Turbo Tribulations, Thats gotta suck! Options

[94celicaguy]

well, just got done installing my turbo after 3 days of BS. to make a long story short, i got everything on and finally got to start my car. me and my buddy drove it down the road and to my dismay was smoke everywhere!!!! My turbo is sooooo shot. I am cheap so i bought a used turbo off of a guy. There was soooooo much smoke it wasnt even funny. But i dont care because that was the loudest spooling turbo i have ever heard in my life. I am ordering a NEW (keyword NEW) turbo tomorrow and i hope to have the beast running in a couple weeks. I have actually heard a turbo spool up on my celica. The moral of this story is........ DONT BUY USED TURBOS FROM SOME GUY IN CANADA!!!!!!!lol you live and you learn

[94celicaguy]

yea, i thought about rebuilding the k24 but in order to do that right it is best to also get everything balanced as well. for what i would pay to get it fully rebuilt i can find a nice t3. i am thinking about just buying a new manifold and turbo from jgs but havent really decided. on that note, if anyone wants to buy a manifold and kkk k24 turbocharger let me know .

west: luckily i was going to get the piping run the next day so i didnt have any piping connected to the turbo at the time. i was just checking for leaks before i got up in the morning and tried to drive to the exhaust shop.