44mm Turbo Wastegate water cold Wastegate 44mm V-Band black +50mm Blow Off Valve | eBay Thinking about these for my turbo build, I can't justify paying like 350 each for the genuine thing Has anyone tried them?
The problem with the cheap stuff like this is that it isn't ALL crap - if it was no one would buy it. However some of it does work fine, but due to poor quality control and/or skimping out on materials the parts may work fine, or they may not - so even if one person has no problems doesn't mean you won't. On non critical components you are only risking the cost of the item itself - with a wastegate however if it fails you are likely to damage the engine or the turbo (or both) so the risk is much greater. tl:dr Gambling on cheap wastegate possibly not destroying your motor is false economy.