The Thrill of DIY Turbocharging: A Step-by-Step Guide

When it comes to turbocharging your car, few enthusiasts are willing to take on the challenge themselves. However, with the right tools and knowledge, anyone can give their ride a boost - literally. In this article, we'll explore the process of installing an eBay fake turbocharger, from selecting the perfect location for the unit to enjoying the thrill of turbocharged power.

To begin, one must first jack up the car and pop the bonnet. This is where the magic happens, or so you might think. The real work begins when you locate the battery - a crucial component in any DIY project. In this case, our eBay fake turbocharger comes with some mounting hardware for the turbo unit and a strap for the foot switch. While it may seem daunting at first, the installation process can be broken down into manageable tasks.

First things first, one must choose a location for the turbocharger. This is where cable ties come in handy, as they provide a convenient way to secure the wiring. The location of the turbocharger will determine how accessible it is, so make sure to select a spot that's easy to get to. Extending the wiring to reach the foot switch is another crucial step in the process. This switch will activate the turbocharged boost when pressed, providing an instant adrenaline rush.

Now that we have our wiring extended and our foot switch attached, we can move on to the final stage of installation - connecting the power wires to the battery. This is where the eBay fake turbocharger truly shines, providing a seamless and professional installation experience. The best part? It's powered by your car's battery, even when the engine is off. This means you can enjoy the thrill of turbocharged power without breaking the bank.

The next step is attaching the foot switch to the accelerator pedal. This is where things get interesting - the foot switch must be pressed all the way down to activate the turbocharged boost. Don't worry; it's not as scary as it sounds. With a little bit of creativity, you can turn your non-turbo car into a turbocharged beast.

To test our eBay fake turbocharger, we'll start by hitting the street for a test drive. The good news is that there's no check engine light - it's a great start! Now it's time to try out our newly installed turbocharger and see what kind of power it can produce. With the pedal all the way down, the foot switch clicks into place, providing an instant rush of adrenaline.

But what really sets this eBay fake turbocharger apart is its ability to mimic the sound of a real turbocharger. The difference is quite noticeable - one can tell that it's not the genuine article. However, for those who want to enjoy the thrill of turbocharged power without breaking the bank, this is an excellent option.

If you're feeling ambitious, you could always try your hand at installing a real turbocharger on your car. This, however, requires a significant amount of knowledge and expertise. Alternatively, you can opt for a more DIY-friendly solution - like compressing air through a blow-off valve to produce the same sound as a real turbocharger.

The Thrill of Turbocharging: A Quick Clip

To give our readers an idea of just how good the eBay fake turbocharger sounds, we'll include a quick clip of my 240Z on the track. The RB26 engine is a classic, and when paired with a turbocharger - even a fake one - it produces a thrilling sound that's sure to turn heads.

Now that we've seen the capabilities of our eBay fake turbocharger, it's time to bring in some real-life examples for comparison. We'll pit the fake turbo against a genuine article from 10 years ago and see which one comes out on top. The results might surprise you - after all, who needs an expensive genuine turbo when you can have something just as good at a fraction of the cost?

