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A guy is selling his car ( mazda 323 gtx turbo )for $500 dollars .. But the engine looks kinna crappy but i dont need the engine i just want the TURBO cause i already have the BP engine ok but the question is uall think that the turbo still works it doesnt matter that the engine doesnt looks soo good???
If i buy the car for 500 dollars . after take out the turbo and intake i can save 200 dollar selling tha car to a junk yard .. but i need your opininon ..

Ok, I'll help. First it is imposible to know if a turbo is still good just by looking into a picture. You have to see it personaly to have a good judgment of the conditions. There is to many critical parts in a turbo to see it in a picture. so you will have to make a desicion to take the risk or find a friend that knows about turbos and ask him to go with you to look at the turbo.

what i would do if i were you, is i would buy it and use the turbo wiring harness and ecu, and anything else that you can salvage.

if the car smokes really bad (blue smoke) and when the turbo spools then it will probably need to be rebuilt. also pull off the intake hoses and if their full of oil or oil residue then they will wrobably need to be rebuilt. ore you could try to do a custom AWD set up. try to utilize everything off of the car that you can.

hopefully this will help you out a little

OK . If i have to rebuilt the turbo , how much cost ?

<small>[ October 13, 2004, 06:20 PM: Message edited by: Jorge Luis ]</small>

just for a shop to rebuild it will be around 300 with labor. if its more than they are trying to jack ya. but you might be able to order the parts to do it yourself threw a turbo shop. my local Mazda Dealer has a parts guy thats an moron, and he couldent find it. but i know you can get it. its just finding a compedent parts guy.

The turbo rebuild kit is about 130$. 300 is a good price as long as it include balancing.

Why is the guy selling the car so cheap.. 500$ is a low price for one of those cars.

and if your planing to use the manifold it wont work on your BP cause its for a B6T

Can i use my bp manifold ?

<small>[ October 14, 2004, 05:08 PM: Message edited by: Jorge Luis ]</small>