4tika4

decided to change out my air filter, It was looking pretty bad when I cleaned it last month. I have to special order a little one since I am very limited on space. Just thought I would take some pictures of the compressor wheel. I did notice a slight film of oil. I couldn't really see it, I could only feel it. My filter is oiled, so maybe that's it? I have been told this is fairly normal so I am not the least bit worried. Shaft play feels the same.

sorry for such a frequent update. Just thought I'd share.

Freemananana

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Could be the filter. I've heard of turbos sucking up a filter before.

TheShodan

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Slight residue on the compressor side of the turbo is really just a bit crankcase pressure the CHRA. nothing to really worry about, even for the POS units.

4tika4

So that's the pressure coming through the drain line? I was expecting to see it after a while. I have two 3/8ths hoses coming from the valve cover to a breather/catch can. I hope that's enough. I never have any oil in it. Just a little bit of moisture after a while.

wantboost

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what color was the film?

depending on how heavily you oil the filter some of it can be sucked through the filter

4tika4

It looked like pretty clean engine oil. Slightly brown. I could barely see it though.

TheShodan

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You could have 8 hoses from the valvecover. It won't matter. rather common, because the higher crankcase pressure affects the oil splay of the CHRA anyway. A slight amount isn't a problem. A teaspoon full? now you've got something to worry about.

Aradin

I feel like I should chime in here too. Been using a CXRacing "60 trim" t3/t4 since May of 2013. It's got a .60AR compressor and .63AR turbine. I have had no issues with it whatsoever. It has had virtually no shaft play since day one. I checked it a couple days ago and it was still like new. It's been through hell(even ran it dry once on accident due to a broken fitting) and varying boost levels from 7 to 25psi. Past 6-8 months have all been 18psi+. Currently running 22psi with a water/meth kit on my 11:1 F22. Spools fast and makes a **** ton of torque. Not a hint of oil anywhere.

4tika4

mine actually got ran dry too once while being tuned. My fitting on the block cracked. might not have been totally dry but it definitely lost some oil pressure. Then a couple weeks ago I was in boost midway through a pull and my car blew a fuse, my fuel pump shut off and the engine died. I felt really bad for my turbo but it seems to be doing fine.

EJ1 LS guy

@4tika4 thanks for the review. Been thinking about running a budget turbo build on my z6 at about 8-10psi just so I can have a little more power to Daily with. I have a couple questions though. How many miles have you put on the car since the turbo install? What kind of tuning did you tuner actually do? & Are you using a turbo timer? TIA

r0bm2000

Since this is a review thread and lots of misinfo getting passed around I guess to be proud that you paid $1500 to $2000 for a turbo
I was just getting started off in the turbo game as well and glad I started late because now I know you can convert a ebay china turbo to a real turbo for still a budge price ask me how I know? this guy proved it on youtube who works doing turbos and rebuilding them....he took a CHINA GT35R turbo and converted it to a REAL GT35R for only $550 by changing out the center parts ....and yet it still not $1500-$2000 and you end up with a real turbo ..I guess its not how much money you spend now its about WHO YOU KNOW and who CAN BUILD YOU SOMETHING for half the price ...just like people claim you get what you pay for right? but nobody talks about how the big name brand companies copy other peoples work and slaps their sticker on it then ups the price like how many companies already done that with the mac boost valves? that we can buy for $20 but others sell them them for $100 and up for the SAME VALVE just with a sticker on it ...I mean you got $1500-$2000 to spend and no connects that's fine too but if you do why spend it? I swear its always great to know people who can do stuff like this that ALSO SAVES MONEY !!!!

TheShodan

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Yes. we are proud of getting the quality stuff, and if it means over $1500. You're more than likely talking about Turbo Labs of America who is known to do that conversion. Even he admits he's experienced long-term failures on the conversions at times due to the changes in tolerances.

