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Old 09-12-2004, 03:03 PM
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I know everyone is going on about them, but is there any warranty with as i thought i heard there wasnt?
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Turbo warrantys arn't worth the paper their are written on anyway so wouldn't bother me
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Steve jus beat me to it, no turbo is warranty'd really, theyl always find a way out if they want to, and being across the water makes no odds as long as you not using some shonky place, and thatyd be no different from using a shonky place here.

All you GOT to never do is buy Ebay ones, as i seen a LOt of warnings about them in various places.
Either shit turbos tarted up n the writeup is lies making em sound good, or even worse than that (and most common) is turbo housings of good turbos used, but with shonky cheap internals that wont last 5mins. So you think its somthing its not, andm it gives the company you think its made by a bad name too...
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Originally Posted by Steve@SCC
Turbo warrantys arn't worth the paper their are written on anyway so wouldn't bother me
Agreed

I have NEVER heard of anybody taking their turbo (of car) back to their tuner/turbo supplier and being offered a replacement without any argueing.

They always have at least 46 reasons why it wont be covered by the warranty even before they have seen the damage
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Usualy 50+ tho 46 is a nice place
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LOL... Cheers, just wondered
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Originally Posted by Doug Stirling
Originally Posted by Steve@SCC
Turbo warrantys arn't worth the paper their are written on anyway so wouldn't bother me
Agreed

I have NEVER heard of anybody taking their turbo (of car) back to their tuner/turbo supplier and being offered a replacement without any argueing.

They always have at least 46 reasons why it wont be covered by the warranty even before they have seen the damage
LOL and top of the list is normally 'Oil Contamination'.
Old 09-12-2004, 03:24 PM
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Ahem, I had three T3/4 turbos replaced no quibble .
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Originally Posted by Christian and Beccy
Originally Posted by Doug Stirling
Originally Posted by Steve@SCC
Turbo warrantys arn't worth the paper their are written on anyway so wouldn't bother me
Agreed

I have NEVER heard of anybody taking their turbo (of car) back to their tuner/turbo supplier and being offered a replacement without any argueing.

They always have at least 46 reasons why it wont be covered by the warranty even before they have seen the damage
LOL and top of the list is normally 'Oil Contamination'.
Thats easy to solve tho, just use the invention i made for MikeR ages back when he had similar trouble...



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Originally Posted by Mike Rainbird
Ahem, I had three T3/4 turbos replaced no quibble .
But is that because you use a Swarf Filter??
Old 09-12-2004, 03:34 PM
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Its the patented swarflink he uses, didnt beep once and the datalogging proved it, his engine was as swarf free and lubed up as his ass
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that website that offers them, anyone know if its any good ?

hopefully you know the website, its the usual cheap yank garrett turbo one

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. I always run a swarf filter .

http://www.randbmotorsport.co.uk/sho...?ProductID=187
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Originally Posted by Mike Rainbird
Ahem, I had three T3/4 turbos replaced no quibble .
Mike, please name the supplier, as I am sure we ALL want to
be buying from there from now on..............Ooops, then again
maybe not, looks like he supplied you with at least 2 faulty turbos

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Scott- There 100s of websites, what one you on about
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i knew someone was gonna say that

ive had a look and cant find it or remember it, its definately been posted before tho
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http://www.turbocalculator.com/sale-garrett.php
http://www.atpturbo.com/

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ATP are good but not that cheap, no idea about the other place, but sometimes have my doubts, but TBH not heard much about em
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Steve, u know what the internal gated gt28's are good for power wise - i know there's a few.
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GT28RS in the correct spec has been proven to do 360bhp at the wheels, they rated to 350bhp@fly while still being in a decent efficency.

The Garrett GT2871R is the newest version of the Disco (GT28RS) and thats good for about 400bhp and similar spool up time.

All internal gate
Old 09-12-2004, 05:32 PM
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My T4 that exploded was covered under warranty ok we haggled but that only took a couple of days to sort...deal with a proper suppliers and you are covered..would never buy from USA...its fooking stupid..cheap aint always good!
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this is tempting
http://linux.forcedperformance.net/m...gory_Code=UNIV
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