Who is doing turbo upgrades these days?

[mtsoxfan]

We have to admit,,, "The American politicians are using their position to ingratiate themselves" said the 747 from Qatar.

And that, is only what we know about. Most politicians are getting rich, not from their paycheck, but from ways they hide from us. Not saying it's right, but at least that plane was known by all.

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[Big.Will]

What if I have a Canadian purchase and then ship it to me.........

 

[FInoob]

I got the tale tell white smoke on start up, leading me to believe my turbo seal has gone or is going. Figure with all the other upgrades I've done, the only thing I haven't touched is the turbo, but I may have waited too long. I can't seem to find a vendor selling upgrades anymore. Anyone have a hookup or can point me in the right direction?

I had the same thing, got a new motor in under warranty.

 

[Racket]

Well like it or not that's how tariffs work. If you really think tariffs are boosting our economy, I have something to tell you.

They're not designed to boost 'ours.' Of course the cost is passed on to consumers and this has been going on for a long time not just by the US but especially by other countries.

It's going to take time for the effects to sort themselves out - and how necessary are the things we concern ourselves with?

Personally I'd pay a little more to have an upgrade done domestically on a non-essential item.

 

[Frenchy]

They're not designed to boost 'ours.' Of course the cost is passed on to consumers and this has been going on for a long time not just by the US but especially by other countries.

It's going to take time for the effects to sort themselves out - and how necessary are the things we concern ourselves with?

Personally I'd pay a little more to have an upgrade done domestically on a non-essential item.

Certainly not the first time I've seen a message like that. I've seen it for many places that were shipping things from Australia and china.

 

[Racket]

Certainly not the first time I've seen a message like that. I've seen it for many places that were shipping things from Australia and china.

It doesn't 'hurt' us the way it does them if they don't get Americans to buy from them. Consumers will seek out the best value in necessities and put off selective purchases. Choosing to withdraw from US markets is a 'I don't like how you are playing the game so I'm taking my marbles home' move. Before 'income tax' our governments primary revenue was international tarrifs, and the US didn't start the practice. The way it's gone since then has brought economies to the current state, and it appears things are sorting themselves out. I don't believe it will be painless for everyone but I'm not that much of an irresponsible consumer to let it concern me.

 

[Frenchy]

It doesn't 'hurt' us the way it does them if they don't get Americans to buy from them. Consumers will seek out the best value in necessities and put off selective purchases. Choosing to withdraw from US markets is a 'I don't like how you are playing the game so I'm taking my marbles home' move. Before 'income tax' our governments primary revenue was international tarrifs, and the US didn't start the practice. The way it's gone since then has brought economies to the current state, and it appears things are sorting themselves out. I don't believe it will be painless for everyone but I'm not that much of an irresponsible consumer to let it concern me.

It hurts us even more as other countries will refuse to purchase from us. Keep in mind that we haven't had Tariffs this high since the start of the Great Depression. It was tried before and it did a lot more damage than good. Personally I have no problems buying from other countries like Australia that I know has a good product that companies in the US refuse to make and instead ship off to China. Keep that in mind before talking about Tariffs and how they are supposedly "helping" the US.

 

[Racket]

It hurts us even more as other countries will refuse to purchase from us. Keep in mind that we haven't had Tariffs this high since the start of the Great Depression. It was tried before and it did a lot more damage than good. Personally I have no problems buying from other countries like Australia that I know has a good product that companies in the US refuse to make and instead ship off to China. Keep that in mind before talking about Tariffs and how they are supposedly "helping" the US.

I don't think it 'hurts us more.' The inverse perspective of buying American products because of our superiority over cost as opposed to China, India or other countries works out over time. Our problem as a nation is our style of consumerism. There have been exorbitant tarrifs charged on American agriculture and dumping of goods on our market to undermine our industries leading to a lot of manufacturing leaving. It's a trend that needs to be changed long term and it won't happen overnight.

 

[Frenchy]

I don't think it 'hurts us more.' The inverse perspective of buying American products because of our superiority over cost as opposed to China, India or other countries works out over time. Our problem as a nation is our style of consumerism. There have been exorbitant tarrifs charged on American agriculture and dumping of goods on our market to undermine our industries leading to a lot of manufacturing leaving. It's a trend that needs to be changed long term and it won't happen overnight.

It's hurting us more than you believe. Other countries can still trade with each other with no problems. Those same countries have already refused trade with us I'm quite a few things thanks to the current person in charge. Believe it or not we're actually hurting more than you believe. That's why it's now harder to get things from other countries. Better yet another good one for you. A shipment full of grain coming from Canada didn't make one single stop in the United States and kept going all the way through to Mexico. Might sound silly, but it did happen within the last few days. This is basically saying that other countries are currently sick and tired of us and I don't blame them.

 

[dtech]

At one time trade with China was prohibited, then Nixon "opened" China to trade with America, seeing the large population as a market for American goods. Then corporate America saw the opportunity to utilize the cheap labor and began to close factories and transfer mfg to China, allowing CEOs and stockholders to reap the benefits of higher profits while US workers lost their livelihoods Naturally China copied the technology and ignored patents - just as the United States did in the late 18th century after breaking from England .
So how much of that lost manufacturing can be economically returned to the US - I'm not holding my breath. China makes 60% of all the worlds manufactured goods (projected to keep rising), has abundant cheap labor, far less regulations, a very efficient in country supply chain and they are churning out great numbers of skilled professions like engineers and scientists. I like when overseas gents like CMAR post about their experiences with Chinese autos .
Will tariffs be effective - I'm doubtful as most of the trade deals signed with cooperative countries have been largely symbolic with large investments in the US that may only be marginally followed through on.

