Turbo vendors
01-12-2006, 01:12 PM
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Turbo vendors Why is it sooooooooooo damn hard to get a set of ball bearing turbos? I've called or e-mailed 3...yes, THREE major vendors without a positive answer as to what they can get, how soon and pricing. Total time wasted = 4 or 5 weeks. I finally got a few parts from the company that ryhmes with "GTE" ...it only took them 4 months !!
P.S. - I'm still working on Jose.
P.S. - I'm still working on Jose.
01-12-2006, 02:37 PM
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LOL, PTE is behind, but it is due to Garrett. Also ask Phate on this board how long it took for Turbonetics to build a turbo for him. We ordered it for him many months ago......4 is nothing...lol. Also the new turbo we have just released it taking a while also. Heck we are looking at 6-8 weeks minimum. Supply and demand is the key. Turbos are hot tickets right now.....
01-12-2006, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by smokinHawk
i think mine took about 4 months from PTE.
on the 4th month i sent chuck norris in and he roundhouse kicked enough employees till one spitted up the turbo that i needed.
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on the 4th month i sent chuck norris in and he roundhouse kicked enough employees till one spitted up the turbo that i needed.
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'hawk - that is too damn funny. Maybe Chuck will make a visit for me? I'm a patient man, I guess I can wait longer. Does that mean you sent me prices Jose? 
01-12-2006, 03:05 PM
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Its feast or famine sometimes. We have ordered in the past few weeks lots of parts from PTE and everything lately has come in within 1-2 weeks max. So it all depends on what you order. Sometimes the companies are quick. The new units we are building custom in house we were told it would take 6 months to get our cores....and we recieved 13 of them out of the blue...lol. So just be patient.
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01-12-2006, 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by NOSjohn
'hawk - that is too damn funny. Maybe Chuck will make a visit for me? I'm a patient man, I guess I can wait longer. Does that mean you sent me prices Jose? JZ
01-13-2006, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by JZ 97 SS 1500
John I replied to your message 2 days ago already.....did you not recieve it???
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John, I checked into the ITS and PTE versions. The standard garrett version aren't offered in a 67 config. The ITS's only come in a 66mm wheel and the PTE's come in a 67mm version. Both are DBB. I will have the pricing for both tomm.
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-----Original Message-----
From: MicroZone Computer [mailto:microzon@twcny.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 8:10 PM
To: jz@forcedinductions.com
Subject: RE: need price on 2 67mm BB turbos
Any updates on pricing, information, etc?
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Maybe you sent it and I didn't get it?
EDIT:
PTE stated they can't or won't give a specific E.T.A. on 67mm units. To build theirs, they still use the Garrett core. This is my understanding of it.
01-14-2006, 03:17 PM
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Well, as impatient as we all get sometimes...I spoke too soon. Yesterday, the Fed-ex man dropped off 2 big boxes! There was a big turbo in each box! 
whooooooooooosh! we need a turbo-type smilie !
whooooooooooosh! we need a turbo-type smilie !
