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MONSTA turbos

Started by rununxt · 15 July 2006 · 76 replies

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fullsickArchived member
I didn't buy anything car related from Monsta Performance, and i'm still in an ongoing battle with them coz they ****ed me around so much....
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BeckaArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by fullsick I didn't buy anything car related from Monsta Performance, and i'm still in an ongoing battle with them coz they ****ed me around so much.... can u give me more details please pm if u want.
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fullsickArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by ~tfo~ can u give me more details please pm if u want. Not sure if they are selling MP3 players alot, but i paid for one over a month ago, the one i got didn't even work so i sent it back, and still haven't recieved the second one. They don't respond to my e-mails, and won't give me their workshop adress, i was recently in melb and could of picked it up from them, or had it picked up by a courier. Now i'm just waiting for it to arrive. It's for a mate who's going on a trip around the world, he leaves on wednesday.. so they have exactly 2 days for it to show...
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genkiArchived member
er what.... how weird, a company that sells electronics and shoddy car mechanicals... weird :/ lol
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street VLArchived member
I recently bought 2 monsta t70's from ebay to put on my inj 304, so im hoping i can set the record straight about there reliability. it might take a bit longer to finish the project and get it all running but i hope they are ok. i think too many people have heard bad stories which can happen even with good turbo's
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MARMO.Archived member
an u post some pics of ur turbos please? as theres 3 diffrent monsta t70 trubos going aorund as far as i know... one has the holset rear. one has the blank rear and one has the holset rear with it ground off.. im just inrested to see what u have. i have a monsta t70 on my car, i only drove iwth it twice, first time water shat it self, 2nd time my head gakset went and i didnt get to drive on boost either of the times due to the shops not ahving any 3in hose clamps. asooon as it started to come on boost it blew the afm joiner off, and the 2nd time the cooler outlet, but it pulled well, seemed to be about to spool at about 3500rpm on 9.0:1 comp motor. the heads off geting machined now. picking up the gasket tomoz. btw im sick of aftermakret parts they suk lol, only gen nissan from now on lol. so hopfully will be able to tell what its like thursday/friday.
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7FOUR7Archived member
Quote: Originally Posted by genki hmm thats odd... monsta now has nuggets old car in there T70 ad.... "that'll" help sales.......... i still wanna know what would happen if u upped the boost - 15-20psi... mine was not a monsta turbo, i can show you pics of my turbo and they look nothing alike. Same specs, but not by them.
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-VB-Archived member
it seems that all the people against monsta turbos generally have something along the lines of "they're cheap chineses sh*t and they will break instantly" but the people that use them think they are ok. who has used them and had problems? monstA turbos specifically, not chinese crap in general. alternatively, who has used them succesfully?
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david85dcArchived member
read the thread again and ur questions will be answered VB...
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QIK86Archived member
still no problems from my manifold.. still wouldn't touch their turbos..
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Jazza88Archived member
Got one of their t70's today....looks to be pretty good....its got the blank rear. Payed 900 for the full kit with postage to sydney. Ill put it on and then put on my genuine garett T04 and compare the two. They have a pretty small compressor wheel....the one on the t4 looks bigger..?? Ill put them side by side tomorrow to check and take pics
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madrexArchived member
did test on this set up 2 day on dyno manifold good wastegate holds boost no probs good but t70 turbo holds together fine but comp wheel to small doesent make no were near the power they say not much bigger than a hiflow t3 inducer but atleast it dident fall apart i am getting another gt3540 and on it goes any one wont this turbo 400 its yours so dont by one if you want 300kws try about 200kws
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MARMO.Archived member
Quote: Originally Posted by madrex did test on this set up 2 day on dyno manifold good wastegate holds boost no probs good but t70 turbo holds together fine but comp wheel to small doesent make no were near the power they say not much bigger than a hiflow t3 inducer but atleast it dident fall apart i am getting another gt3540 and on it goes any one wont this turbo 400 its yours so dont by one if you want 300kws try about 220kws what boost were you running? so i presume the turbo wouldnt flow anymore air then 220rwkw? i was told they dont come into there efficantcy range until 18-24psi or somthing like that?
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doritoboyArchived member
I bought one, the only problem i had with is is that it pissed oil through the seal. The reason being is that instead of a rubber seal, they fill it up with sealer, so if you rotate the compressor hosing the sealer will break and not re-seal. Cheap manufacturing!..however a standard garrett seal will go strait in, which is what i did and its now ok
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VLC-03TArchived member
i've got a cheap T3/T4 i got off ebay, not from MONSTER but. cost me something like 200 delivered brand new. its been in the car for around 2000-3000kms, still going fine, but i havent 'flogged' it, just normal driving with the odd squirt. im happy so far, but it was only meant to be a temp turbo till i got money for a 34/40 or similar
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PSIWPN NZArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by sli-rb [View Post] would a monsta turbo be good 2 do a conversion at all lookin 2 convert i had the to4e on my old car with their manifold and wastegate .the wastegate craped out and wouldnt seal the manifold warped had it machined then it warped again and as for the turbo it was actually sweet didnt have a problem with it but it was probably one good one out of a hundred but yeah to answer your question id stay away from their gear
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lukeylukeArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by slimvl [View Post] that vl in the pics is mine lol ive had no isues and they never asked to use my pics wankers. made 253 rwkw on 20 psi verry lean im using a monsta turbo and 50 mm gate on a e-bay manifold. hi there if you dont mind id like to know what exhaust manifold you are useing i have the same turbo ??
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