SBR Turbo Problems/Warranty?

[eclipsegst1990]

I was curious about the rust too. I think it is from the overheating of the turbo without coolant which weakened the metal allowing for oxidation.

I do feel rather silly not knowing what the "Turbonetics" logo looks like. All I've ever purchased were mitsubishi turbos. This is my first hybrid. I really appreciate all the help everyone has given me.

Furthermore, I also don't understand why a representative would say "there are no coolant lines with this turbo." I thought this was strange which is why I called and made sure. Even if I could get another turbo, I don't know if I want to go with SBR.

Regardless, I'm going to take a ride there this Wednesday. Does anyone need anything while I'm there so you could save on shipping?

 

[fwdeclipse]

That nice Turbonetics logo cast into the centersection should have been your first clue it wasn't a Garrett/Mitsu Hybrid. That would be their good ol std bearing turbo & feedling from a restricted line off the head is defently the cause of its short life. Defently let us know what happens with this one, I would hope they will fix you up, no charge & do it promply as well. They sent you the wrong turbo, you paid probably about 1/3rd more then that turbo should have cost & when you called about the coolent lines for a GT12 they said their not needed, was it somebodys first day or what

One other thing, I was just curious about the turbine housing. You said you olny ran it for like 15 mins before it blew? I was wondering how it got so rusty, was it already rusted when you received it? If not, I wonder why it rusted so fast, after 6 months use my evoIII didn't have any rust on it and after two years use it still doesn't have as much rust as that turbine housing.

I was wondering the same thing, that turbo looks like its 2 years old.WTF

 

[SBR Chris]

I was curious about the rust too. I think it is from the overheating of the turbo without coolant which weakened the metal allowing for oxidation.

I do feel rather silly not knowing what the "Turbonetics" logo looks like. All I've ever purchased were mitsubishi turbos. This is my first hybrid. I really appreciate all the help everyone has given me.

Furthermore, I also don't understand why a representative would say "there are no coolant lines with this turbo." I thought this was strange which is why I called and made sure. Even if I could get another turbo, I don't know if I want to go with SBR.

Regardless, I'm going to take a ride there this Wednesday. Does anyone need anything while I'm there so you could save on shipping?

Please email me with your name and phone number. It's quite obvious that the turbo in your possession is not a GT series, and I don't know how it's possible that you got that.

Thank you,

Chris Boone
Slowboy Racing Inc.
[email protected]

 

[laserspeeddemon]

So just for my OWN information. I got a question.

What you have is not a BB turbo. You were pulling oil from the head and restricting oil. Because of this the oil starvation caused the thrust bearing to fail and the turbo died.

Is that correct?

I'm asking this, because someone I know (who claimed to be a Turbo guru) is a parts retailer. He put on a 50-Trim on his SRT-4 with a restrictor in the oil line. I asked him why he did that. And he said Its nessecary for all turbos to extend the turbo life. He has since been kicked out the army and was sent to Florida. I know for sure that BB turbos don't like high oil pressures. This information has lead an EVO owner in this area to upgrade his turbo (can't remember exactly what turbo he upgraded to) and put a restrictor in the oil line. I can't confirm this because I haven't seen this EVO or the owner in about 3 weeks. But thats what the owner told me he was going to do. It seems like he might be setting himself up to have busted turbo on his hands.

 

[oldman]

So just for my OWN information. I got a question.

What you have is not a BB turbo. You were pulling oil from the head and restricting oil. Because of this the oil starvation caused the thrust bearing to fail and the turbo died.

Is that correct?

I'm asking this, because someone I know (who claimed to be a Turbo guru) is a parts retailer. He put on a 50-Trim on his SRT-4 with a restrictor in the oil line. I asked him why he did that. And he said Its nessecary for all turbos to extend the turbo life. He has since been kicked out the army and was sent to Florida. I know for sure that BB turbos don't like high oil pressures. This information has lead an EVO owner in this area to upgrade his turbo (can't remember exactly what turbo he upgraded to) and put a restrictor in the oil line. I can't confirm this because I haven't seen this EVO or the owner in about 3 weeks. But thats what the owner told me he was going to do. It seems like he might be setting himself up to have busted turbo on his hands.

Sean, it's hard to answer your question without knowing the setup of that particular car. Take our cars for instance, feeding from the filter housing with BS removed without proper porting of the oil pressure relief valve path will result in 120psi + of oil pressure at the filter housing under WOT which is as bad as oil starvation, therefore some kind of oil feed restriction is still required. With that said, your turbo guru friend is making somewhat of a broad statement because there are many factors to be considered, setup of the car , type of turbo, oil pressure, feeding location and size of restrictor......etc. all play a role.

 

[laserspeeddemon]

What I had previously thought was that running the oil feed line from the head was sufficent enough for most turbos, and that BB require use of a restrictor of some sort. Then this tool ran around shooting his mouth off. The fact that he got kicked out the military showed me alot about his character, so I discarded what he said. But I'm not sure whats going on with the guy with the EVO. What are "aquitances" more the friends.

 

[eclipsegst1990]

Dear DSMTuner community:

Thank you for all your assistance with this situation. Unfortunately, due to the sensitivity of this topic I may have to continue this thread at another site such as: vendor-review.com, DSMTalk.com, or DSMsource.com. I will keep everyone posted as to which site I choose, if not all three, for the continuation.

Thank you for all your support and advice,
Brian

 

[oldman]

No problem Brian, thank you for repecting our site policy, hope you get this resolved to your liking, send us a link when you're ready so we know what happen.

 

[eclipsegst1990]

Does anybody know what model turbo this is supposed to be? G50 maybe?

 

[DSM90AWD]

Does anybody know what model turbo this is supposed to be? G50 maybe?

Possible. Looks very similar to my 50-trim Garrett bolt-on, though removing the comp cover (6 bolts) and measure the inducer/exducer would tell you for sure

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[laserspeeddemon]

Oh, thats pretty