Rob@RBTurbo
Lieutenant
The MHI OEM turbos are built quite very well from a balancing perspective (literally perfection) when new. Being a world turbo producing power it makes sense, as they have multi-million dollar machinery/robotics handling these functions at large volume capacity production. So with the right amount of money invested, turbo builds can be done at a mass produced level and still get perfect results every time. Alternative to that is having a boutique shop with the right equipment (scaled down in cost obviously), the necessary skills, of whom shall take whatever time required to get the same perfection in every build. These are all things that are shorted when going to mass production China and why it is largely hit or miss with the outcome, and based on what we have seen in our "limited" testing of them is that none of them are even remotely close to perfection, but rather "tolerable" if you are ok with having a much higher vibration threshold. One must understand that the "high balancing threshold" on builds is rather loose and most aftermarket production teams consider them fine for sale. So ultimately if they find a centersections balance under these levels the unit will be kicked down the line without any further thought- and this is what you end up with installed on your vehicle.
Rob
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