Diggs24
Autocross Champion
- Location
- de plains! de plains!
- Car(s)
- 2015 GTI
Only one I know of was Ricky's upthread. Maybe there are others out on FB?
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Only one I know of was Ricky's upthread. Maybe there are others out on FB?
?? People buy used IS38's all the time though, even used IS20's etc etc. I think its just a matter of buying a used turbo that isnt broken haha, ie Shaft play. Hell I had a used IS38 in my GTI and it was awesome, no issues what so ever.
Hoon
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Rhode Island
There was one on FB also, apparently it was DOA.
Diggs24
Autocross Champion
- Location
- de plains! de plains!
- Car(s)
- 2015 GTI
Me, myself, I. I would not. Too risky.
PacDawg
Drag Race Newbie
- Location
- Gilroy, CA
Just to clear things up, there has only been one that has been reported that has failed and it wasn't a cracked housing but bearing related. It was Ricky's.
Diggs24
Autocross Champion
- Location
- de plains! de plains!
- Car(s)
- 2015 GTI
Define DOA. What part was bad? How does that even happen?
dwvw
Go Kart Newbie
- Location
- Red Deer Alberta Canada
Ricky's is the only reported failure. No housings have been cracked. I don't know where all this misinformation comes from and continues to be regurgitated.
Travis9935
Ready to race!
- Location
- Usa
Is Ricky the one that sold the warranted replacement Turbo?
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Diggs24
Autocross Champion
- Location
- de plains! de plains!
- Car(s)
- 2015 GTI
Probably. They warrantied it. He said he was going to sell it when he got it, so likely was him.
Hoon
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Rhode Island
Awhile back a guy on one of the FB groups claimed he bought one and it arrived with a machining/clearance issue on one of the housings, and he had to exchange it.
I left all the MK7 FB groups a long time ago so I don't have anything to support that.
Diggs24
Autocross Champion
- Location
- de plains! de plains!
- Car(s)
- 2015 GTI
Ahh, I may have heard through the grapevine that someone's DV wouldn't seal properly. I believe Ricky claimed that as well. I slapped my stock DV right on the turbo (no adapter) and it's been fine.
PacDawg
Drag Race Newbie
- Location
- Gilroy, CA
Never seen that and I'm on that FB a good bit cuz I'm bored as hell at work most of the time. Also did a search and that didn't pop up. You possibly could be thinking of machining at DV is off a little so sometimes stock DVs don't seal properly so Tomioka sent them their DV.
Yeah I have my stock DV as well but some have had to get the Tomioka DV because of sealing issue.
gebrajake
New member
- Location
- Superior, CO
I’ve now got a thousand miles on my IHX475 and absolutely loving it. I am running the normal stage 2 tunes for now. I purchased the kit but ended up removing the DV+ as it was throwing a soft code and disabling by adaptive cruise control.
gebrajake
New member
- Location
- Superior, CO
I don’t know what the power difference would be, but on Tomiokas website they even say you can run it on a stock tune. I’ve been pushing the car hard like I normally do and haven’t had any issues so far. But I’m on stage 2 obviously.