I was curious how long your stock turbos have gone, and whether they were new or reman?

I am curious because the car i thought about buying months ago is sold now but the owner mentioned he went through 5 turbos in 94,000ish miles. The '94's original engine was replaced around the 94,000 mark. The car looked beuatiful and was never painted.

But that turbo thing amazed me, i didn't think they were that bad. I mean Five Turbo's?...the car was cared for.

So how many sets have you all been through and what mileage did you get out of them?

 

Mines on the original set at ~53500 miles, and I've been given an estimate of another 20k miles of life left in them.

 

Mine gave out at about 73,000. Im at 94,000 right now and they are doing good.

 

Original set at 56k miles, they are in great condition.

 

mine went at about 80,000

 

It wouldn't amaze me if the guy was running high boost without the mods to do it reliably!

 

Original turbos still spooling at 83k miles.

 

just about 96k and there are just starting to show signs of going....

Craig K
www.drivinhard.com

 

120k miles and going strong on original twins

 

55,000 and they are starting to loose boost and oil It is a good excuse to go single

 

My original secondary turbo was bad when I bought the car, at 99K miles. Replaced shortly thereafter and going strong.

 

116K miles and going strong. Been running 13+ psi for the last 40K miles. Waiting/wishing them to go so I can replace them with the '02 Spirit R turbos I have sitting on the shelf!!!

 

my original set were blowing oil but boosting good at 84k but I replaced them with 99specs when the engine went at that millage.

Laterz

 

73k on mine, but have only boosted 13 psi for the last few months.

I would guess the previous owner had 5 turbo replacements because Mazda dealers routinely did that when the car wouldn't boost correctly. I suppose it could also be because he's been boosting 15+ psi and not changing his oil frequently or something like that, but I doubt it.

 

Well, this car was compeltely stock.

I forgot about the fact that Mazda just replaced turbos rather than find the real problem.

So it seems like it was a Mazda problem, not the Turbo itself.

 

I've got 80k on mine and spool beutifully (knock on wood)

 

I'm at about 54k miles on original turbos and it's still boosting pretty strong.