Kinugawa said the compressor wheels (stage 1) can be swapped by anyone with basic hand tools, while Turbo Labs (stage 2) would be rebuilt by them.
Yeah, I've seen reviews go both ways for Turbo Labs. Hexon over from the N54 boards are hit and miss as well, they've ultimately gone out of business, so who knows really. I've never taken a turbo apart, but watching these YouTube videos makes it look easy, seems the CHRA is what would cause blades to hit the housing, so do we blame the rebuilders assembly techniques, the blade manufacturer not balancing them, etc? I don't really know, I'm just trying to see what's so entailed between a $1600 and $3500 rebuild.
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