My new turbo.

[IowaRB240SX]

T3/T4, .50AR cold, .70AR hot. Anybody running the same on their 25?

[Carl H]

xs power makes me cry.......shouldnt be terribly laggy, hope it doesnt crap out on you tho.

[krayton]

grrrrrr

XS turbo makes chuck norris mad

[IowaRB240SX]

They that bad? What's wrong with them?

[Need2Boost]

They are made with elmers glue!!! Seriously, they literally glued together.

[BoostFab]

They that bad? What's wrong with them?

you make me giggle...XS-Power suck ***....

it will work, but no way efficient nor reliable comparing the real turbo

get a Master Turbo if you are on the budget (beware ebay knock-off on these also)

[Joe]

AHH XS POWER! NOOOOOOOO!!

their turbos are litterally glued together.

know the old addage you get what you pay for? well its very true with their stuff.

cheap, reliable, fast. choose 2. you can never have the 3rd.

[Dano]

Good luck with it... hope u get your money's worth of use out of it!

-Dan

[300Plus]

yeah keep us posted and have a camera ready if it comes appart. But for your sake I hope we are all wrong and they have improved man, goodluck !

[StricNyne]

idk, ppl always say bad things but not a single person had had bud luck on this forum (that i know of) with turbo (manifold maybe) i say ride it till the wheels fall off, i mean we all have cavier taste but hamburger budget, if it works power to u, if it dont #1 send pics, #2 nvr use their stuff again

[300Plus]

if it works power to u, if it dont #1 send pics, #2 nvr use their stuff again

Exactly! i hope it works for all of us who are on a budget

[RB20DETodd]

T3/T4, .50AR cold, .70AR hot. Anybody running the same on their 25?

Lookin good is that their "top mount turbo kit"? Im thinking of doing the same thing, turbos are old technology, i bet the HKS i mean garrett ones are remand for about 300 bucks too. then the hks add on.

[IowaRB240SX]

The way I see it, if they were that bad and everyone has been having problems with them, then they would have been out of business years ago..XS Power has been around a while. And still selling. How hard is it to copy a "GOOD" turbo and sell it for cheap and still have it work? If it does brake, I have learned my lesson. I have about $20k into this car and had to start cutting corners to get in under budget. Trust me, I deffinately would have rather had an HKS or Blitz or Garret.

[RB20DETodd]

The way I see it, if they were that bad and everyone has been having problems with them, then they would have been out of business years ago..XS Power has been around a while. And still selling. How hard is it to copy a "GOOD" turbo and sell it for cheap and still have it work? If it does brake, I have learned my lesson. I have about $20k into this car and had to start cutting corners to get in under budget. Trust me, I deffinately would have rather had an HKS or Blitz or Garret.

Damn 20 grand invested, id say get a name brand turbo lol

[Carl H]

how do you have 20k in a car?fwiw i have under 10k in mine including car......

[eh?]

How hard is it to copy a "GOOD" turbo and sell it for cheap and still have it work? .

Turbo compressor and turbine wheels/shaft need to be high speed balanced. I doubt XS did any of that and that's why they are so cheap.

[BoostFab]

Exactly! i hope it works for all of us who are on a budget

if you guys are on a budget, i do recommend Master Power turbos.

[Need2Boost]

I say if you guys are on a budget, keep the stock turbo. If the stock turbo is fudged, just get another stock or similar to stock!

[IowaRB240SX]

how do you have 20k in a car?fwiw i have under 10k in mine including car......

The only thing original on the car are the shell, the doors, the Front windshield and the door glass. Everything else is new. All the suspension, the hatch and hood are VIS carbon, Lexan hatch window, RB25, Skyline brakes and LSD, actual JDM M Sport body kit, Kouki blinkers and tails, Apexi PFC, Yashio Factory injectors, Koyo radiator, 19 inch Axis wheels. He//, I give up, I would be here all night if I named everything. Just think of your car stripped to the shell and putting all new parts on it.

[Kansei240sx]

If you've invested that much into your car , dont you think you should invest money into a turbo thats not going to fail and make you spend more money to clean it up? Seriously, i would sell that right back, and find something thats balanced well put together and much stronger. Youll be happier with the results.

The reason XS power is in business is becuase chumps keep buying their crap. Not calling you a chump, just most other people.

[Bluefire]

Wow you did all that to your car and your going with a fricken ebay turbo??

-Bluefire

[themadscientist]

I sincerely hope you become the exception and get reliable service from that turbo. Keep us posted.

[240240]

I have the same setup. Before I put it on, im going to take it and have it rebuilt/balanced.

[USMCgetsome]

fellas... i keep sayin this. my cousin and i installed an xs kit t3/t4 on his 89 crx bone stock engine. The turbo and manifold are holding up very well considering the abuse it's been under. It spools at 2800-3000rpm and no boost creep or lag. Also no bracing was used except for the braces installed on the mani by xs themselves. So, the newer kits from 05 on forth are done well. Keep the hope my brother, just run the turbo before you decide to rebuild it.

[Kansei240sx]

I still think thats a horrible idea---^

Get the turbo itself sent off to someone who can rebuild and rebalance the turbo.

For one a CRX doesnt put the same amount of HEAT and Exhaust pulse an RB25DET would. So the way it runs on a CRX is completely different. Secondly with the money invested into this car i wouldnt chance it with a cheap highly sourced unreliable turbo by a third party company with a bad rep. ESPECIALLY since its from EBAY, if it was from the manufacturor with a Warranty that'd be different but i doubt thats the case in this scenario.

[hazw8st]

Beautiful. It's true beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

[IowaRB240SX]

WEll, I talked my wife into letting me spend a "little" more $. I will see about getting another turbo.

[RB20DETodd]

WEll, I talked my wife into letting me spend a "little" more $. I will see about getting another turbo.

dude run the turbo funk what people say turbos are expendable anyways, ive seen GARRETT rebuilds sell for like the same price as a ssac turbo, nevermind the hate.

[foCk]

i've been running this turbo for over 3000mi now and have had no promblems yet

[Fenvy]

The reason XS power is in business is becuase chumps keep buying their crap. Not calling you a chump, just most other people.

He's calling you a chump.