I held back from saying anything about this until everything got settled. But as of last Friday, I got my money back and now have a S400 turbo sitting around that I have no clue what to do with.
I made the mistake of buying a professionally rebuilt "82MM S400 turbo with a 5" full marmon outlet and T6 Flange" from a pretty well known guy on the Coyote Swapped Foxbodies facebook page. It was a good deal and the guy used to be a moderator on the page with lots of history, so I thought this was good to go. Guy took over a month to ship after multiple contacts and when I received the turbo, it turned out to be a 63mm turbo off a D9 CAT motor with a T4 flange. Contacted the guy, he kept giving me some sob story about his buddy screwing him, acted like a typical millennial and wouldn't take responsibility for the botched sale (he already spent the money to buy a fairlane, dumbass), but was able to work out a repayment plan so I could return the turbo. Well repayment never happened and I started the refund process through Paypal immediately after our talk. Paypal ended up refunding me the full amount.
So what do I do with this bad boy? I'm not sure if I want to sell it since I don't know or necessarily trust the rebuild history after my experience, but it does seem to be a solid turbo. It's too small for my coyote motor goals but seems like it would make a great turbo for a diesel or 500-600HP goal gas motor. It's got the billet 63mm wheel and appears to be fully rebuilt (new bearings, new wheels, new wastegate, ect). If I do decide to sell, anybody know where I might be able to unload this thing?
I made the mistake of buying a professionally rebuilt "82MM S400 turbo with a 5" full marmon outlet and T6 Flange" from a pretty well known guy on the Coyote Swapped Foxbodies facebook page. It was a good deal and the guy used to be a moderator on the page with lots of history, so I thought this was good to go. Guy took over a month to ship after multiple contacts and when I received the turbo, it turned out to be a 63mm turbo off a D9 CAT motor with a T4 flange. Contacted the guy, he kept giving me some sob story about his buddy screwing him, acted like a typical millennial and wouldn't take responsibility for the botched sale (he already spent the money to buy a fairlane, dumbass), but was able to work out a repayment plan so I could return the turbo. Well repayment never happened and I started the refund process through Paypal immediately after our talk. Paypal ended up refunding me the full amount.
So what do I do with this bad boy? I'm not sure if I want to sell it since I don't know or necessarily trust the rebuild history after my experience, but it does seem to be a solid turbo. It's too small for my coyote motor goals but seems like it would make a great turbo for a diesel or 500-600HP goal gas motor. It's got the billet 63mm wheel and appears to be fully rebuilt (new bearings, new wheels, new wastegate, ect). If I do decide to sell, anybody know where I might be able to unload this thing?