Like I said there is no comparing with 2k+ kits. And saying that, i have seen more genuine garrett turbos fail than Chinese replicas.
Now come on now, that's past a joke. All of us that have been in the game for long enough know that something isn't right here. Garrett are one of the BEST turbo manufactures our there and this is the reason why they are chose by so many OEM manufactures... So I take it we'll be seeing more "Chinese turbos " on factory car's in the future then... LOL...
Also a bad map can cause a turbo to fail, I'm no tuning expert but a very good friend who purely maps cars for a living "not a tuner" he works for rally a team purely mapping cars all over europe has told me time and time after that alot of turbos blow due to bad maps.
For example, he can blow a turbo in a matter of minutes at idle engine speeds.
Don't ask me how, just is what it is.
The car's your mate is mapping will be very high power output engines which may see very high exhaust gas temperatures and turbo speeds. These are the only two things I can think of that may cause a turbo to fail due to mapping. On a street car or setup unless you had a monkey for a tuner then it's very rare these kind of failures pop up as generally speaking things aren't pushed to the edge like a all out racer.
A turbo failing at idle down to poor mapping though? Nah, that's beyond a joke unless we're talking about some kind of space age technology which I'm not familiar with.
Not arguing or denying anything that has been said, but for £300 it's alot of fun someone could have for a decent period of time.
So what if the turbo fails and takes the engine out ? What if the oil lines leak all over his/hers expensive block paving drive way? what if if that cheap waste gate doesn't contol boost properly and causes the engine to fail? What if the BOV doesn't open and causes compressor surge or leaks badly? What if that crappy jubilee clip doesn't hold the piping together and the turbo over spins and fails (come on , some of you must have noticed it... lol ) ? It just goes on... These are all typical things people have issue's with which I don't exactly call fun...