Turbo Rebuilders?
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I use Jose at Forced Inductions for my new turbos, upgrades and rebuilds. They are in Alabama and usually have a fast turn around. They do R&D for some big name turbo manufactures as well as their own products. They even do their machining in house instead of sending the stuff out like a lot of shops. This helps with turn around time as well.
www.forcedinductions.com
Forced Inductions
3400 Eva Rd.
Eva, AL 35621
(256)-796-1230 or (256)-658-5798
E-mail:
[email protected]
www.forcedinductions.com
Forced Inductions
3400 Eva Rd.
Eva, AL 35621
(256)-796-1230 or (256)-658-5798
E-mail:
[email protected]
I've never thought that was a good idea....turbos spin insanely fast and should be balanced by a professional.
I agree with you about out of balance runout. I would imagine that most turbos are balanced in pieces, AKA the compressor wheel is balanced, and the turbine wheel and shaft is balanced separately. I am not exactly sure if that's how it is, but if you mark it and reassemble in the same location I imagine it would be pretty darn close.
vibration is a bitch. likely the wheels are gummed up anyway, so that's going to affect balance as well.
if it was a GT47-88 I'd be sending it out. T25... not so much.
vibration is a bitch. likely the wheels are gummed up anyway, so that's going to affect balance as well.
if it was a GT47-88 I'd be sending it out. T25... not so much.
damn, cannot see it at work.
That answers our questions I imagine. in this case it would be imperative to get it reassembled at the right angle.
or send it to someone. comes down to how much you want to spend.
I see the name limit engineering a lot on Turbo buick boards. never dealt personally, but they might be able to help out.
That answers our questions I imagine. in this case it would be imperative to get it reassembled at the right angle.
or send it to someone. comes down to how much you want to spend.
I see the name limit engineering a lot on Turbo buick boards. never dealt personally, but they might be able to help out.
They do not go into depth about why a small turbo should be assembled and balanced. They just mention that the high speeds the small turbos see makes it almost impossible to get balanced with balancing every thing before it is assembled. They still do that but after assembly they balance the whole unit.
It all depends on the comfort level associated with the risk of failure or damage to your turbo and possibly motor. Risk versus reward. They do not charge much to rebuild and balance the motor. Not enough to have me think about skipping a pro rebuild to have me do the rebuild. I have to much invested in my turbo and motor to worry about a few dollars.
oh I definitely agree with you, not to worry. I just know that home rebuilds have been done in the past with success (not really measurable lol) and it can be another option to sending it out.
I definitely don't want to advise blowing up one's motor.
this makes me want to look up destroyed turbo pictures. overspeed failures are the best. oh and shaft breaks on pullin trucks when the turbine wheel goes flying out of the stack. oops
I definitely don't want to advise blowing up one's motor.
this makes me want to look up destroyed turbo pictures. overspeed failures are the best. oh and shaft breaks on pullin trucks when the turbine wheel goes flying out of the stack. oops
Yeah when you start it and theres white snow on the ground you can see oil marks. Its smokes everywhere. And at idle, in boost, and anytime you dont want it too. sucks.
Im going to see if theres some kit I can used to try it myself since we have a spare turbo too. or just send it out. THanks guys!
Kidding! 
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