ripping a turbo of a 12v cummins isn't a good idea. that turbo is designed for a 6cyl 5.9 litre engine, so its going to do two things you don't want. 1) its going to take longer to spool up because the cummins puts out so much more exhaust volume so you will have really horrible turbo lag 2) its going to compress far more air than your engine will be able to process once again because of the difference in size between the engines. If you really want to get a turbo from a junkyard you're far better off trying to find one out of a 300zx or something similar with the smaller engine. Your best bet though is too just research like Mugen said. Research a bunch and find the turbo kit that is matched to your needs and then shell out the cash.

 

find a DSM turbo off a GSX ecplise or talon...you'll have to have your DP welded and I know someone that bought ssautochrome/ xspower turbo kit and everything worked great except the manifold, it ALWAYS cracked...hope this helped



Maybe even find a turbo volvo..those are pretty common

 

sorry man it doenst...ive purchased over $5000 in mostly automotive parts in the past 3 yrs and have NEVER been screwed...if your a smart buyer than ebay is GREAT but if your not a smart buyer than you can get screwed

 

My name is Lance and I bought an ebay turbo kit!

I had some money to spend and a car that wasn't going anywhere for a while so i figured why the hell not...I got the $700 ssautochrome kit that they sell on their website so far the Install hasn't been that bad, its deffinentaly not for the novice, and deffinentaly not somehting that You can slap together over a weekend unless you have a shop and a couple of people helping you.

 

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My brother and I complelty built the motor in my del sol, installed it, installed and wired the turbo kit and gauges and did the enitial break in precedures in less then 2 days, so you CAN install it in a weekend.
To the original poster: if you have actually been researching ebay turbos you will have read all of what has been said, there just NOT worth the hassle. If you want to go cheap, you can still get reliable from a junk yard set up. Go to homemadeturbo.com and do some research there and you can learn step for step and even find a shopping list of several different turbo builds.
I will say that some knock off stuff is pretty good on ebay, boost controllers seem to work pretty well regardless, and some (not all) of the cheap knock off blow off valves are just as good as the originals.

 

yeah i was looking into turboing an integra earlier this year and found www.homemadeturbo.com very helpfull

 

All the stuff in the ebay kit is generic, most of it has to be modified or fabricated in someway to fit.

Yes you can put a turbo kit on in a weekend, working with the kit I have, the tools and equipment an average person has in their garage no