Chinese turbo's?
Discussion
E-bmw said:
I would be at least equally worried by your wanton use of an incorrect apostrophe in the title! 
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Turbo's is a contraction of turbochargers, and completely correct. .
I don't know about performance bits, but I used 2 pattern turbos (sorry, turbo's
) on a 530d and they both lasted 6 months, before buying the painfully expensive genuine BMW bit from the counter at a main dealer, and it was still ok 2 years later when the car was sold. Not sure I'd risk it again based on personal experience, but that's not a lot of useful data given how many are out there probably doing just fine.Edited by Mark Asread on Friday 11th March 09:24
The yanks love them.
As with everything, there will be good and bad, but they have come a lonnngggggg way from when they first appeared.
One example...$163 ( back then ) is surely as cheap as they can get ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp65Y7wKaEo
VS Racing would be some of the higher end Chinese stuff.
In the UK I think there are a couple of places doing Chinese stuff now, Max Speed racing who do the Chinese rods is one name that springs to mind.
As with everything, there will be good and bad, but they have come a lonnngggggg way from when they first appeared.
One example...$163 ( back then ) is surely as cheap as they can get ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp65Y7wKaEo
VS Racing would be some of the higher end Chinese stuff.
In the UK I think there are a couple of places doing Chinese stuff now, Max Speed racing who do the Chinese rods is one name that springs to mind.
Mark Asread said:
Turbo's is a contraction of turbochargers, and completely correct.
Yes, the apostrophe may be used to indicate missed letters, but only in standard contractions and only when letters are missed from the middle of the word, as 'can't', 'who'll', 'you'd' etc. Edited by Mark Asread on Friday 11th March 09:24
Many words are contracted in English, from "admin" (administration) to "zoo" (zoological garden) They are not made plural with an apostrophe!
"Turbo" is a standard contraction of 'turbocharger' but the standard English grammar is to insert an 'e' to form the plural of a word ending in 'o' - Potatoes, Heroes, Zeroes. It would be correct to spell it "Turboes", but it it far more accepted to use 'turbos'. For example, Google finds half a million hits for 'turboes', but nearly three million for 'turbos'!
Another apostrophe use is to make a single letter plural. We should all mind out p's and q's!
John
(Back to turbos!)
tapkaJohnD said:
Mark Asread said:
Turbo's is a contraction of turbochargers, and completely correct.
Yes, the apostrophe may be used to indicate missed letters, but only in standard contractions and only when letters are missed from the middle of the word, as 'can't', 'who'll', 'you'd' etc. Edited by Mark Asread on Friday 11th March 09:24
Many words are contracted in English, from "admin" (administration) to "zoo" (zoological garden) They are not made plural with an apostrophe!
"Turbo" is a standard contraction of 'turbocharger' but the standard English grammar is to insert an 'e' to form the plural of a word ending in 'o' - Potatoes, Heroes, Zeroes. It would be correct to spell it "Turboes", but it it far more accepted to use 'turbos'. For example, Google finds half a million hits for 'turboes', but nearly three million for 'turbos'!
Another apostrophe use is to make a single letter plural. We should all mind out p's and q's!
John
(Back to turbos!)
Afaik most Turbos are made in China these days, Garratt are made in Wuhan which caused obvious supply chain issues when the pandemic hit.
Having looked at a Garratt and a Pulsar G35 clone visually I couldn't see much difference in the quality, perhaps metallurgically there may be but both were balanced well and held up to the same demands.
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