found this kit on Craigslist. been talking to the guy for a few days now about it. is a custom hotside with a ebay coldside. with new GT35 turbo, oil lines, BOV ,wategate , manual boost controle and boost gauge. all clamps an cupplers. he 1st wanted 1800 for everything last week but i gues he need the money for a new project an now wants $1250. he said the hotside was made at a shop in delaware by a guy that does them on the side (uses a jig) it looks goo in the pic but im conserned about the material he used SS i know all the horror stories about craking but that allso was with china made kits. can you guys look at the pics an see if its a real homemade kit or a cheap china knock off an im about to get scamed out of my money. the kit is braced off the turbo to the block as seen in the pic. im meeting up with him tomarow an hes bringing everything so i can see it befor i give him the money an i will take more pics then. this is the only one he has sent so far.

also, look at the wastegate flanges does that look like they match up? looks a little off center to bolt up.

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Re: what do you guys think of this kit, "home made"

judging by the looks of the material and welds, it looks to be an egay cheap Chinese kit. I'd stay away.

 

Re: what do you guys think of this kit, "home made"

Ditto on that. The "guy" is full of crap or was mislead himself.

 

Re: what do you guys think of this kit, "home made"

Doesn't look homemade..

 

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im meeting the guy tomarow so ill take better pics then. i was allso conserned as well as it does look like an ebay kit im gona check ebay tomarow for kits that look like it. im gona get the guys name an number that "made" the kit, also tomarow so i can at least try an confirm an origin. i can afford to get a better kit but if i can save a few hundred so i can get the MS system ill try. but ill find out tomarow.

 

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ebay

 

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That's the same kit i had treadstone, tfx, vecco You can buy the new hot side for $295

https://www.theturboforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=121736.0

Run Forest Run

john

 

Re: what do you guys think of this kit, "home made"

just woke up to check my messages. the guy texed me saying someone else is comeing to look at it befor me... thats a bit shady considering we had plans to meet. but the more i think about it the more i get a bad tast in my mouth.

domn8rx... i was looking at your pics of the crossover where you had to cut it and lengthen it. maybe thats why he sent a pic of the kit with out the crossover bolted on!

 

Re: what do you guys think of this kit, "home made"

That, or the v-band clamps don't fit

john

 

Re: what do you guys think of this kit, "home made"

well its not my problem anymore. he sold the kit after making plans to meet me later today. even though i was questionable about the kit, the fact he sold it from under me piss's me off! im sorry you dont tell someone your gona meet up at a certin time and then just sell it to someone befor you leave. i hope the guy that baught it comes on here an asks questions about it. were way ahead of him. lol

 

Re: what do you guys think of this kit, "home made"

Did tell him he's a lying sack of shit ?

 

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no ill be the better person an just let karma do its job.

 

Re: what do you guys think of this kit, "home made"

You could nicely tell him you know he's lying,too.

 

Re: what do you guys think of this kit, "home made"

you should junk thank him, he saved you from a major lesson in turbo kits. but, should feel sorry for the one who bought. and if you can't afford a brand name kit or don't wanna drop that much on a kit, go with a garage fab type kit. Good Luck with your build.

 

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X 100,000

 

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thats 100 ebay,y doesnt he have the cross over pipe on, that kit always have problem with their v-band

 

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We all told you not to buy it and you still had plans to meet him? WOW

 

Re: what do you guys think of this kit, "home made"

WOW who are you to tell me what to do? if i wana go look at a dead body down the road i will! i had made plans to look at it befor i even posted this. i asked what were peoples oppinions on it. not if i was alowed to go look at it. just so you know i was allso supposed to meet him to trade my Big Block parts for his drag springs but that wasnt relivent to the question i asked.

 

Re: what do you guys think of this kit, "home made"

ya i checked ebay later that day when i was sopposed to meet him. an the hot side is dead on the same as the treadstone kit. after i saw that that confirmed it for me. good luck for the next guy.

 

Re: what do you guys think of this kit, "home made"

I think he is saying you are now wasting space with this thread.