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Turbo worth buying

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Is this garrett turbo worth buying? Price is really cheap.

http://cgi.ebay.com/GARRETT-A-R-50-TURB ... 4aa9632aca
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Looks pretty good, Id be a little anxious about the sellers feedback and age on ebay, but hes sold a lot of stuff on ebay in the last 6 months.

Probably worth $200, if you dont use it you can flip it to a local for more.
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Yeah what do you think the a/r is? seller has no feedback on a turbo sold yet tho
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The turbo is off a tractor and apparently built in England, it wont be too easy to dig up info, but it basically looks like a 50 trim with .50 AR compressor and massive turbine housing. You would likely be able to swap on a different .48 or .63 turbine housing which would make it more KA friendly. Id still run this over an SSAutochrome turbo.
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yeah going to contact seller and see how large the a/r is,
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How much more would it cost to swap it to a .63 turbine housing
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Too much. i was looking for turbines and it will be around $200 for a turbine and housing.

I just bought two turbonetics turbos off ebay for $300. They need a rebuild which I will do but I am going to sell one back and recover my money.
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I have a rear housing and turbine but its a ebay turbo. I wouldnt want to use the turbine tho.
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yea I feel you. I have a greddy compressor 60-1 hi fi and turbonectics rear end with 360* thrust bearing. The turbine shaft was cross threaded. This is why i bought the turbos. So i can take the bigger rear a/r and bolt with my 60-1. Both are turbonectics back end but one is turbonectics front and the other is a generic compressor housing. If the turbonectis front is similiar to my 60-1, i will use this since it is polished.
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Yeah still wonder how big the rear housing is. Emailed seller no reply yet.
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the turbine does look good. basically if you cannot see through the fins, then it will boost quick but choke on top.
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Got in contact with the seller the rear housings are .84a/r. Would it have to be rebalanced if I change the the rear a/r turbine and housing?
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