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Old 12-01-2015, 01:35 PM
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Amazon turbo rebuild/upgrade kit?

While on amazon I came across many of these and was wondering if they are worth while? I want to rebuild my turbo more as a preventative measure than anything else, but if i can upgrade on a budget then why not? Also if they are worth while which one would be better? what would the advantages be of the different pitches? The link to some are below:

Upgrade Rebuild Kit +Powerstroke 7.3L GTP38 Turbo Compressor Wheel 66/88 Upgrade Rebuild Kit +Powerstroke 7.3L GTP38 Turbo Compressor Wheel 66/88

Powerstroke 7.3L GTP38 Turbo Compressor Wheel 60/80 + Upgrade Rebuild Kit Powerstroke 7.3L GTP38 Turbo Compressor Wheel 60/80 + Upgrade Rebuild Kit
 
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I've never heard of that company before. I went with a 360 kit from Barder and a WW2. I'd wholeheatedly recommend them.
 
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I would recommend spturboost for the price, quality and support , I have never used barder so mo experience there, but I have used riffraff also good customer support
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I've heard good things about spturboost, but I've never used them. RiffRaff...definitely recommend. Be careful buying cheap stuff from Ebay and Amazon unless you know the company. It would suck to put some cheap crap in and have to do the job all over again a few months down the road. Better to spend a few more bucks now and know that you're getting a good product and good support down the road.
 
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Or use cheap parts only to have a failure and then spend much more money to fix it.
 
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Stick with Riffraff Diesel and Barder. China junk parts are starting to flood the market, while most are no name parts some are rotomaster which is straight out of china. There are several online stores that are very careful to make it look like OE parts but really they are just overseas junk.
 
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there website is slow a dog #hit.. that is not good in my book.. why? to cheap to get fast severs or fast internet. might be working off a 3 meg DSL line in someone bedroom.

Originally Posted by Anthony Polsinelli
While on amazon I came across many of these and was wondering if they are worth while? I want to rebuild my turbo more as a preventative measure than anything else, but if i can upgrade on a budget then why not? Also if they are worth while which one would be better? what would the advantages be of the different pitches? The link to some are below:

Upgrade Rebuild Kit +Powerstroke 7.3L GTP38 Turbo Compressor Wheel 66/88

Powerstroke 7.3L GTP38 Turbo Compressor Wheel 60/80 + Upgrade Rebuild Kit
 
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I would recommend spturboost for the price, quality and support , I have never used barder so mo experience there, but I have used riffraff also good customer support
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Which of the SPT kits would you recommend? I see a bunch of kits on there site. The prices are reasonable.
 
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Originally Posted by Anthony Polsinelli
Which of the SPT kits would you recommend? I see a bunch of kits on there site. The prices are reasonable.
If your looking for an upgrade wheel just go with the one with the spx with rebuild kit (still havent tested the one I bought but from talking to kevin its a guarantee 4-6 lbs of boost with the wheel with intake and exhaust) or the second option would be the same kit with out the billet wheel and just the regular anti surge wheel ( this kit I bought for my obs and the rest of the trucks at work with great success)option 3 would be just the basic rebuild kit with no wheel(budget build)
 
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