Steven82

Looking to upgrade my turbo as some of you kn!! saw this on ebay, brand new for just under £500..... half the price of what they are if you brought them from here!!

Too good to be true??
anyone used them by any chance??

Cheers

bruce

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I looked at buying parts to convert a td05 to a 20g from them but got put of by some reports I read about similar companies using copied MHI parts that were of a very low standard, very difficult if not impossible to get balanced after the build and vanes on the compressors being different thicknesses! I'd consider importing from a reputable suplier in the states as the dollar to pound convertion rate is very good.

StickyMicky

although balancing turbos is the required thing.....


i never balanced my turbo when i built it 3 years ago from scrap yard parts (vf23 different ends and core all from 3 different knackered turbos LOL)

still running itjust under 1.45 bar to this day
they say i got lucky

rasheedn

i've bought some headers from them
good service and the headers r really nice

never tried them with a turbo try looking on nasioc for their name maybe u can get better answers

Rasheed

Austrian Impreza

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I bought a TD05-16G from this company and it was very fast shipped, only the taxes were very high, even they sent it as gift!
However the turbo was a good choice and doing 300bhp on the flywheel with some more modifications, but without mapping and running a bit too rich!!!
No problems with this turbo until today and it did several quarters and trackdays on 1.3 bar, running it for about 20.000miles now.
Hope I could help and I´m refering to the 16G not the 18G, as this one was not deliverable at the time I purchased my turbo!
Greets
Markus

scooby2.5maz

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anyone else know of these ?

ZEN Performance

Seem to work, but balancing is "variable".

Better turbos available, more money gets greater rewards.

Paul

Varboy

I considered buying one from these guys but at the end of the day it seemed a little too good to be true and seeing as it's one of the items that you don't want to go pop, I decided to shell out a little extra for a Big16g from turbochargers.com for $699, with shipping etc it's working out to be about £410, we shall await to see what the custom's charges are.....

millwrx

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this is the same place i have been looking at,cant make my mind up if to order the 18g or 20g compresser housing and wheel,£115 plus p&p and they it is a direct conversion as i have a td05h 16g already,

Steven82

Any one tried any other companys from the states?

millwrx

iTrader: (1)

just had a email back from them,they seem to be ok,thinking about ordering one of there 18g housings and wheel,direct bolt on parts,only thing you have to do is get it balanced so they say

Andy.F

The 18 and 20G wheels are not direct bolt on parts, the centre housing needs to be stripped, machined and rebuilt. I wouldn't recommend a rebuild using the old bearings, thrusts and seals.

Watch out for some of the complete 20G turbos on offer as some have 8cm exh housings which will be laggier than the 7cm OE Subaru item. Some also have non water cooled cores, they are the old oil-only style as used on some diesels !

Andy