I got a turbo installed.. The guy said I have to break it in by not pushing it until about 3000 miles... is this true?? do turbos need break in??

 

Go back to that guy and punch him, then do a big burnout in front of him.

 

^ LMAO

 

break it in the way you plan on driving it, beat the **** out of it. the last ls/vtec i built by the time I had 10 miles on the motor it already had 3 burnouts and won a race against a Gt mustang

 

its not strange but most performance brands tell you too give it a grace period of a few 100 miles, but most of my friends including me like to break things in hard after about 20 miles. i have heard from some people that after installing new rods and pistons to take your car around the block and bring its slowly to 6,000 rpm's then shift. everyone is different, but so is every part and engine. do what you feel is right and if it works then you didnt **** up. i myself gave my turbo 300+ miles before i pulled it over 5k, but thats me.

 

first time my turbo was spooled was on the dyno. Do you think the tuner took it easy? as long as it's well oiled you're good to go.

 

After my car got it 5spd swap,engine swap and turbo. THe day it all finished he took it around the block and he set me up a race to

 

there is a break in period?

When I built my LS with p30's I took it out of the garage with my buddys d16z6 turbo following me, we went about a mile and raced. I broke her in good id say and she ran mint

 

Yes the turbo needs broken in. The turbo needs to get the oil set into the bearings and such. You do not want to install a turbo, push 10 psi from it the next day and run it hard. Maybe give it a couple weeks. Boost it at like 4psi. Don't rush the turbo becuase the berrings can give out. Is it a new turbo or used?

 

I never heard of anyone breaking in a turbo and have never read that on any turbo manufacturers site. How do you break in something that is balanced at 100,000 rpms already?

 

All GReddy turbo kits come with a 500 mile grace period where they say not to put the turbo under load, but then again after the install they say to install a boost gauge and see if the wastegate is functioning properly and the boost level is correct

 

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Oil has coated all bearing surfaces in the turbo after a couple minutes idle and road time. Turbos are intended to be utilized right out of the box. Even the guy talking about the Greddy kit showed how they said a "500 mile" bullshit grace period to cover their asses and then tell you to check your wastegate and make sure boost doesn't spike.

That is Greddy telling you that......not the manufacturer of the turbine.

 

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just read that a few more times a new turbo has allready been "used." just without being propelled by exhaust gas