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psychonosspaz

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So I have my mind set on one of these two turbos....both companies have great reputations, good customer relations, and seem to meet what I am looking for in a decent reliable upgrade with decent spool in the 400 WHP realm.....anyone have any input one way or the other?
 
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psychonosspaz

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SugarMouth said:
Some pretty nice info here
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What made you go with them over EQT? Good read btw above.....both seem like good options.... I think it's too early to compare reliability and synopsis numbers yet unfortunately
 
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ourlee

Drag Racing Champion
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Sugar, did you do a UM TCU tune as well?
 
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wy2sl0

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Ontario
You really want to save $800 now and not go with a genuine BB turbo? After the failures that have been seen?
It makes no sense at all to be cheap when upgrading the most failure prone part on our cars. $800 is a set of tires.
 
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805mk7gti

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Socal
wy2sl0 said:
You really want to save $800 now and not go with a genuine BB turbo? After the failures that have been seen?
It makes no sense at all to be cheap when upgrading the most failure prone part on our cars. $800 is a set of tires.
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Are you referring to a genuine piece of shit turbo from CTS? After all the problems people have had?
 
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psychonosspaz

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wy2sl0 said:
You really want to save $800 now and not go with a genuine BB turbo? After the failures that have been seen?
It makes no sense at all to be cheap when upgrading the most failure prone part on our cars. $800 is a set of tires.
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I just don't see a lot of people posting raving threads about the boss kits.....also all I see is poor reviews on CTS customer service, which when ordering such an expensive item I want some peace of mind with - just my thoughts
 
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KawaZukiVdub

Go Kart Newbie
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Latveria
psychonosspaz said:
I just don't see a lot of people posting raving threads about the boss kits.....also all I see is poor reviews on CTS customer service, which when ordering such an expensive item I want some peace of mind with - just my thoughts
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The Mabotech turbos might be a great alternative to the BOSS turbos
 
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psychonosspaz

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tytus1994

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At 5k just for turbo and tune I will pass. Gains aren't that much better to justify the price. I'm searching for a stage 3 for a R and most of the hybrid setups seem to be exactly what I am looking for. Boss kits suck and cts customer service is worse. Eqt, littco and dbv2 seem like quality options.
KawaZukiVdub said:
The Mabotech turbos might be a great alternative to the BOSS turbos
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Hoon

Hoon

Autocross Champion
Location
Rhode Island
tytus1994 said:
At 5k just for turbo and tune I will pass. Gains aren't that much better to justify the price. I'm searching for a stage 3 for a R and most of the hybrid setups seem to be exactly what I am looking for. Boss kits suck and cts customer service is worse. Eqt, littco and dbv2 seem like quality options.

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Agree, the Boss kits seemed to get off to a decent start and then people came out of nowhere with a host of problems and no resolutions.

DBV2 is a proven setup that has pushed several cars into the 10s, EQT and Littco both showing a lot of promise also.
 
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pieguy

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Not that I condone the bad customer service from CTS, but are most of the problems with the BOSS 500/600 occurring on the V2? Seems like I've heard less of the hotside issues and sealing issues with the V2 and that majority of the problems were fixed.

The 5k cost of the mabotech I believe is a mistake. Frank hasn't upgraded the website. His turbos are more towards the $3k mark. Best to speak with him directly as he offers different sizes.
 
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