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Ciaran 28 April 2015 03:29 PM

380-400bhp capable turbo
 
Time to put my car back together again
Before I go and spunk 4 figures on an sc38 anybody
got anything suitable for a 2 litre?

boosted 28 April 2015 03:45 PM

Get yourself on eBay and buy a brand new 05 20g for £180 delivered.

domino46 28 April 2015 04:11 PM

Got a forced performance red in the for sale section ;)

Ciaran 28 April 2015 07:00 PM


Originally Posted by boosted (Post 11672201)
Get yourself on eBay and buy a brand new 05 20g for £180 delivered.

It's £180 for a reason!

So buy a £180 turbo and it fails and bye bye fully forged short engine nah your alright.

There's a good reason the same turbo is £1000 at scoobyclinic

ATWRX 28 April 2015 08:28 PM


Originally Posted by boosted (Post 11672201)
Get yourself on eBay and buy a brand new 05 20g for £180 delivered.

What sort of person gives advice like this? :nono:

essbon 28 April 2015 08:32 PM

I have a SC38 for sale, just been taken off my car, and is in perfect working order
3 years old and has covered around 12K miles

*matthewturb2000* 28 April 2015 08:34 PM

Got a 'tbo' td06 20g American turbo not Chinese

Tidgy 28 April 2015 08:35 PM

yhpm

bustaMOVEs 28 April 2015 08:38 PM

Pay £1k and get a T36. 380-450hp turbo with excellent spool. (I'm getting one)

boosted 28 April 2015 09:02 PM


Originally Posted by Ciaran (Post 11672304)
It's £180 for a reason!

So buy a £180 turbo and it fails and bye bye fully forged short engine nah your alright.

There's a good reason the same turbo is £1000 at scoobyclinic

Not had one fail yet, been using them in various applications for tens of thousands of miles.
You pay for scene points for sure.
I'm not sure exactly what it's going to do to your engine if it did fail? Seen plenty expensive brand named turbos fail on far more expensive engines and not cause any damage at all.
Replaced a borg warner last week on a £6000 Volvo Penta, exploded compressor wheel due to choked air filter/over speed.
Engines fine

boosted 28 April 2015 09:02 PM


Originally Posted by *matthewturb2000* (Post 11672372)
Got a 'tbo' td06 20g American turbo not Chinese

Made in china all the same

boosted 28 April 2015 09:16 PM


Originally Posted by ATWRX (Post 11672365)
What sort of person gives advice like this? :nono:

Someone that has had great success and experience with Chinese turbos on many cars with thousands of miles.
Someone that isn't afraid to try something

Dubzy 28 April 2015 09:53 PM


Originally Posted by Ciaran (Post 11672304)
It's £180 for a reason!

So buy a £180 turbo and it fails and bye bye fully forged short engine nah your alright.

There's a good reason the same turbo is £1000 at scoobyclinic

Exactly what he said...£180 for a brand new complete turbo :wonder: wouldnt risk playing rusian roulette with my engine. A £500 banger maybe, not a built subaru engine thats for sure..

Ciaran 28 April 2015 09:54 PM

You've never seen a turbo fail and cause any sort of issue to the engine?
I have and more than once.
So shaft bearing fails and the debris ends up through the oil system and causes a bearing to pick up and fail?

When you build an engine out of new expensive parts (not second hand) and have thousands of £££ invested in a car there is no point in scrimping on 1 of the most important parts.
You telling me that you truly believe the level of engineering and quality of materials in a £180 Chinese turbo is the same as a Borg Warner or garret?

Agreed you pay more for the name.

Find me a thread complaining about a Garret or Borg Warner causing issues?
There are plenty about Chinese built turbos

You will find if an expensive turbo fails there will be a good reason behind it rather than it being a fault with the turbo.

Dubzy 28 April 2015 10:00 PM

Theres a freshly rebuilt md321s for sale on here at the moment, seems a good deal too.

Ciaran 28 April 2015 10:20 PM


Originally Posted by essbon (Post 11672367)
I have a SC38 for sale, just been taken off my car, and is in perfect working order
3 years old and has covered around 12K miles

How much and is it billet?
Why did you remove?

boosted 28 April 2015 10:42 PM

Scoobynets brilliant 🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏

*matthewturb2000* 28 April 2015 10:46 PM

Boosted does know his stuff Il give him that

Ciaran 28 April 2015 10:47 PM


Originally Posted by boosted (Post 11672444)
Scoobynets brilliant 🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏

I know imagine fitting what's been tested and proved to work.

To be fair good luck to those willing to try out new things and experiment as well

boosted 28 April 2015 10:52 PM

If I thought it was a risk I wouldn't risk spending the little spare cash I have on one to use on my daily driver, need the car reliable to pick up my kids.
I've used two Chinese t34's, over 12,000 miles on one, two t28's, two 20g's and a Chinese diesel turbo (20,000+ miles) and the laugh of it is the diesel turbo is working the hardest, spinning the fastest and also on an engine that had oil supply issues until the pick up screen was cleaned out, and it's still going strong!
Who here has actual real experience of a Chinese turbo failure?

boosted 28 April 2015 10:53 PM


Originally Posted by Ciaran (Post 11672448)
To be fair good luck to those willing to try out new things and experiment as well

Good job everyone doesn't procrastinate

boosted 28 April 2015 10:57 PM

Why did you break the P1?

essbon 29 April 2015 07:07 AM


Originally Posted by Ciaran (Post 11672432)
How much and is it billet?
Why did you remove?

£700
Yes its a billet turbo
Removed for a bigger turbo

Ciaran 29 April 2015 09:20 AM


Originally Posted by boosted (Post 11672456)
Why did you break the P1?

I wasn't trying to break it.
2 bar of boost and a bad gear change equaled a broken very expensive gearbox.
This sickened me after the money spent so i sold of the engine and turbo set up to go back to a more sensible power level.

Ciaran 29 April 2015 10:01 AM

All sorted now folks.
Going for something slightly unconventional see how we get on

JDM_Stig 29 April 2015 10:08 AM


Originally Posted by Ciaran (Post 11672565)
All sorted now folks.
Going for something slightly unconventional see how we get on

Cant fault you for trying something different, its better to lead then follow like a sheep.

:thumb:

boosted 29 April 2015 10:25 AM


Originally Posted by JDM_Stig (Post 11672566)
Cant fault you for trying something different, its better to lead then follow like a sheep.

:thumb:

Amen lol

boosted 29 April 2015 10:26 AM


Originally Posted by Ciaran (Post 11672565)
All sorted now folks.
Going for something slightly unconventional see how we get on

I see, I had it in my head you were breaking it for a deposit for a house or something, what gearbox you got now?

Ciaran 29 April 2015 12:06 PM


Originally Posted by boosted (Post 11672572)
I see, I had it in my head you were breaking it for a deposit for a house or something, what gearbox you got now?

Not me min was just sick of it all after the box broke and realised I really couldn't use 500bhp+ on the road.
Back to the standard box

boosted 29 April 2015 01:11 PM


Originally Posted by Ciaran (Post 11672604)
Not me min was just sick of it all after the box broke and realised I really couldn't use 500bhp+ on the road.
Back to the standard box

I remember the conversation of 500 hp on the road.
Must of been someone else I'm thinking of, was talking about double garage's and how I wouldn't be without mine... Another subject lol.
What turbo did you go for?


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