The Verdict

In conclusion, installing an eBay fake turbocharger is a fun and rewarding experience that's sure to put a smile on your face. From selecting the perfect location for the unit to enjoying the thrill of turbocharged power, this DIY project has it all. So why not give it a try - just remember, with great power comes great responsibility!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is a fake turbo off ebay and this is a real turbo from a turbo factory do you need one of those today we're going to find out welcome to another episode of mighty carmods do you want the groin quivering magnetism of a turbo on your vehicle yes do you want to bring all the men to the yard yeah especially if they've got tools so they can help me fix my car do you want to bring all the milkshakes to the goats to your girlfriend's house yeah i love milkshakes do you want do you want to drive a land cruiser yeah bro 79 series yes yeah well if you want street cred people you need to turbo charge your car there's a few ways of doing it one of them would be with a turbocharger if you're an idiot because they're expensive and they impact on your insurance which is why you need what do we need a fake turbo charger damn what we're doing where this is a fake turbo charger now let me just show you quickly what we did 10 years ago wow that's right that was almost 10 years ago but technology has come a long way since then and our seconds are actually good now as such i'm going to read to you the description of this fake turbocharger don't open it though mate because there's exciting times the main feature of this is to simulate a perfect dump valve sound perfect perfect perfect you don't need to cash out on a turbo kit you don't need to cash out on a turbo kit okay anyway you don't need to cash out what else um this will not increase your insurance premium great it'll make you look like a though does it say that no i don't know none of this is direct quoting um you will have all the sounds and style of turbo without expensive cost style of turbo yes style of turbo because martin look what's happened in the last 10 years well on our civic we installed a weird little box now look at this what look it's an actual turbo charger like a turbo no it is a turbo charger what it is so the first thing that you need to know when you're gonna fake turbo your car let's just have a quick look at the difference between a fake turbo and a real turbo and if you find that there's no difference at all well then just buy the fakes just buy the fake one done martin let's make like the internet and break up hashtag emotional then eat it and then eat some noodles and then not work on our car and now do an unboxing are you ready i don't know if i could go that deep in one go let's do it martin we have a blue box and a red box we'll start with the red box oh it's like the matrix pill it is red pillar blue because one of them's reality and one of them's not here we have a very nicely packed actually this is a nice little pillow so if you don't have a pillow for your bed you can look at that smoothies on it excellent here we have a garrett i need to what is it it's a 80 20 20 28 something what is it again it's something that you can stick on your nissan i know it's on the top your mind or your where's the flap that says the number maybe i've got the number did you take the flap off with the number on it mate it's a 2860r gen 2. thank you to gtx gen 2 um that's exciting because it's one of the newer style turbos um in here we have oh it's a bit a little bit oily in there so this is a real turbo charger that looks really good there we have you have an inducer an ex juicer otherwise known as a compressor and a turbine exhaust goes through the turbine you have a housing on there that fits your car and then it spins the shaft in the middle there's oil through the middle to keep that cooled and lubricated and also coolant if you want and then you have the compressor housing your air gets sucked in through there through a filter into that hole swizzed up to a couple hundred thousand rpm and then spat out there and that creates pressure which then means you can add fuel to that extra air density science stuff and then make a bigger bang and go faster that's why you love turbos they also sound cool they look cool they whizz around um and if you everyone just loves them i love them but why would you spend a couple of grand on that because you don't just need a turbo charger you need your piping you need your intercooler you need an exhaust you need your dump pot you probably need some management you probably need to upgrade your brakes you definitely need to contact your insurance company why do any of that when i'm telling you right now what comes out of this box what you're about to see is about to make you prolaptic you are going to just you're going to expel all the liquid from your body every hole will be will will be pumping out fluid just at how exciting and how realistic this looks we haven't seen in here before but get a box of tissues because look at this people have to be crying with how cheap this is compared oh look at this mutton that wow ah see well they have come a long way that actually that is actually comes with mounting hardwood this doesn't have any mounting hardware here it is people look at this wow turbo center it's it's the same it looks exactly the same it basically looks exactly the same so i mean the only difference is is that this this part's completely covered so what is it doesn't it blow the air out there so anyway but look at that technology's come a long way so today we're going to install that and prove to you while turbo why prove to you while we're going to prove to you why turbo charges are now unnecessary obsolete obsolete martin electric cars are huge electrons electric turbos so here i have my turbo charger installation instruction um failure to follow this instruction can result in premature premature turbo charger failure and warranty denial so you have to do it right people um you've got to install them make sure there's no foreign material take care to avoid getting dirt in there might be bolts missing or deliberately left loose too much information wait lose too much pressure turbine housing and rotate correctly um