chad can my red be upgraded to a bbkb

 

I repeat, this dude is full of ish.

-Jalal

 

Is it just me or are a lot of people blowing up their BBK turbos?

 

I'd say it is just you. I believe the failure rate for the BBK turbos is extremely small.

I have seen threads of FP Reds blowing up also. Things blow up sometimes and as members of this site we get to hear about it. How often do you see a thread where someone punched a hole in their block? Does that mean the 4G63 was improperly engineered?

Now I do not want to get into this debate however I feel that most of the failures are due to improper installation and/or driver error.

 

I would like to 2nd that.

 

for the BBK, we are on over our 200th unit.... and have only had 3 failures to date that we know of.... one was overspeed (aka boost leak)... the other was the result of a hotside being installed improperly by the end user (which ironically has come back for a second time with an issue)...so...

taken from a post by CBRD here https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ve...urbos-etc.html

and that was in 2009.

 

I think somewhere later in that thread or perhaps in another thread they said they had about a dozen fail to date. But out of a few hundred sold that is still quite good. My guess is these are cars running high boost and raced a lot. I think anyone running 93-octane boost levels would be fine. Nice to know they got your back should you have a failure too.

 

Did you check into rebuilding the turbo if CBRD does not cover it? At least it would be new instead of used or paying brand new price.

 

I asked a simple question.... I wasn't debating anything, comparing anything, nor did I make a comment on engineering either.

I just feel like I have read alot about them that is all.

But way to go jumping down my throat about it, appreciate it.

 

consider this,

the turbo has been out for two years... what happens in two years...

customer buys a new turbo.. runs it on their car... has issues with the motor, wants to do a build, maybe switch to a larger turbo.... they sell the turbo (not telling the client their rod bearing went, which sent material through the turbo)....

the person runs the turbo... thinking its good, it then fails because of foreign material damage..

well, what happened? someone posts that their turbo failed, when they are second owner, didnt really know the condition to begin with, this has been the case lately... not many people decide to "build a motor" without having a reason to do so.

or the other big reason, LOTS of leaks.. and overspeeding the turbo...

all kinds of scenerios.... but, i think our failure rate is still pretty low

cheers

cb

 

+1

I have been personally dealing with Chad for quite a few years. We have sold a butt load of BBKs with no issues and have installed a few locally, again, with no issues. The best part of it all, if there is a problem, Chad does what he can to fix it as any good owner will.

To the OP, we are in NC as well.... we will be happy to help you out with the situation in order to get your car right. Please PM me if you'd like to talk about options and/or to fill me in on more details of the case.

 

Yup your damn right on that, you always get that one.... but after the darn thing sits after buyin it from someone else that probably put it through hell!! lol.

 

haha no worries man. I wasnt jumping down your throat or attacking you. I was simply trying to answer your question and justify some of the failures.

Now that master Chad has chimed in I think we should be good to go

Go have a and remember FTW!

 

Some people have no idea what they r talking about. I have the second bbk which was created. It was the test version. Turbo has about 20 k on it and more than 30 track days. Turbo was taken off a few days ago and it has very minor wear. Failure is not an option when you talk about a CBRD product. If there is indeed a failure 99% it is due to something else causing it , especially when its a street car.
P.S. Cheers to all blown fps. :-)