If you want to stand on a soap box to preach, create a blogspot or your own sphere. You can even call it cheapturbostuffisok.org and announce it there. You are of course welcome to your opinion, but this stuff coming out of nowhere is making no dents in your argument.

And yes, I deal a LOT with the brand name stuff on both an OEM and aftermarket level and proud.

Thanks for your time, sir. Goodbye

F1_Racer

Don't mind these haters in here, Chinese or not so long as it does it's job. These turbo snobs are just jealous at these companies for making it affordable for people to boost their rides, tis all. They be jealous cuz they think they are better because they spend 20 grand on their stupid setup while you can spend $500 and go WHOOOSH!! Vrooom WHOOSH!! Yeah haterz, that be my ebay super blow-off valve. Hate me.

TheShodan

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Yeah.. "hate".. that's what it must be.. Considering I have about 3 of these CXracing turbos holding my lab doors open after they've destroyed themselves after being installed by the "budget-minded".

Put some good thrust loads to that same turbo, we'll see how "long it does its job for". 10,000 miles and a year or so, isn't longevity by any means.

But.. carry on.. This still isn't a "review".

Schister66

Unless you agree with them, you're labeled a hater.

For those of us who value quality and longevity, these off-brand turbos aren't even a consideration. Like they say, the poor man always pays twice. So feel free to roll the dice on cheap parts...maybe you'll get lucky, but chances are, you wont...

LightningTeg

Seems like the quality control has gone up a bit in the past year or so.

Id like to see a comparison between various brands of turbos torn down to their fundamental components to show the differences in quality

F1_Racer

Only difference is the Chinese turbos doesn't come with a free bottle of snake oil. You know them snobby turbo folks, gotta have that bottle of snake oil to make em' feel good.

LightningTeg

So anyone who appreciates the value of saving up money to buy a quality product is snobby?

Oh hush. Ebay turbos ARE snake oil lol. They put all kinds of random tech info on their advertisements but they never match what you actually get. At minimum, they are simply copying designs from the big boys and manufacturing them with cheaper materials and dont have the overhead cost of engineering / testing / quality control/ or warranty claims. Not to mention the OEM side of it.

I've had Mitsu, Precision, and Garret turbos and not one of them has ever failed me. My best friend bought an ebay turbo and went through 3 of them before finally buying something real. I had another friend in college that gave me his "T70" to use as a paper weight when he started the car and it flooded the intercooler with oil lulz

Schister66

Chinese turbos also come with outdated, pirated technology, lower quality control standards, lower grade components/materials and you have to buy them from BOOOOST JDM and TurboJDMworld and other 'reputable' eBay vendors with riceball names. Call me pretentious but in the 10+ years i've been lurking on these forums, i've seen more than my fair share of shitty turbo failures and unlike some of y'all, i'm not willing to risk buying junk / untested parts.

I have and will always continue to buy quality parts - Garrett or Borg Warner and that's about it. I wont even bother with PTE because of their lackluster reputation lately.

NotARaCist

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Why haven't you jumped off a cliff yet? I hear it's what all the cool kids are doing, you should follow the trend! Granted, most of them are using parachutes, but I can tell how much "saving money" means to you, so just skip the parachute. It's just a waste of money anyway.

4tika4

Uh ohhhh.... The turbo is still going strong..

turbohatch96y7

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Pics of the setup??

TheShodan

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At 10psi and no thrust loads... See you at 90,000 miles.

This still isn't a "review". Especially with no pictures, no thrust loads, no data.

NEXT!

4tika4

You keep repeating this.. But my turbo is still doing great. I don't know what kind of pictures you want me to post. I guess if you only like reading books with pictures in them, I will have to post some.

KevinEF7

Even though I bought a legit garrett this time around, most liekyl when I upgrade I will try a chinacharger, the car isnt my daily driver and getting 2 years out of it (less than 10k miles for me) would be fine since I change setups so much and dont resell anything anyways.

If they could only take a decent ammount of boost...