Rebuild my own turbo?

[justin0469]

How hard is it to rebuild a turbo? Is it something I can do myself with a gasket kit from somewhere?

 

[spyderturbo007]

I would send it out. You are going to have to send it out anyway and have it spin balanced.

 

[talon91tsiawd1]

Its not worth it. As he said above, you have to have it balanced for it to work right and I dont think you can do that your self unless you have the tools. So sending it away is your easiest bet.

 

[94_eclipse]

I would send it out. You are going to have to send it out anyway and have it spin balanced.

Where is a good place to sent them too? I myself might be getting a turbo kit for my car from a GS-T that was totaled but i think the kid said the turbo wont spool till 4 grand on the tac. Also what would it cost?

 

[talon91tsiawd1]

try turbochargers.com under turbo repair

 

[JWoodley]

You can do it yourself. Checkout this link: http://www.vfaq.com/mods/Turbo-rebuild.html

 

[spyderturbo007]

I would send it to Forced Performance. You can check out their services here:

http://www.forcedperformance.com/services.aspx

 

[90 TSI FWD]

I bought a rebuilt kit on ebay for under 100 and emailed FP about what i need to send. They charged me $35 to balance the parts and they mark where you gotta line them back up. It's not hard at all to rebuild yourself, you just have to wait a week or 2 to send the parts out and get it back in to put together.

 

[DSM_Roller]

good info. bookmarked

 

[knighteclipse1]

This is a fairly recent thread you might want to check out. http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=253026