Has Anyone Tried A SSAC Ball Bearing Turbo?
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0.0 BAR
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 15
Has Anyone Tried A SSAC Ball Bearing Turbo?
i keep hearing about problems with the housings and seals being weak in the ssac turbos, but people get away with a oil restrictor and are left with the housing problems
what if the SSAC dual ball bearing GT28RS has a good cartridge and we can replace the housings with Garrett ones?
has anyone even tried one? or is the consensus that it will just spray ball bearings into your intercooler and engine bay
chineese car bomb style
what if the SSAC dual ball bearing GT28RS has a good cartridge and we can replace the housings with Garrett ones?
has anyone even tried one? or is the consensus that it will just spray ball bearings into your intercooler and engine bay
chineese car bomb style
1.5 BAR
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 877
Re: Has Anyone Tried A SSAC Ball Bearing Turbo?
no you can't. I recently had the "chance" to see a chinese gt3071R CHRA.
brand new, you can see the compressor wheel wobble when spun by hand. Yeah!
Where they come from: Feng-cheng city turbo manufacture.
The corresponding garrett housing, although it does fit the compressor wheel, doesn't fit the backplate at all. There's a ¾" gap!
Now is it worth the effort making it fit? no. THey don'T last. I got many reports of chinese GT25R and gt28R that grenaded after 1-2 weeks of use.
if it was possible, I would rather do the opposite: garrett CHRA with chinese housings.
brand new, you can see the compressor wheel wobble when spun by hand. Yeah!
Where they come from: Feng-cheng city turbo manufacture.
The corresponding garrett housing, although it does fit the compressor wheel, doesn't fit the backplate at all. There's a ¾" gap!
Now is it worth the effort making it fit? no. THey don'T last. I got many reports of chinese GT25R and gt28R that grenaded after 1-2 weeks of use.
if it was possible, I would rather do the opposite: garrett CHRA with chinese housings.
3.0 BAR
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 7,783
Re: Has Anyone Tried A SSAC Ball Bearing Turbo?
Originally Posted by Donald125
CDM BB turbo sucks even more **** then a sleevle-bearing type turbos
3.0 BAR
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 6,276
Re: Has Anyone Tried A SSAC Ball Bearing Turbo?
Originally Posted by stillnoturbo
Are those one thing your not gonna sell? Your slangin all the other CDM stuff but you staying far away from those as possible?
3.0 BAR
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 6,276
Re: Has Anyone Tried A SSAC Ball Bearing Turbo?
Originally Posted by ryan89crx
you should sell the cast manis 
done: https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...?topic=72836.0
