ebay turbo kit

Post Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:09 pm

http://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.co.uk/ws/eBay ... escription

are things like this a big no no!?

Post Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:14 pm

No they gain you a shed load of respect here on the zone, pm pacerpete as he loves this sort of modding matey

Post Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:16 pm

???? lol....not sure who he is.... and I was honestly not trying to get ripped to pieces so I have my fingers and toes crossed that I don't

Post Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:24 pm

Most of us wierdos on here like the standard look and the fact bmw got it right in first place! Loads of people turboing e30s so crack on mate!

Post Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:27 pm

cool... well im still very much at the drawing board so until im sure whats right the e30 cab will stay standard

Post Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:33 pm

Waste of time and money. The turbo will be cheap chinese scrap that will destroy itself in no time. The manifold will crack and need constant repair/bracing and I pretty much guarantee the prebent pipes won't be correct so you will have to spend extra ordering new ones. The rest of it will all be cheap and no doubt fail early.

Stay away from generic ebay turbo kits, complete waste of time.

Have a read through this if you are serious. Sums up the ebay kits near the top:

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread ... 43&t=74816

Wouldn't bother turboing a cab, power delivery doesn't suit the cruising nature and they are floppy turds as it is. Wouldn't mind an m30 in a cab though, lazy torquey power perfect for wafting around

Post Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:41 pm

thanks for the summary .... looks like ive bought the wrong car.

never mind

Post Mon Oct 14, 2013 10:38 pm

Similar kit to how mine started out. Manifold is o.k. cooler is all well. My turbo blows at low revs and managed 25psi repeatedly and still works (p!ng p0ng knock off or not does whats needed). tubing is all standad, I was lucky I have an ac tig at hand. Dunno what the pic is all about though, shows an internally gated turbo and an external gate??? Get injectors and ecu and learn turbocharging with cheap parts, before spunking loads of dosh on expensive stuff!!!

Post Mon Oct 14, 2013 10:39 pm

Similar kit to how mine started out. Manifold is o.k. cooler is all well. My turbo blows at low revs and managed 25psi repeatedly and still works (p!ng p0ng knock off or not does whats needed). tubing is all standad, I was lucky I have an ac tig at hand. Dunno what the pic is all about though, shows an internally gated turbo and an external gate??? Get injectors and ecu and learn turbocharging with cheap parts, before spunking loads of dosh on expensive stuff!!!

Post Tue Oct 15, 2013 7:58 pm

Nobby_N wrote:No they gain you a shed load of respect here on the zone, pm pacerpete as he loves this sort of modding matey

pete will love you

Post Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:02 pm

Nothing wrong with those manifolds, good for 450+ and don´t crack from what I have seen.

Post Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:11 pm

tbh I had an eBay manifold running 400 bhp mine never cracked

Post Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:23 pm

im selling a turbo/manifold kit with injectors & decompression plate on ebay at the moment

Post Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:39 pm

Turboing e30's CAN be a riot, friend of mine did it to his 325 and it was quite amusingly fast.

If you plan to go past about 290bhp then uprated everything is a must.

Beware tho, you will probably need deep pockets to do it properly.

Post Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:40 pm

tomislav wrote:Turboing e30's CAN be a riot, friend of mine did it to his 325 and it was quite amusingly fast.

If you plan to go past about 290bhp then uprated everything is a must.

Beware tho, you will probably need deep pockets to do it properly.

deep pockets ain't the word depend to what level you do it too
I had 6 k just in my engine
mine was pushing over the 400bhp mark tho

Post Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:30 pm

Thanks for the comments.... Quaser.... I believe I have bought your kit

Post Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:30 pm

where can I get a downpipe from??

Post Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:34 pm

leecjones wrote:where can I get a downpipe from??

you cant you have to make it your self or get an exhaust center to make you one
the only problem with turboing a car thats not as standard is that you cant really go and just buy bits of the shelf some of it is custom work everybodys set up is different so sombody downpipe for example wont or might not fit another with out modifying it again more custom work to make it fit

Post Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:40 pm

ok, no worries, I know a couple of lads that own a garage so will ask if they know someone to get it done

Post Wed Dec 11, 2013 9:58 pm

started the turbo conversion... some small issues to deal with..

one is the water bottle for the screen wash doesn't fit in the car next to the turbo.?

has anyone had the same issue

Post Thu Dec 12, 2013 5:28 am

yeah bin it lol

I just bought a little universal one

Post Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:53 am

Thought so ;)

Post Mon Jan 13, 2014 11:55 pm

Post Sat Jan 25, 2014 11:58 pm

leecjones wrote:

hi leecjones is this trbo kit off ebay???? if so is it any good?? & is every think in the kit????

Post Sun Jan 26, 2014 7:57 am

Hi Stunt-Nut.. its not an ebay kit, I have found most parts separately on ebay though..you thinking of doing a turbo

Post Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:09 pm

final completed the turbo and had it dyno'd and rolling road at 290 bhp

need to find a set of better spark plugs with smaller gaps to get more as the car wasn't getting full range

Post Sat Oct 18, 2014 2:58 pm

Just read this good to hear how it's got on should go ok at that

Post Sun Oct 19, 2014 9:53 pm

its good - really strong at pulling through the power and the graph is mint..

Post Sun Oct 19, 2014 10:02 pm

Post Sun Oct 19, 2014 10:03 pm

not to every ones taste... but I just love it....