good at all this. Which video editor can you recommend?
    • GTSBoy
      HY51 Fuga Hybrid

      By GTSBoy · Posted

      I think you're really missing the point. The spec is just the minimum spec that the fuel has to meet. The additive packages can, and do, go above that minimum if the fuel brand feels they need/want to. And so you get BP Ultimate or Shell Ultra (or whatever they call it) making promises to clean your engine better than the standard stuff....simply because they do actually put better additive packages in there. They do not waste special sauce on the plebian fuel if they can avoid it. I didn't say "energy density". I just said "density". That's right, the specific gravity (if you want to use a really shit old imperial description for mass per unit volume). The density being higher indicates a number of things, from reduces oxygen content, to increased numbers of double bonds or cyclic components. That then just happens to flow on to the calorific value on a volume basis being correspondingly higher. The calorific value on a mass basis barely changes, because almost all hydrocarbon materials have a very similar CV per kg. But whatever - the end result is that you do get a bit more energy per litre, which helps to offset some of the sting of the massive price bump over 91. I can go you one better than "I used to work at a fuel station". I had uni lecturers who worked at the Pt Stanvac refinery (at the time they were lecturing, as industry specialist lecturers) who were quite candid about the business. And granted, that was 30+ years ago, and you might note that I have stated above that I think the industry has since collected together near the bottom (quite like ISPs, when you think about it). Oh, did I mention that I am quite literally a combustion engineer? I'm designing (well, actually, trying to avoid designing and trying to make the junior engineer do it) a heavy fuel oil firing system for a cement plant in fricking Iraq, this week. Last week it was natural gas fired this-that. The week before it was LPG fired anode furnaces for a copper smelter (well, the burners for them, not the actual furnaces, which are just big dumb steel). I'm kinda all over fuels.
    • LjB123
      RB25 Crankshaft Differences

      By LjB123 · Posted

      Well my freshly rebuilt RB25DET Neo went bang 1000kms in, completely fried big end bearing in cylinder 1 so bad my engine seized. No knocking or oil pressure issue prior to this happening, all happened within less than a second. Had Nitto oil pump, 8L baffled sump, head drain, oil restrictors, the lot put in to prevent me spinning a bearing like i did to need the rebuild. Mechanic that looked after the works has no idea what caused it. Reckoned it may have been bearing clearance wrong in cylinder 1 we have no idea. Machinist who did the work reckoned it was something on the mechanic. Anyway thats between them, i had no part in it, just paid the money Curiosity question, does the oil system on RB’s go sump > oil pump > filter > around engine? If so, if you had a leak on an oil filter relocation plate, say sump > oil pump > filter > LEAK > around engine would this cause a low oil pressure reading if the sensors was before the filter?   TIA
    • sonicii
      HY51 Fuga Hybrid

      By sonicii · Posted

      But I think you missed mine.. there is also nothing about the 98 spec that supports your claim..  according to the fuel standards, it can be identical to 95, just very slightly higher octane number. But the ulp vs pulp fuel regulations go show 95 (or 98), is not just 91 with some additives. any claim of ‘refined by the better refineries’ or ‘higher quality fuel’ is just hearsay.  I have never seen anything to back up such claims other than ‘my mate used to work for a fuel station’, or ‘drove a fuel delivery truck’, or ‘my mechanic says’.. the actual energy densities do slightly vary between the 3 grades of fuel, but the difference is very minor. That said, I am very happy to be proven wrong if anyone has some hard evidence..
×
×
  • Create New...