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Old 07-30-2008, 11:03 AM
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Just wondering quality is not the best and when you have one "rebuilt" it seems as though you get one straight off the boat lol.
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Everyone is claiming that for all the turbo manufactures now.... . No proof, and to be honest with you, the materials they are using though are nice...so I doubt it. Chinese crap is porous, WAY out of balance and just plain junk. Also tolerances are WAY off of most of the chines crap as well.
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Figured you would be one to know for sure as I have heard some rumors of T-netics stuff being made else where.
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Originally Posted by hellbents10
Figured you would be one to know for sure as I have heard some rumors of T-netics stuff being made else where.
Yeah, their stuff is machined very nicely and the shafts need almost ZERO balancing. Chinese stuff usually is WAY off and is typically the sign we look for. Easy to spot when the balancer maxes both scales.....
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Originally Posted by DrTurbo
Chinese stuff usually is WAY off and is typically the sign we look for.
The chicken features sticking out the castings is not a good sign

On a serious note, the Chinese knock offs usually have very poor molds and the workers do not clean up the flange castings when the mold pieces meet.

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Originally Posted by DrTurbo
Everyone is claiming that for all the turbo manufactures now.... . No proof, and to be honest with you, the materials they are using though are nice...so I doubt it. Chinese crap is porous, WAY out of balance and just plain junk. Also tolerances are WAY off of most of the chines crap as well.
Perfect example we just got a notice this morning on some products from china.

6 off 36” Sch 40 316L stainless steel elbows




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Its getting worse and worse every day too.
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Originally Posted by 1INSANEGTO
Perfect example we just got a notice this morning on some products from china.

6 off 36” Sch 40 316L stainless steel elbows




Are they for a downpipe for a new turbo ?



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