Ceramic Ball Bearing Turbo Reliability

An 8mm dual ceramic ball bearing cartridge adds optimal turbo response and reliability through its reduction in shaft motion.

Ceramic ball bearing turbo reliability. So if you are purchasing this be sure to also add that item to your cart when checking out. Two bearings are mounted back to back in the cool compressor end of a rotatable steel cylinder with one bearing mounted slidably against a pre load spring in the hot turbine end of the cylinder. What are you guys running on your vr s. The 8mm dual ceramic ball bearing cartridge provides optimal turbo response and reliability through its reduction in shaft motion.

Back in the early turbo days turbo lag was so bad that drivers used to hit the throttle a full 1 3 seconds before it was time to accelerate as. The ceramic bb line of on 3 performance turbochargers will require the oil feed restrictor. Is the ceramic turbo more reliable than a regular turbo. In automotive applications especially in high performance systems ball bearings provide better transient response which means they help reduce any turbo lag according to honeywell a leading manufacturer of automotive turbochargers the time to boost improvement attributable to ball bearings can be up to 70 percent.

Fully machined inlet outlet and shroud. This driving style allows my non ball bearing journal bearing turbo to negate the advantage of the ball bearing turbo but i get the reliability of the journal bearing turbo. The old days are over. The triplex cermaic bearing system utilizes three full compliment angular contact ball bearings with ceramic balls.

360 thrust bearings for increased reliability at higher turbo pressure ratios. Ceramic ball bearing from germany quality reliable. I don t have a good knowledge of turbo s yet so please bare with me. You will chance damaging the turbocharger if you do not restrict the ball bearing units.

I know that the ceramic ball bearing is supposed to spool faster. As an extra you can add the honeywell garrett speed sensor which allows tuners to understand existing operating conditions which is essential when fine tuning the turbocharger to its most efficient operating conditions. Is it worth the extra 550 to have the ceramic ball bearing upgrade when you buy a kit. The gen ii gtx series turbochargers feature a fully machined compressor inlet fully machined compressor outlet and fully machined ported shroud for precise and accurate.

Patent pending dual ceramic ball bearing cartridges for more thrust capacity durability and turbine efficiency at low expansion ratios. Forged milled compressor wheels fmw exceeds the material properties of cast aluminum wheels.