I'm not one to stir the pot, and by no means am I trying to throw anyone under the bus, but I figure after all of this I should put it out in the open...
A few months ago I bought two turbos (GT4094 and a Precision GT5088) from MD-Dmax. The GT4094 was supposedly a complete PPE kit, but it came with no downpipe. It took countless PM's and many weeks, along with Henry's (ripmf666) intervention, to get the downpipe shipped to me.
Even worse, after installing the big turbo in a compound setup on my motor, it ran for about 6 hours before the larger charger (supposedly a brand new GT5088 from Precision) grenaded. The compressor wheel exploded and sent metal bits through the GT4094, destroying it.
All in all, it ended up costing around $12,000 (new set of Mahle pistons, rods rebuilt, machine work, gaskets, replacement turbo parts, etc etc).
The GT5088 from MD-Dmax was run with an aftermarket 6" cone filter and custom made intake. It was never run without a filter or around dirt, sand, etc. There is 0.0% chance it inducted foreign debris through the filter. Ben (duratothemax) helped me do the build and will verify that this setup was never run without an air filter).
I'm not saying that MD-Dmax caused this or it's all his fault that I cracked a piston. I'm not laying any blame. I'm not accusing MD-Dmax of selling me a damaged turbo. I'm just saying that it seems mighty suspicious that a supposedly brand new turbo from Forced Inductions just grenades... Especially given everything that's transpired in this thread.
Take it for what it's worth.
