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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 10:58 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...%3D%26_fvi%3D1

WTF is this. If I were loaded, I would buy one just to see if it was even made of METAL!!
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 11:03 PM
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Holy cow! thats cheep, im not sure someone with all the hookups could pull that together for that price. im with you i think its a plastic turbo
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 11:04 PM
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Holy cow! thats cheep, im not sure someone with all the hookups could pull that together.
even got the OrBestOffer Button!!
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 11:08 PM
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haha did you see the name miragepower, so it looks good until you actually go to try it lol
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 11:09 PM
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I don't see what the big deal is. It's like anything else, there are good quality parts and there is ****. $968 is about right for chinese made crap. You can buy the intercooler kit for $90 on ebay, that turbo is probably worth under $250, BOV and wastegate are worth about $100 together, gauges maybe $50 total. If anything it is overpriced for the stuff included.
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 11:13 PM
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it says turbo piping made out of light weight aluminum(adds 10 to 20 horsepower) how is that even possible???? hope your not thinking about buying this unless you have a spare engine just laying around!!!
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 11:13 PM
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They are saying STS in their title but its not even related.
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 11:16 PM
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i think they put sts on it so when you search sts on ebay their junk pops up too.
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by FL.04GMC
it says turbo piping made out of light weight aluminum(adds 10 to 20 horsepower) how is that even possible???? hope your not thinking about buying this unless you have a spare engine just laying around!!!
NO NO NO, I searched eBay forever trying to find someone getting rid of a use STS system(before I knew of this site), and finnaly came across a good one about 6 months ago and I'm putting it on now, but I still just like to check to see what comes up.
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 11:23 PM
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looks good to me, im buying 3 just in case one breaks.
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