CT26 Upgraded Discussion

MKIIINA

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Ok heres the deal, I'm having a discussion on another forum about downpipes and we ended up compairing stock CT26's to upgraded ones. the bottom line we came down to was what makes the upgraded ct less reliable than the stock trim and also are the drawbacks of upgrading the ct26 less than those of getting a new bigger turbo, ie Boss550 or SP61GT?
 

GrimJack

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Upgraded CT is way cheaper than anything else, less than half the price of say, the bolt on BOSS or SP units.

They aren't as reliable for several reasons - bigger compressor wheels add more stress to the CHRA, bad balancing, and kids running 20psi without a decent BOV and wondering what that new sound (compressor surge) is.