temporarily secure the turbo charger rotate the center housing rotate the compressor housing remove the jar dropped let me show you what we're actually doing today bin lock tabs installed and pre-oiling going to pre-order your turbo switch with a bracket installation to the car under the accelerator pedal according to the models to adjust the height of the switch so as to step on the accelerator pedal touch switch sound that sounds easier than this doesn't it yeah let's do that today we want to see if the last 10 years has delivered better fake technology blow-off valve sound than what we installed 10 years ago so as exciting as that is that can go away right now it's fake turbo vs fake turbo people martin tell us what tools we're gonna need these are the tools you're gonna need like any good auto electrical installation this is auto electronics you need a dac dac with a screwdriver head on it you need tech screws and cutters and that's it and tape probably need tape before we kick off though how much was that well i got it gilligit get off ebay yes i did but first of all what i'd like to show you is this is turbo center with an arrow showing which one for the sales pitch i don't know we just paid for it look where these switches are made dude oh made in japan in japan so it's a jdm turbocharger yeah but how much did you pay for it though how much do you reckon it's worth people look at that 43 bucks you paid 43 including shipping no more look at it yeah but was it more it looks like a turbo charger up or down down down less than that yeah 28 it was 35 35 australian which what's that my next guess was 243 it's like 20 bucks u.s us yeah anyway um yeah no 35 bucks 35 postage and two switches why'd you get an extra switch they just gave it one for free i don't know why mutton you've shown us the tools all right we've done something else now let's go install it on the car and let's let's kick some old school tunes no tunes some new skull tunes the first step is to jack up your car then pop the bonnet and locate the battery this hectic turbo includes some mounting hardware for the turbo unit and a strap for the foot switch but will most likely just end up using cable ties once you've chosen a location for your turbo you may need to extend the wiring to reach the foot switch that's going to go under the accelerator while i'm soldering up a switch extension muddy's doing the turbo conversion no dump pipe or ecu required just a couple of cable ties i've attached some ring terminals to the power wires on our new turbo then i can connect them to the battery for a seamless and professional forced induction installation that hopefully won't explode and catch on fire when we're hitting high boost with the switch wiring extended now we can attach the foot switch to the car the accelerator has to go all the way down to activate the switch but don't worry it sounds dangerous but it's not because brzeds are so slow that none of this is going to matter so our professional installation is complete and by professional i mean professional we've got constant power running from our battery to our ebay fake turbo charger but the brilliant part of that is you can use it even with the car off now you can't do that with a normal turbo you can't get blow-off valve sounds without actually starting the car in this case you can which is awesome we've then got our trigger wire running through here down through the guard inside the cabin and it's under the accelerated pedal full throttle let off that throttle cut pachuchu you know what it's time for martin let's hit the street test drive well the good news people we've got no check engine light so it's a great start we didn't have to retune no and now it's time to try our all new turbocharged vrz give it a hit let's go yeah sounds legit man i think the only thing that gives it away is the fact that i can hear the switch clicking under your foot you're pressing a click if you put someone in the car and be like check out my mad show they'll be like what's the clicking all right here we go again people here we go well there it is people that's that's turbo sound man like no one's gonna know are they on the outside of the car particularly i think it sounds um good so good can we just for a second can we just i just want to cut to a very quick clip of my rb 26 240z on the track yes so i want to cut to that clip and then once you've heard that i'm just going to run it back to back with this so listen to this and now have a listen to this not the same not quite the same i mean it's a lot cheaper is it 100 times cheaper 10 times cheaper so there it is that is the ebay fake turbocharger but one question is still left unanswered and that is what sounds better the fake turbo technology from 10 years ago or the fake turbo technology from today just to remind your ears these are the two fake turbos that we need to choose between we have this one and this one what do you reckon martin now i reckon for in terms of installation time it doesn't get much easier and quicker than installing a device like that it brings instant smiles to your face the smiles of your passengers the smiles of your neighbors the smiles of passers-by and the smiles at the shops when you park your car turn it off and then make your blow off now what if you actually want real blow-off sound on your non-turbo car you can do it this man here has done it basically you need an air compressor you need some pipe and you can make your car that's non-turbo sound like this so that is actually real compressed air going through a real blow-off valve in fact it's so good you can even run the whole system in your backpack so you can have blow-off valve sounds on your bicycle like this so basically blow off valve sounds it makes everybody happy it's easy to do it's fun to do or if that's a little bit too simple for you you could actually turbo charge your car that is an option but for now martin let's where's the turbo gone the fake one of the real one well the only one we have the only one left is over there oh good so can you pop the bonnet again please mate sure can we actually now like make our proper episode that we were meant to make yeah so we can just start working out gonna go in there oh yeah sure all right that's it guys thank you