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Old Jul 29, 2010 | 06:22 PM
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BB my turbo

I am about to pull my turbo off to replace orings and adjust my acuator arm and my question is my dad works a machine shop and they have a guy there that used to work on cat diesels and said they would put ball bearings in my stock turbo for free. Would this be a good idea? and would it do anything for me? He said he has done this for a few guys and they liked the results. Any imput?
 
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Old Jul 29, 2010 | 07:27 PM
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That would be an interesting mod. But I don't know that it would help you all that much. What other mods do you have? It might help it spool faster, but with the small .84 A/R exhaust housing, it already spools fast. Might be a good mod for a van turbo though....
 
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Old Jul 29, 2010 | 07:53 PM
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I don't see that it would hurt, i would say it would help the life, and should spool easier. JMOP.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2010 | 07:58 PM
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I have 5 in pipe with a dp tuner 6636. OK i guess i will pull it off on sunday and get it worked on and i will let you all know how it works out.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2010 | 07:37 AM
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I sure would like to know how he is going to do this.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2010 | 03:21 PM
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He'd have to replace the center section in order the get the ball bearing turbo. IDK how he can do that for free . Hey if it's free why not.
 
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