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Old 09-06-2011, 01:12 AM   #1
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Twin Turbo on Craiglist

My brother is thinking in buying this kit for $500:
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Old 09-06-2011, 01:20 AM   #2
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U know it all depends on what he is gonna put it on. I think it was hot rod or gm high tech did a 4.8 truck motor with ebay turbos that put out 600 or 700 hp?
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Old 09-06-2011, 01:26 AM   #3
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U know it all depends on what he is gonna put it on. I think it was hot rod or gm high tech did a 4.8 truck motor with ebay turbos that put out 600 or 700 hp?
He just bought a nice 55 chevy
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Do it right or don't do it. What brand is the turbo? Don't put a piece of junk setup on a beautiful car like that.
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Old 09-06-2011, 11:08 AM   #5
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Do it right or don't do it. What brand is the turbo? Don't put a piece of junk setup on a beautiful car like that.
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Old 09-06-2011, 07:53 PM   #6
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Sounds awfully cheap imo.
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Old 09-06-2011, 08:59 PM   #7
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Old 09-06-2011, 09:11 PM   #8
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and sometimes you get more than you pay for...


and sometimes you get much, much less than you pay for.
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Old 09-06-2011, 09:18 PM   #9
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i agree you get what you pay for been there done that
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Old 09-06-2011, 11:30 PM   #10
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Now he's looking for a 6-71 weiland blower....
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Old 09-09-2011, 11:26 AM   #11
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Sounds like turbonetics turbos. They aren't bad turbos at all if true.
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Sounds like turbonetics turbos. They aren't bad turbos at all if true.
Turbonetics makes very good turbos, but where are you getting that they're turbonetics?
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