You get what you pay for.






I know that a lot of you guys know about and are wary of these, but here's some proof..



This turbo was fitted to an essentially standard Mk4 GTI. Bought off ebay a while ago and finally fitted. It has ALL the KKK/VW markings and it's pretty hard to pick it's dodgey. One give away is the casting quality of the impeller.


The big give away is the fact that it cost $450.00 US, new. I mentioned this to Sam from INA in conversation and he said "If it's less than about 900USD, it's Chinese and it's junk."


Nothing went thru this except air (and bits of itself). The impeller is that poor quality that it simply disintegrated under boost (10psi... Whacko). It lasted a total of 60km (not 60k km, 60!!) before smoking badly and was removed. The centre bearing has failed also... It's got more shaft play than a gay porno!


I'm pretty sure there's plenty of stuff on Vortex about these, but I thought it was worth posting here for people unaware.




FYI:

-I DID NOT sell this turbo.
-I know the car well, i have driven it prior to this turbo being fitted and there was no other contributing factors.
-I saw it before it was fitted.
-I was there when it was installed.
-I was there today when it was removed.
-I took the picture above myself.



Cheers guys,

-Chris.