$450 chinese turbo and 600 plus HP(food 4 thought)

old tired rebel said

After reading this thread I have a couple of questions. 1 I understand buying a turbo from ebay. Now if a engine needs a rebuild.

( I am talking stock rebuild with better parts)

1. Would you go for forged pistons and Con rods?
2.Would you also balance the whole assembly
3.If not How you rebuild?

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Depends on how much boost your gonna run. Under 8 psi and stock stuff is pretty safe,but any more than that your gonna want forged stuff. The stock internals might take 15 psi or more,but not for long.

And thats the fun part of a turbo. 10 psi was good so 25 is better right? So you crank up the boost but forgot about the stock bottom end...

I was considering a turbo,but realised I have hyper pistons which really dislike detonation...I'D probably be safe under 10 psi,but who the hell is gonna be happy with just 10?lol