I'm hoping this is more than just a stock turbo with a wicked wheel

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Is this a ball bearing turbo? I also need to understand how "no oil coking" is achieved. Are all components US, Japanese, or western European made? Pardon my skepticism, but I have difficulty using inexpensive and reliable in the same sentence with turbocharger.

I may be the odd man out, but cost is not nearly as important to me as reliability. My wife's CRD has 98k miles on it and aside from the crappy power windows, it has been very reliable. I have spent a few thousand dollars on upgrades ensuring reliability for her (see my signature). I checked the turbocharger last Sunday when I installed the HDS-001 thermostat and found no axial movement and very little radial movement. I am hoping to get 150K miles from the stock turbo. When the time comes for replacement I want it to be the very last turbo I purchase.

I agree... I looked into marketing turbochargers myself, and these is no way I can approach the kind of price advertised by Sasquatch Motorsports. I am trying to find a source of Garrett GT1756V turbochargers that GDE uses in their upgrade turbo kit, and my cost is almost double that of the retail price for the Sasquatch Motorsports option. How can Sasquatch sell a better than O.E. turbo for that kind of price, and make any profit at all?

Is this a ball bearing turbo?

Sasquatch, please tell us about this no-coking of the oil.

I also need to understand how "no oil coking" is achieved.

Are all components US, Japanese, or western European made?

Does Jeep/Chrysler manufacture their vehicles in US? Actually they don’t manufacture anything, they assemble. They design the parts for their vehicles then subcontract all the manufacturing for each part all over world. Yet Jeep/Chrysler are considered the manufacturer.

Likewise, we are not buying a completed turbo from "Company X" because they have one sitting on a shelf somewhere in the South Pacific. We have designed several parts of the turbo and have brought them together as one. We have fixed the coking problem, added 360 thrust bearing (desperately needed) and added a CNC billet compressor wheel (along with a few other items). So, we are not forging and casting here in the USA, but it is designed and assembled here in the USA, similar to Jeep.

Thanks for your interest everyone!

I am hoping to get 150K miles from the stock turbo

I will continue to see if I can find a supply of Garrett GT1756V turbochargers at a reasonable price. Green Diesel Engineering is probably going to stop offering the Turbo package unless they can find a new supply of the GT1756V turbos at a price point that makes their Turbo kit a viable option.

I totally understand Seth's product he is offering here, and the price looks real good. I just want to upgrade my rides if I can, and that means a turbo kit for me, (if I can ever afford it).

at 2/3 the $$ I can't see it being a bad deal regardless.

Or just wait until my ball bearing turbos come out, factory fit and finish but will spool like the gt17 but capable of 240hp.