Need to rebuild a stock turbo...sorta...any good shops?
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Need to rebuild a stock turbo...sorta...any good shops?
Guys I have a problem. I bought a used IX turbo but only the CHRA and compressor housing since I already have a 10.5 hotside. The price at the time was good, so I bought it but due to UPS stupidity I received the turbo with a broken exhaust wheel. It's semi-hard enough to find IX turbos, so I'd rather rebuild it instead of UPS screwing me out of the insurance money and still leave me without a turbo. Now I have 2 options for rebuilding it...either getting a used 8 exhaust wheel and swapping it in or buy a brand new wheel for $200. Either way I think the new/old wheel has to be balanced to the compressor wheel, correct? I see 2 grind spots on the compressor wheel's nut (as well as on the exhaust wheel), so I'm pretty sure that the entire CHRA is balanced as one piece. Where would a good place be to send it out and have rebalanced, and what's the going rate these days? Kinda sucks to have such a low mileage turbo end up costing me way more than I expected.
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I called them up earlier today at work, nice guys and I'm going to go with them. I might as well just buy the new wheel and let them balance it from scratch, probably better in the long run anyway to avoid bearing clearance problems. Thanks! If I had the money within the next few weeks I'd go for the full BBK upgrade, but I really don't see that happening just yet. Times are tough.
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