I've got a brand new T4 60-1. Only been bolted up to the manifold for mockup and then unbolted and set back on the workbench. Has a brand new v-band and flange for it also. Moving next summer and my project and setup are being sold. 350 shipped.
only time it was abused. lol.
so anything purchased on ebay is cheap? I actually run a chinese 16G on my Galant VR4 and it works perfectly. The older chinese turbos I'd be iffy about but alot of the newer stuff has been alot better. The BOV's and wastegates I've never had a problem with either.
I'm not knocking Holsets whatsoever. They are great turbos and people just starting raising the prices retardly cause about 2-3 years ago Holsets were like the WTF kind of turbo is that and could be gotten dirt cheap on ebay and everywhere else. That ebay turbo that has the compressor housing split in half has been around the internet god knows how many times.