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Old May 24, 2011 | 04:34 PM
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Ok I have a cx racing. 50 trim t3t4 turbo I over oiled it and its starting to go. Now I wanna know is there a garrett kit that's fits it good or should I just buy the ebay rebuild kit meant for it. Any help is greatly appreciated
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Old May 25, 2011 | 10:35 AM
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[QUOTE=blackccoupe;45334446]Ok I have a cx racing. 50 trim t3t4 turbo I over oiled it and its starting to go. Now I wanna know is there a garrett kit that's fits it good or should I just buy the ebay rebuild kit meant for it. Any help is greatly appreciated[/QUOTE

doesn't matter what kit you use, if your turbo is loose as a goose because you didn't regrind the shaft and bearing housing or use over/undersized bearings in the reman, it won't last that long or make much power. Not to mention the fact that the turbo needs to be put on a balancer once it's back together...
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Old May 25, 2011 | 11:17 AM
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Ok I have a cx racing. 50 trim t3t4 turbo I over oiled it and its starting to go. Now I wanna know is there a garrett kit that's fits it good or should I just buy the ebay rebuild kit meant for it. Any help is greatly appreciated
At this point I'd ditch the eBay turbo and purchase a quality turbo. I've been happy with Precision. They make quality turbos and are affordable.

This is just an example.

http://www.speedfactoryracing.net/st...roduct=2265939

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Old May 25, 2011 | 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by mechanix619
At this point I'd ditch the eBay turbo and purchase a quality turbo. I've been happy with Precision. They make quality turbos and are affordable.

This is just an example.

http://www.speedfactoryracing.net/st...roduct=2265939
I was also going to suggest getting a quality turbo as opposed to rebuilding a garbage turbo.
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Old May 25, 2011 | 02:33 PM
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Don't waste your time rebuilding it, they're only $90 for another one on eBay. I replace mine every 5K miles or so
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Old May 25, 2011 | 02:35 PM
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Throw the heap of crap in the bin and be done with it. Its not even worth the effort.
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Old May 26, 2011 | 11:21 AM
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Ha I ordered another one I've used ebay turbo before put over 10000 miles on one no issues I ruined this one cause I had no restrictor and my return line was kinked this turbo withshaft play still made 270 horse no problem.
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Old May 26, 2011 | 11:55 AM
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I replace mine every 5K miles or so
Now that's just good ole fashioned throwing good money after bad. A lot of unecessary work, but to each.....
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Old May 26, 2011 | 06:15 PM
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I agree with the 2nd poster. Just ditch the turbo and move onto something else. Trust me, the one thing you don't want to go cheap on is the turbo..

Josh
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Old May 27, 2011 | 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by TheShodan
Now that's just good ole fashioned throwing good money after bad. A lot of unecessary work, but to each.....
Yeah that gets old. I kept putting different JDM stock take-off turbos on my EVO just to see what they would do, and now turbo #4 is going south with only 40,000 on the odometer. At the beginning it was fun to see what the turbo off a A/T car would do, now I wish I would have just put a gt30 on there and left it alone.
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