Tubular O2 housing warped

[Road-Rocket]

I bought a tubular o2 housing about 6 months ago. I finally got an evo3 16g and when I placed the o2 (without a gasket, just for fitment purpouses) against the outlet of the turine housing, the o2 housing flange is slightly warped. About 1mm towards the wastegate passage side. Is this enought warpage to cause problems when I install it with the ss gasket? If so, would a machine shop be able to surface it to get rid off the warpage?

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[98spydert]

Is that the SSautochrome piece from ebay? I would think a machine shop could surface it true.

 

[Road-Rocket]

Is that the SSautochrome piece from ebay? I would think a machine shop could surface it true.

Yes it is. I got it for $70.00 shipped. At first glance it looks like a great quality piece. But fitment sucks. The bolt holes don't line up with the turbine housing. I had to do some filing to enlarge 3 of the holes as well as remove some metal from the o2 bung to make sure the o2 sensor would go all the way in. And now the warpage. Any idea how much I can expect to pay to have it surfaced?

 

[blcknspo0ln]

not much. Just call around your local shops and see if they have a machine guy to do it.

Oh yea, don't get too upset about the price.. let's say it's 40 bucks for the resurface, just think of it as having to spend 110 on an OK o2.. ya know? it's really tough with those eBay specials

 

[oldman]

Why not demand that they send you a new one that's not warped? Then again, in reading their ebay feedbacks, they'll probably end up blaming you and call you names. Good luck.

 

[crash27578]

ssautochrome= I started to get a turbo off these guys when I started doing so reasearch and found there turbos tend to fall apart, headers crack, the meatal they use is way to thin. Not heard much about there BOV's or wastegates. There adittude sucks total sweety ball sacks. I have a buddy that just bought a whole setup from them for his 85 Ford ranger 2.3 Turbo convertion. Sweet truck !! Not for sure but we think about 400whp. We're gonna dyno soon. All I need is dsmlink and bigger injectors and a little luck tunning and I might be able 2 pass him At least come close If anything good or bad happens with all his ssautochrome parts I will be sure to post about it.

 

[Road-Rocket]

Why not demand that they send you a new one that's not warped? Then again, in reading their ebay feedbacks, they'll probably end up blaming you and call you names. Good luck.

I didn't demand a new one for the fact that I hear their customer service is bad. I also figured that since I've had it for more than half a year, it was a bit late to send it back. I knew about the bad quality of their products when I bought it. But I got it because it was pretty cheap and I wanted to give it a try and test my luck. I just didn't want to spend 300 for the VP one. Hopefully after getting it surfaced it'll still be under $120 or so. We'll see what happens.

 

[98spydert]

I speant $125 shipped on a punishment housing a year ago to try my luck out and it's still in good shape today. I repainted it with BBQ 1200 degree black paint and now it even looks good

 

[Road-Rocket]

I took it over to a machine shop in the area. I left it there and came back a couple hours later. They charged me $10.00 So that brings the total price to $80.00 Now the housing sits evenly on the turbo. I also bought the megan racing downpipe when I purchased the O2. It's 2.5" in, 3" after the flex section till it necks down to 2.75 at the end. Got that one for $110.00 shipped. And I also got a tanabe racing super medalion 3" catback for $90.00 shipped on ebay (no exhaust leaks). Also bought a brand new 3" hi flow cat converter (Eastern Catalytic brand) from dsmtalk for $60.00 shipped. So far thats $340.00 for everything. I still need to have a muffler shop weld the converter and get rid off the neck downs. I don't know how much that will be. So far so good. Can't wait till I install everything along with the brand new FP ported evo 16g. My car is so slow right now due to my t25 leaking air. And gas milage sucks. Sorry for the long post but I'm very excited.

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[Road-Rocket]

Forgot to mention that a ported SBR exhaust manifold is on the way too.

 

[blcknspo0ln]

another one bites the dust. you just got your ass kicked by the turbo bug

nice. you'll have a big smile on your face after you install those bad boys

 

[91-gsx]

about the ssautochrome stuff, it does not seem that the o2 housing is holding up to bad after 6 months... other then the first fitment issues, maybe this thing does really stay together.