Hks Gtrs Rebuild

[Ryno]

Anyone know who would be best to rebuild a HKS GTRS turbo?

And if so any idea on what it will cost?

Cheers, Ryno

[Birnie]

Give GCG a call.

[paulr33]

hks catridge = expensive

[Stronzo]

isn`t it possible to use garrett gt2871r cartridge?

[femno]

LOL @ your username "Stronzo"

sorry to get off topic...

[paulr33]

pavel on here just sent his gt-rs to GCG to get it inspected and repaire, i think it shat a cartridge

he got some indicative pricing from there, maybe try pm'ing him ?

[MANWHORE]

I know someone who's had a 2530 highflowed/rebuilt by GCG, so they should be able to do them. Fairly honest people GCG, give them a buzz

[iz32]

i had my 2510 rebuilt with a garrett cartridge and as close to 2530 spec garrett exhaust wheel.... (not by GCG) had nothing but trouble with noisy bearing sound, they claimed some garrett bearing packs were naturally noisy....sounds like a cop car siren when spooling up

2 cartridges in 3 months and the thing is still noisy as hell.....been 5months and still noisey but still makes good HP so i just gave up on sorting out the bearing whine.

let me know if you have better luck cos i might freight mine over to GCG next time round.

BTW it cost me $700 for rebuild including garrett bearing pack and another $300 for the exh turbine

[SLY33]

what causes these things to die? has the turbo in question done loads of work or is it a tune or oil supply issue? I didnt expect to hear about GTRS rebuilds as they are a relatively new model; ie still plenty of many-years-old GT2530's still going hard and strong.

[iz32]

what causes these things to die? has the turbo in question done loads of work or is it a tune or oil supply issue? I didnt expect to hear about GTRS rebuilds as they are a relatively new model; ie still plenty of many-years-old GT2530's still going hard and strong.

are these turbos designed to constantly and reliably run 1.3 - 1.5 bar all day everyday ...??

can a poor afr tune decrease their life?? like leaning out up top.... if so how?

[Ryno]

I'm not sure what has caused this turbo to start blowing smoke. Unfortunately I was silly enough to purchase this second hand (off a forum member) - and I trusted him with the 'condition' of this turbo. Hopefully it is something as simple as the seals needing replacement - because the turbo had bugger all shaft play when I had it installed.