was gonna reply to this yesterday but was only on iphone. basically what made me think its a hybrid is a the larger intake wheel, and b, speedvision sells it labelled as a hybrid, says brand new seals etc, larger intake, ported wastegate. so if it is the same exact unit, then it is a hybrid. The thing is its like anything, Im sure you get what you pay for, but if it is the speedvision unit, then they have been tried and tested, im sure its no tong turbo, but if it pulled me for a year ide be happy, spend so much time looking for fucked second hand ct9's you end up wasting your time and money anyways. also, toyosports offers a 6 month warrenty on it. food for thought