I'm half tempted to pull my order and get something else, but since I plan to stick with pump gas, I'm not sure there's a better bang for the buck with great spoolup.

 

I have one sitting in my attic that I purchased off EBAY! It was from a Vender in FL and has a port and a 10.5 hotside + actuater. I am thinking about selling it but haven't decided yet. You guy's should check there and buy it now, I seen a buy it nowyesterday!

 

Im in the same boat. If I wasnt 100% sure this was the setup that I wanted to go with, I would have pulled my order awhile ago. Unfortunately everyone is in the same boat on this one, fast spoolup and good power is a hard combo to beat for the price.

 

I dont want to settle for something less than what I ordered. Especially since I am supposed to get the next available one. I think there are too many question marks when buying parts off EBAY. You dont know what the parts have been through, why they are being sold, and if there are minor blemishes or other defects (unlikely I know but still...). I rather just get the exact part with all of the options I want with it, and be able to receive it in a reasonable timeframe.

 

I will have the stock Evo9 turbo, with Invida O2 Housing tuned (by you), and then strapped on a dyno for some graphs for you to look at, to see if this might do, either in a pinch, or longterm. I should have a report next week on this turbo, on my setup. I am still on the Buschur list, and will patiently wait. I will compare both setups as well.

 

This is a bit off topic, but Buschur said they didnt have any of the o2 housings that I ordered either. If I have to get one from another source, what is the best one to get for this setup, I originally had one that was going be ported, I did not know if any other company made ported ones or if I should just outright buy a brandname one.

 

excellent, I was under the impression that you weren't going with the 20G LT anymore!

 

I am all over the Green, once I get the "nod" that it has arrived. I just cant leave the car on jackstands, need it mobile, hence the "stock" Evo 9 turbo for now. I sold my old setup a month ago, so needed to fill the void with something until Buschur calls me. LOL.

 

I told Bushur you weren't in a hurry - my bad!

 

^^^

 

I just Spoke with Amber at Forced Performance, "You're still # 4 on the list, as soon as he can get it ported he'll start assembly .. end of this week or the first of next week"


basically the same thing I was told two weeks ago

 

Sounds like some serious supply chain problems.

I just sent my core in this week so I hope to god they get mine turned around in a reasonable amount of time. I should have marked the center section or something to make sure they don't use my core to build someone else's turbo.....

 

Honest to God, I really hope for your sake that you receive it before the end of the year, not exagerating. Im going on my 13th week or so. still no clue when to expect mine, I was told like 2-3 weeks ago (im losing track of time now) that I would receive the next one, simply rediculous.

 

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Originally Posted by Mellon

I just Spoke with Amber at Forced Performance, "You're still # 4 on the list, as soon as he can get it ported he'll start assembly .. end of this week or the first of next week"...basically the same thing I was told two weeks ago

The gasket match that they call porting shouldn't take more than five minutes. Or, do you mean milling the housing to accept the turbine wheel?

 

yeah the "port job" was what held mine up. finally i told them to forget the port job, because in reality its just a gasket match, not an actual "port job"

it takes 5 mins like already said to get the gasket match.

and it only takes about 30 mins to put the turbo together once the parts are present. namely the milled, coated (if u choose this option) hotside (milled for the larger turbine wheel), the IX compressor housing and the 20g compressor wheel/turbine wheel.

so even if your parts are all there per amber, it takes them weeks and weeks to put it together and gasket match it, which shouldnt take more than 35 mins. crazy.

the only long process in the whole thing is a) procuring a hotside/ix compressor housing, and then coating the housing (takes a week) if u choose to.

the 20 g wheels he has, and gasket matching it/putting it to gether like i said takes less than an hour.

crazy.