see you next time there or there oh i think here down there no i think we're going to go down here we've got to get rid of the air box first let's get rid of that piece of yeah what a piece of turdthis is a fake turbo off ebay and this is a real turbo from a turbo factory do you need one of those today we're going to find out welcome to another episode of mighty carmods do you want the groin quivering magnetism of a turbo on your vehicle yes do you want to bring all the men to the yard yeah especially if they've got tools so they can help me fix my car do you want to bring all the milkshakes to the goats to your girlfriend's house yeah i love milkshakes do you want do you want to drive a land cruiser yeah bro 79 series yes yeah well if you want street cred people you need to turbo charge your car there's a few ways of doing it one of them would be with a turbocharger if you're an idiot because they're expensive and they impact on your insurance which is why you need what do we need a fake turbo charger damn what we're doing where this is a fake turbo charger now let me just show you quickly what we did 10 years ago wow that's right that was almost 10 years ago but technology has come a long way since then and our seconds are actually good now as such i'm going to read to you the description of this fake turbocharger don't open it though mate because there's exciting times the main feature of this is to simulate a perfect dump valve sound perfect perfect perfect you don't need to cash out on a turbo kit you don't need to cash out on a turbo kit okay anyway you don't need to cash out what else um this will not increase your insurance premium great it'll make you look like a though does it say that no i don't know none of this is direct quoting um you will have all the sounds and style of turbo without expensive cost style of turbo yes style of turbo because martin look what's happened in the last 10 years well on our civic we installed a weird little box now look at this what look it's an actual turbo charger like a turbo no it is a turbo charger what it is so the first thing that you need to know when you're gonna fake turbo your car let's just have a quick look at the difference between a fake turbo and a real turbo and if you find that there's no difference at all well then just buy the fakes just buy the fake one done martin let's make like the internet and break up hashtag emotional then eat it and then eat some noodles and then not work on our car and now do an unboxing are you ready i don't know if i could go that deep in one go let's do it martin we have a blue box and a red box we'll start with the red box oh it's like the matrix pill it is red pillar blue because one of them's reality and one of them's not here we have a very nicely packed actually this is a nice little pillow so if you don't have a pillow for your bed you can look at that smoothies on it excellent here we have a garrett i need to what is it it's a 80 20 20 28 something what is it again it's something that you can stick on your nissan i know it's on the top your mind or your where's the flap that says the number maybe i've got the number did you take the flap off with the number on it mate it's a 2860r gen 2. thank you to gtx gen 2 um that's exciting because it's one of the newer style turbos um in here we have oh it's a bit a little bit oily in there so this is a real turbo charger that looks really good there we have you have an inducer an ex juicer otherwise known as a compressor and a turbine exhaust goes through the turbine you have a housing on there that fits your car and then it spins the shaft in the middle there's oil through the middle to keep that cooled and lubricated and also coolant if you want and then you have the compressor housing your air gets sucked in through there through a filter into that hole swizzed up to a couple hundred thousand rpm and then spat out there and that creates pressure which then means you can add fuel to that extra air density science stuff and then make a bigger bang and go faster that's why you love turbos they also sound cool they look cool they whizz around um and if you everyone just loves them i love them but why would you spend a couple of grand on that because you don't just need a turbo charger you need your piping you need your intercooler you need an exhaust you need your dump pot you probably need some management you probably need to upgrade your brakes you definitely need to contact your insurance company why do any of that when i'm telling you right now what comes out of this box what you're about to see is about to make you prolaptic you are going to just you're going to expel all the liquid from your body every hole will be will will be pumping out fluid just at how exciting and how realistic this looks we haven't seen in here before but get a box of tissues because look at this people have to be crying with how cheap this is compared oh look at this mutton that wow ah see well they have come a long way that actually that is actually comes with mounting hardwood this doesn't have any mounting hardware here it is people look at this wow turbo center it's it's the same it looks exactly the same it basically looks exactly the same so i mean the only difference is is that this this part's completely covered so what is it doesn't it blow the air out there so anyway but look at that technology's come a long way so today we're going to install that and prove to you while turbo why prove to you while we're going to prove to you why turbo charges are now unnecessary obsolete obsolete martin electric cars are huge electrons electric turbos so here i have my turbo charger installation instruction um failure to follow this instruction can result in premature premature turbo charger failure and warranty denial so you have to do it right people um you've got to install them make sure there's no foreign material take care to avoid getting dirt in there might be bolts missing or deliberately left loose too much information wait lose too much pressure turbine housing and rotate correctly um temporarily secure the turbo charger rotate the center housing rotate the compressor housing remove the jar dropped let me show you what we're actually doing today bin lock tabs installed and pre-oiling