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You won't win any dyno competitions with this turbo, that's not the point. The point is to improve on the factory design while also lowering the price. This is for the CRD owner who has a turbocharger failure and needs to get back on the road, and wants a better option than the pricey Garret.
We've reduced the cost by $400-$500 while improving performance and mitigating the significant design flaws inherent in the factory Garret turbocharger design. We are backing it up with a 1 year manufacturer's warranty.95Z28A4 wrote:
Is this a ball bearing turbo?
Ball bearing and/or water cooling would increase the cost significantly. It's a journal bearing, but it has been upgraded from a 270° thrust bearing to a full-face 360° thrust bearing. This offers improved long term wear characteristics compared to the Garret unit. A 360° thrust bearing is better for spreading out loads by distributing and supporting the complete thrust load placed on the shaft, whereas the 270° thrust washer found in the Garret unit covers only a portion of the shaft.
Dent wrote:
Sasquatch, please tell us about this no-coking of the oil.
95Z28A4 wrote:
I also need to understand how "no oil coking" is achieved.
While the original turbo that was installed on the VM Motori 2.8L in Italy for the Jeep CRD has a threaded compressor wheel and has the Garrett name stamped on the compressor housing, Garrett denies they supplied this to VM Motori or even produced it. This is the turbo that has the coking issue and failed turbos. Garrett does acknowledge and does supply parts for the boreless version. This boreless turbo has no known coking issues in the oil system. Coking happens because the temps and the oil residue time are both higher than the stability limits of the lubrication. When we set out to improve on this situation of the 1st generation Garrett Turbo (the one that doesn’t exist) we reviewed the thermal insulation of supply, drain and vent lines in the oil system of the turbo. By modifying these, or increasing the thermal insulation, it significantly reduced deposits.
95Z28A4 wrote:
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!
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