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Originally Posted by grudge
don't buy the kit from ebay. either buy a complete kit or piece together your own. just my 2 cents.
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I think he knows that now...you may want to provide more details to help.
To the OP...there is a good set of stickies
here, it's a combination of things from zilvia and the other forums but it's all in one place.
Budget really determines what you do. If someone had no budget it'd be probably in their best interest to send the car to AMS or the like for a couple weeks
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After budget, then power level is key. You can push your power level at each price point depending on how much risk you want to take.
If you are just starting out with the 240sx, I'd get the supporting mods done like exhaust, intake you can reuse in part, maybe upgrade your radiator/fans when you get the money, etc. Once you have the foundation laid it's just a matter of buying the manifold, turbo, and intercooler (plus miscellanous lines)...you can even pick up whatever electronics you'd like ahead of time and use them NA some of the time.
The only 'turbo stuff' I'd pick up off ebay would be a major kit from a trusted seller or someone in a hardship case like someone that bought a Greddy setup and then rolled their car while it was in shipment...or individual parts.
Turbos themselves are risky unless you absolutely trust the seller. Many dudes are running all over up-pick-it's and grabbing all the snails they can find, bead blasting/polishing them up and then selling them as if they pulled them off a low mile car that was running.
Worst case is they get your money and others and then disappear.