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got my turbo back today after i sent it to cr and craig rang me few days ago explaining that the bearing was warm and had crack in the hot side so he fix the problems thats so much and it looks new again hot side dont look ryt whats your thoughts thanks.


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Is it a hybrid?

Its got a cut back turbine wheel, and a bored out wastegate so i assume so?

What do you think is wrong with it?
 
It looks like a copy turbine housing with helicoils fitted.

Just to clarify not saying anything wrong with it but it's not an original by the looks of it
 
that was my imprestion dan u think it will be ok got a years warranty with it.

the helicoils ok or best putting the normal inserts in pal and does it look like a hybrid thats what i sent hope its what theyve sent back
 
do the spec of stuff look ok I.E clipped and ported and so on
 
Is that a 2283 wheel? can't tell if its billet or not from the picture...

<tuffty/>
 
Should be same mate told them not to change owt is there away u can tell pic or by eye tuffty
 
Interesting, copy housing that's been drilled and had helicoils fitted? Could this be down to forums saying 'look for inserts' all the time so they're trying to catch us out? why else would they fit helicoils into a brand new housing....

Comp wheel doesn't look billet either to me.
 
well ill be in contact monday and get them to replace the lot not happy robbing t...ts pay £730 for a hybrid to last year and half then say they will fix it and comes back totaly different copy housing and ****ter wheel no thanks im very mad
 
they told me it was the top spec andrew carnt get better and i said i dont want a chiness copy but they give me one how **** is that
 
Why are people still using CR turbos?! I've seen so many on this forum that are inconsistent and troublesome and yet people still use them! There's other companies out there that can do the work too.
 
In fairness... CR typically use 'aftermarket' housings to replace the normally 'shagged' hotsides as to get a proper borg warner housing they normally have to buy a complete new turbo as the housings aren't easily available on their own

The hotside is not a major issue but if you specced for a billet wheel and not got it then that could be... not like CR to do a switch on purpose though... I'd give them a ring to verify the spec in the first instance...

<tuffty/>
 
I will do tuffty thanks iv got emails from Craig saying its a billet whell or was ha and the total spec and to not recieve that back is really bad
 
That is a 2283 billet wheel, I would stick my neck out and say the shot blasted it to clean it, taking off the shine hence why it don't look billet, a common practice by all accounts from a friend in thè industry. Just from the picture I'm sure it's the 2283 billet wheel.
 
Thanks so much dan all look sand blasted to be fair but one thing is the inlet blade look very Skiny to me and Dave.

Iv got pics of the wastage as I opened it up look very big ported about 1" wide more would that be a problem I'll post pics soon as
 
I can see the machining marks in teh last pic of the comp wheel... its a billet...

Wastegate looks fine... all looks good mate... get it fitted :)

<tuffty/>
 
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One on the right in this picture is the same 2283 compressor.

Yours looks fine, I'll put a fiver on its the right compressor.

Have to agree with tuffty, providing they have sorted out previous issues with the hot sides there should be no reason why it's not any good. My only concern is that even a hair line crack is ok on a housing providing it doesn't affect the internals, normally these have gone through 1000s of heat cycles and are pretty solid , where as a new housing is an unknown , yours being new could equally crack or fail, there's no guarantee!



I am very surprised that cr turbos haven't invested in larger scroll housings, can't cost any more to manufacture and potentially could prove more BHP and less likely hood of surge thus negating the need of clipping the wheel, it's still a ****** big hack in my mind but there we go!
 
beachbuggy said:
I am very surprised that cr turbos haven't invested in larger scroll housings, can't cost any more to manufacture and potentially could prove more BHP and less likely hood of surge thus negating the need of clipping the wheel, it's still a ****** big hack in my mind but there we go!
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get on it dan!
 
the turbine wheel clearance looks large... wonder what size feeler gauge would slide in there..
makes for a slippy wheel, more so given its clipped as well
stock clearance being 0.4mm as a guage
 
Thanks dan and hope this one lasts.

Tuffty soz for the dislike ****** iPhone pig to use.

Bill ye there is I lot of space around the whell on the hot side ported too much this course any problems pal
 
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Send the turbo back. If you paid for a 2283 compressor wheel, they did not deliver the turbo properly. I still believe it is an under-specced wheel. Probably 2277. Maybe 2280. For a 2283 wheel to be incorporated into an OEM K04 compressor housing, the inlet walls need to be machined to a near paper-thin dimension. The outside dimension of that housing is 50mm. The 2283 wheel requires a 46mm hole. Do you think your turbo has a hole that size? Here's another example of a turbo re-manufacturer attempting to stuff that big wheel in such a small housing:

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Hi pal so if the hole of the inlet wheel is not that's size u say it's not the 2283 spec pal thanks
 
CR typically machine the inside of the comp housing to size up to where the locating recess is on the outlet for the OEM TIP... then machine past that to the edge of the inlet... this is to allow extra material where the recess is as this has been known to fractureand the comp housing inlet break off...

What you should see on yours Gazz is there is a ridge inside the comp inlet adjacent to the recess on the outside...

<tuffty/>
 
ye tuffty i see the ridge mate all way around.

andrew also come to help deglazz my bores saturday and thats done now showed hime the turbo he said its a billet got the machine marks on it just worrying that on the hot side were they have ported it around the wheel has got 2 to 3 mil gap from the blade will this course a prob.
 
2-3mm is quite alot and considering you have a clipped turbine wheel anyway it isn't needed. With the clipping I'd expect to see stock clearance of around .5mm if you run a non clipped wheel then running more gap is needed but certainly not 3mm
 
Thanks Andrew mate and had a chat with a lass from cr turbos today Craig some how knows about the problem
and wants to pick it up tomoz to sort it only thing I can think of is on here this feed weird tho just want the top spec I payed for guys soz about all this chat
 
good news today guys CR turbos rang me and told me that there picking it up coz its the wrong hots side for that turbo great service and thanks so much to craig hes a star will be sorted hehe
 
s3gazz said:
good news today guys CR turbos rang me and told me that there picking it up coz its the wrong hots side for that turbo great service and thanks so much to craig hes a star will be sorted hehe
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You say "great service" Gazz but that's only because you questioned the work they did, otherwise you'd be none the wiser and CR turbos wouldn't have known either ;)

Glad it's getting sorted though.
 
thanks westy i n owhat u mean but they did do it for nothing in the first place and its not under warranty so how it should come back with the genuin housing and inserts
 
its this exact quality issue which worries me about CR...... Inconsistent..
Perhaps its depends on who is building it as to what they do... which in itself is a worry

Dissapointing
 
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