A Cautionary Tale about Precision Turbo
06-11-2013, 01:11 AM
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06-11-2013, 07:11 AM
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who knows....this is the company that builds the turbo I run, I bet you'd be surprised how many "usa" companys get parts from them.
http://www.turboresearch.com.cn/about%20us.html
http://www.turboresearch.com.cn/about%20us.html
06-11-2013, 12:58 PM
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PT GT47-88 broke twice, I had the proper oil feed, turbo was braced properly.
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06-11-2013, 01:57 PM
#26
My precision GTSH7682 is working great! Made enough boost to blow my 5.3 quite properly! Oh, and mine was used off a mustang site with unknown miles. I guess I'm just lucky! I prefer not to let threads like this worry me. If it works it works.
I hope I don't have a problem with mine, but if I do I know I'll be going with a chigity china, the chinese chicken kinda turbo.
I hope I don't have a problem with mine, but if I do I know I'll be going with a chigity china, the chinese chicken kinda turbo.
06-12-2013, 12:37 AM
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Purchased two 6766's from Precision and sent them to a customer in Saudi Arabia... both turbos leaked on startup.
Found over a dozen of these units that have had leaking turbine seals from searching stories on the net.
Im still waiting to hear back if im gonna get the infamous warranty run around from Pete and the boys.
Found over a dozen of these units that have had leaking turbine seals from searching stories on the net.
Im still waiting to hear back if im gonna get the infamous warranty run around from Pete and the boys.
06-12-2013, 03:57 AM
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Purchased two 6766's from Precision and sent them to a customer in Saudi Arabia... both turbos leaked on startup.
Found over a dozen of these units that have had leaking turbine seals from searching stories on the net.
Im still waiting to hear back if im gonna get the infamous warranty run around from Pete and the boys.
Found over a dozen of these units that have had leaking turbine seals from searching stories on the net.
Im still waiting to hear back if im gonna get the infamous warranty run around from Pete and the boys.
06-12-2013, 06:30 PM
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Pretty sweet that Turbonetics stood behind their product even when it was user error!
I have this "turbo kit" you speak of and theres only 6 threads on the hotside, 4 on the T4 flange and 2 on the wastegate which I had a V-band welded on. Down pipe is a V-band connection. I've never "had to chase every thread in the hot pipes", nor have I ever heard of this problem.
I have this "turbo kit" you speak of and theres only 6 threads on the hotside, 4 on the T4 flange and 2 on the wastegate which I had a V-band welded on. Down pipe is a V-band connection. I've never "had to chase every thread in the hot pipes", nor have I ever heard of this problem.
06-13-2013, 08:21 PM
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Precision gets alot of there parts from turbonetics, an yes most all of there parts are cast in china or other country's, not just china lol, don't really matter where it's made or cast if the part is made in a company where there QC is some burnout jacking there Dick all day then yea u will have problems from your parts
06-15-2013, 04:53 AM
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Precision is junk.
They flat out told my friend, who is on his 3rd turbo from them, that they don't have the equipment to balance their turbos. He bought a 6262 for his evo and the chra was so out of balance that the wheel would swing back and forth when you spin it by hand. He still ran that turbo and it lasted all of maybe 20 miles. Hes not an idiot. He's an FAA certified tech and pilot that overhauls king air jets... He knows that something was wrong but just decided to trust precision. That obviously was a bad Idea.
One of my other friends owns/operates a turbo shop. He rebuilds and sells stuff all day long. He's told me that big shops send their turbos to him for service. Precision has even sent him turbos to rebuild. One was from sound performance, off a supra. It was a pte turbo that was installed with the pte oil kit and restrictor. It was blatantly obvious that the turbo died from lack of oil. Sound performance can be trusted to build stuff but precision can't be trusted to spec out parts. After all, pte said to use the restrictor that caused the failure anyway.
And precision is all Chinese stuff. Including their "new" Wastegates and bov. they used to be a tial retailer. When tial came out with their new mvr/Mvs and q line up, pte send these items to a factory in china and had them replicated for production. All the pte items that resemble tial parts are flat out Chinese knock offs being sold by a "name brand" retailer. And tial saw this, that's why pte and tial no longer have a partnership.
Pte stuff can make power. That's not an issue. My problem is durability and qc.
People like to defend pte based on their aftermarket presence and sponsorships... Bu that doesn't equate to reliability. When pte can build something that will pass qualification to become an Oem supplier like turbonetics, garret, holset or Borg, then the pte nut swingers will have a leg to stand on. Pte isn't iso9001/2000 certified and they won't be with the junk they put out.
Take a hint from the Oem's...
Btw, not everything made in china is junk. Cheap **** made in china is junk. Turbonetics does buy Chinese made turbine shafts but there's a difference in quality control for Oem suppliers to out source things like this.
They flat out told my friend, who is on his 3rd turbo from them, that they don't have the equipment to balance their turbos. He bought a 6262 for his evo and the chra was so out of balance that the wheel would swing back and forth when you spin it by hand. He still ran that turbo and it lasted all of maybe 20 miles. Hes not an idiot. He's an FAA certified tech and pilot that overhauls king air jets... He knows that something was wrong but just decided to trust precision. That obviously was a bad Idea.
