FS: vf8 Turbo

[georryan]

I have a vf8 turbo I just pulled off my car. Its in great shape, and no shaft play that I can see. It is a direct bolt on for our cars and even has the 90 degree bend on the inlet to hook up to our intake plumbing.

It was actually used by one of the first few tuners that messed around with these cars back in the early 90's, or so I was told. He cut the wastegate arm to make a sort of boost controller by lengthening or shortening the wastegate arm, which would tighten the wastegate spring. It works pretty well. When I got the turbo it was set to 17.5, and I quickly dialed that down to 15 and ran it that way for a while.

I then stroked my engine to a 2.3 and dialed down the boost again down to 12 or 13 or so. I don't see any boost creep with the turbo or anything like that.

The one thing of note, is that below 15 psi there is a slight ticking noise that can be heard. I don't know if its the arm itself, being loosened and making a vibration, or if it is something else. It doesn't cause any harm and didn't seem to affect the turbo's abilities.

Only reason I'm pulling it out is because I got a vf23 which is the turbo I've been dying to try for a while (especially since it was on the 22B) =)

I'm thinking of putting it up for sale for $250, and we'll see where we go from there.

Anyone interested? I won't be officially letting it go until I get the new turbo in my car and make sure it is running ok (probably a few days to a week from now).

Also, the vf8 doesn't come with any coolant lines. I didn't get any when I got it, and I just used my vf11 coolant lines for it. Worked perfect. The vf23 has a little different setup with its coolant lines, so I plan on using my vf11 coolant lines on that as well, so I won't be shipping them off with the turbo.