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Message: [QUOTE="KCTurbos, post: 980171, member: 13852"] Well we have been getting a lot of interest in these DIY kits and we wanted to update everyone... Most of the testers have been very happy. The install was very easy. Turbo performed great. More power. Lower egts... Etc... there are a lot of tester out there that are not on this forum and some that are not on the forums at all. 90% of the testers have had no problems. Unfortunately we had a couple of guys that had some issues. It is hard to determine exactly what went wrong. Building a turbo is not like changing a tire. It is more like doing body work. Every situation is different and requires a different method. It is easy to install something incorrectly. We were hoping to minimize these problems by providing enough parts and good instructions/help... but... 10% of the testers had issues getting the kits to work. Even after multiple attempts at sending new parts. Every compressor wheel, compressor housing, backing plate, journal bearing, bearing housing, etc... they are all slightly different. This sometimes leads to needing oversize bearings, opening up the compressor housing a little bit, sending back bad compressor wheels, custom fit piston clips, etc. Assembly balancing is also a must. Even building brand new turbos requires a little bit of finesse. I deal with these small issues day in and day out while building turbos. These are not things that can be done efficiently with a DIY kit to the average Joe who is hoping for a quick easy bolt on mod We have not completely scrapped the project and we will still make sure to take care of all of our testers. (all of our testers have been great and very helpful) I just think we are going to be going a slightly different route with the kits. This is going to be more of a tool for shops to use to be able to make their own turbos and for the DIY lover who really wants to build his own stuff and is willing to take some of the liability that comes with it. THESE KITS ARE NOT MEANT TO JUST SAVE MONEY INSTEAD OF BUYING A TURBO. If you are interested in these kits just to save money, you have no idea how to rebuild a turbo, and you are going to be pissed when the kit needs a few tweaks or when your bearing housing is bad... THEN THESE ARE NOT FOR YOU. I hope that does not come off sounding harsh or mean in any way. We just don't want to mislead anyone. We were hoping for a 100% success rate with zero issues and zero problems but that is not what we found. We will continue to keep everyone updated. [/QUOTE]