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Old 07-23-08, 09:22 AM
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Question Obx Ball Bearing Turbos Nay Or Yay

FIRST OF ALL DONT SAY THEY SUCK IF YOU HAVE NEVER USED THEM. NEED SOME REAL FEED BACK AND OPINIONS. REMEMBER NOT EVERYTHING THEY MAKE IS CRAP.
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Sounds like your mind is already made up.

Simple search on google will yield a bunch of car forums disscussing those turbo's. I have yet to read any good reviews, only a couple and those who wrote the favorable reviews only had the turbo for a few weeks only to change their minds a month or two later, or disappear from the forums completelt (probably from embarrassment from defending those POS turbo's) or at least stopped using those screen names. It's taken Garrett over a decade of R&D to get the ball bearing reliable, you think a Chinese knock-off will have the same high quality of materials and build tolerances? BTW, I was a Garrett dealer and I also am a mechanical engineer, so although its not a "I've used them" review, take it for what you determine its worth.

~Mike...............

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Old 07-23-08, 09:44 AM
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you can try them and give us feedback.
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IDK,

A patron here at the yokosuka AHS just put one of them in his soarer....we should know fairly soon. but any company that rivets a compressor spec tag on the compressor outlet in such a way that it interferes with the silicone connector can not be to bright...

I personally think he is fooling himself, just as you probably are.. but like I said...IDK

kenn

edit: and all capping like this will just **** all of us off especially when you only have 2 posts

"FIRST OF ALL DONT SAY THEY SUCK IF YOU HAVE NEVER USED THEM. NEED SOME REAL FEED BACK AND OPINIONS. REMEMBER NOT EVERYTHING THEY MAKE IS CRAP".

second edit: what are you a dealer trying to drum up sales? I think i have seen a similiar handle trying to panhandle crap like that on line before.

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lol kenn...
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The last thing I buy from OBX was headers and they crack after a month...
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i got the turbo 2 cat back from obx(ebay) and it still hasn't cracked
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Thanks For All Opinions If This Were Myth Busters Id Have To Say That Obxs Myth Of High Quality Turbos For Less Has Been busted I Think Ill Stick To Garrett. I Had A Gt3076r On My Srt And It Out Performed Many Other Turbos My Friends Had ,that Were (BIGGER) Not Ball Bearing And Not Of The Same Brand So Ill Stopp Thinkin About Being Cheap And Buy Quality
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