going to pre-order your turbo switch with a bracket installation to the car under the accelerator pedal according to the models to adjust the height of the switch so as to step on the accelerator pedal touch switch sound that sounds easier than this doesn't it yeah let's do that today we want to see if the last 10 years has delivered better fake technology blow-off valve sound than what we installed 10 years ago so as exciting as that is that can go away right now it's fake turbo vs fake turbo people martin tell us what tools we're gonna need these are the tools you're gonna need like any good auto electrical installation this is auto electronics you need a dac dac with a screwdriver head on it you need tech screws and cutters and that's it and tape probably need tape before we kick off though how much was that well i got it gilligit get off ebay yes i did but first of all what i'd like to show you is this is turbo center with an arrow showing which one for the sales pitch i don't know we just paid for it look where these switches are made dude oh made in japan in japan so it's a jdm turbocharger yeah but how much did you pay for it though how much do you reckon it's worth people look at that 43 bucks you paid 43 including shipping no more look at it yeah but was it more it looks like a turbo charger up or down down down less than that yeah 28 it was 35 35 australian which what's that my next guess was 243 it's like 20 bucks u.s us yeah anyway um yeah no 35 bucks 35 postage and two switches why'd you get an extra switch they just gave it one for free i don't know why mutton you've shown us the tools all right we've done something else now let's go install it on the car and let's let's kick some old school tunes no tunes some new skull tunes the first step is to jack up your car then pop the bonnet and locate the battery this hectic turbo includes some mounting hardware for the turbo unit and a strap for the foot switch but will most likely just end up using cable ties once you've chosen a location for your turbo you may need to extend the wiring to reach the foot switch that's going to go under the accelerator while i'm soldering up a switch extension muddy's doing the turbo conversion no dump pipe or ecu required just a couple of cable ties i've attached some ring terminals to the power wires on our new turbo then i can connect them to the battery for a seamless and professional forced induction installation that hopefully won't explode and catch on fire when we're hitting high boost with the switch wiring extended now we can attach the foot switch to the car the accelerator has to go all the way down to activate the switch but don't worry it sounds dangerous but it's not because brzeds are so slow that none of this is going to matter so our professional installation is complete and by professional i mean professional we've got constant power running from our battery to our ebay fake turbo charger but the brilliant part of that is you can use it even with the car off now you can't do that with a normal turbo you can't get blow-off valve sounds without actually starting the car in this case you can which is awesome we've then got our trigger wire running through here down through the guard inside the cabin and it's under the accelerated pedal full throttle let off that throttle cut pachuchu you know what it's time for martin let's hit the street test drive well the good news people we've got no check engine light so it's a great start we didn't have to retune no and now it's time to try our all new turbocharged vrz give it a hit let's go yeah sounds legit man i think the only thing that gives it away is the fact that i can hear the switch clicking under your foot you're pressing a click if you put someone in the car and be like check out my mad show they'll be like what's the clicking all right here we go again people here we go well there it is people that's that's turbo sound man like no one's gonna know are they on the outside of the car particularly i think it sounds um good so good can we just for a second can we just i just want to cut to a very quick clip of my rb 26 240z on the track yes so i want to cut to that clip and then once you've heard that i'm just going to run it back to back with this so listen to this and now have a listen to this not the same not quite the same i mean it's a lot cheaper is it 100 times cheaper 10 times cheaper so there it is that is the ebay fake turbocharger but one question is still left unanswered and that is what sounds better the fake turbo technology from 10 years ago or the fake turbo technology from today just to remind your ears these are the two fake turbos that we need to choose between we have this one and this one what do you reckon martin now i reckon for in terms of installation time it doesn't get much easier and quicker than installing a device like that it brings instant smiles to your face the smiles of your passengers the smiles of your neighbors the smiles of passers-by and the smiles at the shops when you park your car turn it off and then make your blow off now what if you actually want real blow-off sound on your non-turbo car you can do it this man here has done it basically you need an air compressor you need some pipe and you can make your car that's non-turbo sound like this so that is actually real compressed air going through a real blow-off valve in fact it's so good you can even run the whole system in your backpack so you can have blow-off valve sounds on your bicycle like this so basically blow off valve sounds it makes everybody happy it's easy to do it's fun to do or if that's a little bit too simple for you you could actually turbo charge your car that is an option but for now martin let's where's the turbo gone the fake one of the real one well the only one we have the only one left is over there oh good so can you pop the bonnet again please mate sure can we actually now like make our proper episode that we were meant to make yeah so we can just start working out gonna go in there oh yeah sure all right that's it guys thank you see you next time there or there oh i think here down there no i think we're going to go down here we've got to get rid of the air box first let's get rid of that piece of yeah what a piece of turd\n"