midnight nico suffers.. READ ME....

[MS180SX]

ok so i guess that these Turbo ZY turbochargers are garbage.. BLAH BLAH BLAH...

so here is my question.. If my turbo housing is still goood. Can i buy a turbo rebuild kit buy a reputable company such as garrett or precision( anthonhy?) and rebuild my turbo to be as good as a rebuilt garret or precision turbo? I mean change the shafts, the wheels and the bearings, but keep the housing. Im just tryiong to make the best out of my situation, which is i get a good deal on something, to find out i got screwed.. SHoulda waited for namebrand, but i couldn't pass up the deal...

[BadMojo]

Honestly, I'd just get a new turbo. There's nothing wrong with yours, per se, right? If it's not bad as far as you know, just sell it on Ebay "as is". Flip it for some $$$ and get a garrett. You can get a shiny new Garrett T3/TO4E for a little over $600.

Don't skimp on the snail!

[MS180SX]

thats true,, as far as i know it works fine, but i dont like screwin people when i come to cars. I hate it when peolple do it to me, and i cnat turn around and do it back to someone else either. AS far as i know, it ran for 5000 miles with no problems. I have no reason to believe other wise. i'll see if i can take some pics.

[wild_maxx]

keep it and tear it apart for the experience. I have the same garbage 450.00 paper weight that you have and its not even worth selling to someone else.

[Structure240sx]

you cant rebuild it because it needs to be high speed balanced. people can replace seals fine usually, but not wheels and shafts with out a balance. turbos spin around 150,000rpms.

those "shiny new" garrets are actually remanufactured thats why they are so cheap and dont come standard with certain things like a 360 degree thrust bearing.

this is why precision turbos seem more expensive. they are brand new, made in house when you order, come standard with good parts.

a rebuild kit might not work for you because there are so many different housings and wheels out there, and with a company like yz who knows there sizes exactly?

[BadMojo]

those "shiny new" garrets are actually remanufactured thats why they are so cheap and dont come standard with certain things like a 360 degree thrust bearing.

Unless we're talking about different resellers (I don't want to mention names of non-advertisers), I've never heard nor seen anything on their site indicating the Garrett units were remans.

As for the 360 degree thrust bearing, that's true. I swear that used to be one of several available options to add to an order.

Nevertheless, it would probably be a lot better than what he has now.

As for reselling it, I don't see any reason why not. You don't know it's going to fail, there's nothing wrong with it as far as you know, so why not sell it?

[MS180SX]

you cant rebuild it because it needs to be high speed balanced. people can replace seals fine usually, but not wheels and shafts with out a balance. turbos spin around 150,000rpms.a rebuild kit might not work for you because there are so many different housings and wheels out there, and with a company like yz who knows there sizes exactly?

ok.. when you say "YOU" cant rebuild it, does that mean that i can't, but a shop can rebuild it?

also, im not sure what size it really is, but what i was told is that it was a 54 trim, with a .63 a/r.. is there a site where i can get the specs using the serial number on it. ?if so serial number is : 03060831-3

and im gonna throw it on ebay for an as is turbo, with a 54 trim .63 a/r t3/t4 t04e turbo. with minimal shaft play