One of my other friends owns/operates a turbo shop. He rebuilds and sells stuff all day long. He's told me that big shops send their turbos to him for service. Precision has even sent him turbos to rebuild. One was from sound performance, off a supra. It was a pte turbo that was installed with the pte oil kit and restrictor. It was blatantly obvious that the turbo died from lack of oil. Sound performance can be trusted to build stuff but precision can't be trusted to spec out parts. After all, pte said to use the restrictor that caused the failure anyway.
And precision is all Chinese stuff. Including their "new" Wastegates and bov. they used to be a tial retailer. When tial came out with their new mvr/Mvs and q line up, pte send these items to a factory in china and had them replicated for production. All the pte items that resemble tial parts are flat out Chinese knock offs being sold by a "name brand" retailer. And tial saw this, that's why pte and tial no longer have a partnership.
Pte stuff can make power. That's not an issue. My problem is durability and qc.
People like to defend pte based on their aftermarket presence and sponsorships... Bu that doesn't equate to reliability. When pte can build something that will pass qualification to become an Oem supplier like turbonetics, garret, holset or Borg, then the pte nut swingers will have a leg to stand on. Pte isn't iso9001/2000 certified and they won't be with the junk they put out.
Take a hint from the Oem's...
Btw, not everything made in china is junk. Cheap **** made in china is junk. Turbonetics does buy Chinese made turbine shafts but there's a difference in quality control for Oem suppliers to out source things like this.
06-15-2013, 09:36 AM
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Precision is junk.
They flat out told my friend, who is on his 3rd turbo from them, that they don't have the equipment to balance their turbos. He bought a 6262 for his evo and the chra was so out of balance that the wheel would swing back and forth when you spin it by hand. He still ran that turbo and it lasted all of maybe 20 miles. Hes not an idiot. He's an FAA certified tech and pilot that overhauls king air jets... He knows that something was wrong but just decided to trust precision. That obviously was a bad Idea.
One of my other friends owns/operates a turbo shop. He rebuilds and sells stuff all day long. He's told me that big shops send their turbos to him for service. Precision has even sent him turbos to rebuild. One was from sound performance, off a supra. It was a pte turbo that was installed with the pte oil kit and restrictor. It was blatantly obvious that the turbo died from lack of oil. Sound performance can be trusted to build stuff but precision can't be trusted to spec out parts. After all, pte said to use the restrictor that caused the failure anyway.
And precision is all Chinese stuff. Including their "new" Wastegates and bov. they used to be a tial retailer. When tial came out with their new mvr/Mvs and q line up, pte send these items to a factory in china and had them replicated for production. All the pte items that resemble tial parts are flat out Chinese knock offs being sold by a "name brand" retailer. And tial saw this, that's why pte and tial no longer have a partnership.
Pte stuff can make power. That's not an issue. My problem is durability and qc.
People like to defend pte based on their aftermarket presence and sponsorships... Bu that doesn't equate to reliability. When pte can build something that will pass qualification to become an Oem supplier like turbonetics, garret, holset or Borg, then the pte nut swingers will have a leg to stand on. Pte isn't iso9001/2000 certified and they won't be with the junk they put out.
Take a hint from the Oem's...
Btw, not everything made in china is junk. Cheap **** made in china is junk. Turbonetics does buy Chinese made turbine shafts but there's a difference in quality control for Oem suppliers to out source things like this.
They flat out told my friend, who is on his 3rd turbo from them, that they don't have the equipment to balance their turbos. He bought a 6262 for his evo and the chra was so out of balance that the wheel would swing back and forth when you spin it by hand. He still ran that turbo and it lasted all of maybe 20 miles. Hes not an idiot. He's an FAA certified tech and pilot that overhauls king air jets... He knows that something was wrong but just decided to trust precision. That obviously was a bad Idea.
One of my other friends owns/operates a turbo shop. He rebuilds and sells stuff all day long. He's told me that big shops send their turbos to him for service. Precision has even sent him turbos to rebuild. One was from sound performance, off a supra. It was a pte turbo that was installed with the pte oil kit and restrictor. It was blatantly obvious that the turbo died from lack of oil. Sound performance can be trusted to build stuff but precision can't be trusted to spec out parts. After all, pte said to use the restrictor that caused the failure anyway.
And precision is all Chinese stuff. Including their "new" Wastegates and bov. they used to be a tial retailer. When tial came out with their new mvr/Mvs and q line up, pte send these items to a factory in china and had them replicated for production. All the pte items that resemble tial parts are flat out Chinese knock offs being sold by a "name brand" retailer. And tial saw this, that's why pte and tial no longer have a partnership.
Pte stuff can make power. That's not an issue. My problem is durability and qc.
People like to defend pte based on their aftermarket presence and sponsorships... Bu that doesn't equate to reliability. When pte can build something that will pass qualification to become an Oem supplier like turbonetics, garret, holset or Borg, then the pte nut swingers will have a leg to stand on. Pte isn't iso9001/2000 certified and they won't be with the junk they put out.
Take a hint from the Oem's...
Btw, not everything made in china is junk. Cheap **** made in china is junk. Turbonetics does buy Chinese made turbine shafts but there's a difference in quality control for Oem suppliers to out source things like this.