 

[Racket]

Wow this topic has slid way off - but I don't think people are seeing the picture clearly. Our national trade deficit has fallen to its lowest level since 2020 so far, 35% lower than a year ago. Imports may be down, but our exports are up year over year. Our GDP has already gained a point (revised up) EDIT: the commerce department announced on Tuesday, with gross domestic product rising at an annualized rate of 4.3% opposed to the wild seesaw of 2020 to the beginning of 2025 (multiple revisions). When you have countries like the UK who have had GDP as bad as the 2008 financial crisis and Germany at .2 percent while revisions of fourth quarter figures keep going backwards for other countries (China specifically corrected themselves per Reuters) and Canada seems to have been in recession since 2022 (Brownstone Institute).

Trade is preferable to war or taxes as a function of government and while the tarrifs issue seems fluid it has been (so far) and effective tool in flexing the power of the world's largest driver of trade.

Some prices are down, some stagnant and some are keeping up with inflation which thank goodness has slowed. I found a recent post from UC Davis acknowledging what's working so far while reasonably cautioning reviewing progress until 'liberation day' in April.

I paid $2.96 a gallon for premium gas at Costco today. It's been a long time since I saw premium under three bucks. That makes a turbo upgrade more attractive .

 

[AzScorpion]

Wow this topic has slid way off - but I don't think people are seeing the picture clearly. Our national trade deficit has fallen to its lowest level since 2020 so far, 35% lower than a year ago. Imports may be down, but our exports are up year over year. Our GDP has already gained a point (revised up) EDIT: the commerce department announced on Tuesday, with gross domestic product rising at an annualized rate of 4.3% opposed to the wild seesaw of 2020 to the beginning of 2025 (multiple revisions). When you have countries like the UK who have had GDP as bad as the 2008 financial crisis and Germany at .2 percent while revisions of fourth quarter figures keep going backwards for other countries (China specifically corrected themselves per Reuters) and Canada seems to have been in recession since 2022 (Brownstone Institute).

Trade is preferable to war or taxes as a function of government and while the tarrifs issue seems fluid it has been (so far) and effective tool in flexing the power of the world's largest driver of trade.

Some prices are down, some stagnant and some are keeping up with inflation which thank goodness has slowed. I found a recent post from UC Davis acknowledging what's working so far while reasonably cautioning reviewing progress until 'liberation day' in April.

I paid $2.96 a gallon for premium gas at Costco today. It's been a long time since I saw premium under three bucks. That makes a turbo upgrade more attractive .

John, I've tried to explain tariffs to several and they just don't get it so it's a useless battle. Yes, some items will go up in price but if that's what it takes to level out the playing field I'm all for it! I've seen many things go DOWN in price and people need to learn the difference between inflation and the tariffs. Inflation is the result of reckless government spending (printing endless money which devalues our dollar) from both parties and we pay the price. Literally!

Yes the automotive industry will be hit with more because of the amount of steel used but luckily these are not daily purchases. It has already made forced some companies to relocate their manufacturing back here but that'll take time. There are many who are young and don't remember what it was like to actually buy a product that was reliable and would last beyond the warranty. Where do you think the slogans Ford Tough, Quality Is Job 1 and the lonely Maytag Man came from? Companies use to build reliable products right here in the US but have sold us out for cheaper labor overseas.

Unfortunately it's too controversial of a topic to get into without involving politics so it's best to end it here and get back on topic before we're all banned.

 

[Stevedbvik1]

John, I've tried to explain tariffs to several and they just don't get it so it's a useless battle. Yes, some items will go up in price but if that's what it takes to level out the playing field I'm all for it! I've seen many things go DOWN in price and people need to learn the difference between inflation and the tariffs. Inflation is the result of reckless government spending (printing endless money which devalues our dollar) from both parties and we pay the price. Literally!

Yes the automotive industry will be hit with more because of the amount of steel used but luckily these are not daily purchases. It has already made forced some companies to relocate their manufacturing back here but that'll take time. There are many who are young and don't remember what it was like to actually buy a product that was reliable and would last beyond the warranty. Where do you think the slogans Ford Tough, Quality Is Job 1 and the lonely Maytag Man came from? Companies use to build reliable products right here in the US but have sold us out for cheaper labor overseas.

Unfortunately it's too controversial of a topic to get into without involving politics so it's best to end it here and get back on topic before we're all banned.

So whatever happened to the OP’s issue ?? smoke, coolant and etc.

 

[AzScorpion]

So whatever happened to the OP’s issue ?? smoke, coolant and etc.

Looks like he hasn't been back on since 12/19?

 

[Racket]

Unfortunately it's too controversial of a topic to get into without involving politics so it's best to end it here and get back on topic before we're all banned.

Back on topic, I'm interested (for the future) on how I'd integrate a turbo 'upgrade' that I'd appreciate. At the moment I'm thinking a turbine swap in a stock housing would make sense, though I'd really, really want to add a free flowing downpipe and @Loweredon33s turbo inlet elbow. I haven't figured out the difference between the CVF downpipe or the SPD although whichever is quieter would be my pick to go with my 3 inch diameter not loud Magnaflow... and as long as I don't get CELs... so I'd like to figure out the size/configuration of the turbines for smoother power from down low. Of course I'd expect more up top but it doesn't need to be insane amounts. I want a very comfortable street driver that I can tow with. At this point I've got the fatter charge pipes and intercooler and could always update my tune to bring it all together.

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