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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 08:06 PM
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Cheap turbo

I found a Ebay store that has h1c, hx35, and hx40 turbos for about $300 seems to good to be true, and I was wondering if anyone had used one of their turbos? The ebay store is Speedy Racer Honda. I was thinking it might just be a cheap made turbos but maybe if I got one for $300 and did a HTT compressor upgrade it would be around $600 for the whole setup. but if the turbos to crappy I guess it would be to pointless to get in the first place. SO if anyone has heard anything about them please reply.
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 08:12 PM
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They are made in China knock offs, mixed reports/rumors about life span. You get what you pay for, buyer beware.
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 08:15 PM
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Holset has a neat video of one exploding on the dyno.
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 08:23 PM
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Yeah I figured they were probably from china and not worth much. Thanks for the input. Maybe I'll just do a compressor upgrade on my stock turbo.
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by wannadiesel
Holset has a neat video of one exploding on the dyno.
I love that video!
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Old Sep 23, 2010 | 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by wannadiesel
Holset has a neat video of one exploding on the dyno.
where is this video??
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Old Sep 24, 2010 | 12:07 AM
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where is this video??
X2...I like to see things explode as well....
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Old Sep 24, 2010 | 12:21 AM
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Go to YouTube and search holset turbo burst test.
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Old Apr 2, 2012 | 08:21 AM
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