Odd ball 38R...

SEABEE08FX4 · Feb 13, 2013

CSIPSD said:
He is smoking crack...

It was drop shipped from Garrett to me, via Diesel Innovations

Ahhh, that makes sense then. DI and PTP have the same rep. But Garrett does not drop ship, it would have had to come from our same distributor. There are only 5 distributors in the US for Garrett and in our region its the same one. When did you purchase it? I can have him look it up.

CSIPSD · Feb 13, 2013

SEABEE08FX4 said:
Yeah the SN is unique to each turbo, but the PN should always be the same.

So he should be able to look up the SN... right?

If its counterfit its a damn good copy, because it hads everything I have ever seen on a 38R...

SEABEE08FX4 · Feb 13, 2013

CSIPSD said:
So he should be able to look up the SN... right?

If its counterfit its a damn good copy, because it hads everything I have ever seen on a 38R...

Yeah he should, do you know the original purchase date?

CSIPSD · Feb 13, 2013

SEABEE08FX4 said:
Ahhh, that makes sense then. DI and PTP have the same rep. But Garrett does not drop ship, it would have had to come from our same distributor. There are only 5 distributors in the US for Garrett and in our region its the same one. When did you purchase it? I can have him look it up.

About 7 years ago, somewhere between 5-7 years ago...

SEABEE08FX4 · Feb 13, 2013

CSIPSD said:
About 7 years ago, somewhere between 5-7 years ago...

Okay, I'll let him know. Not sure if he has records going back that far but I'll see.

under pressure · Feb 13, 2013

Why wouldnt yours be rivited but the new one is ?
I posted some more differences between the tags, for sure not stamped on the same machine unless they changed the letterin a little.
Different company and time period could explaine that though.

BB540C2 · Feb 13, 2013

From seeing all this i'm

& worried.

I just recieved my WWII for my 38R today, & I just hope it fits

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SEABEE08FX4 · Feb 13, 2013

He's sending the SN in to Garrett to get it confirmed, I'll let you know as soon as I hear back what the deal with it is.

under pressure · Feb 13, 2013

Interesting to see CSIs measurements vs. Most 38Rs.

CSIPSD · Feb 13, 2013

My main focus this weekend will be getting a motor back in my truck, but if we have time I will pull the turbo and measure it!

under pressure · Feb 13, 2013

Motor ! Thats a good priority )

Powerstroke Cowboy · Feb 13, 2013

so the inducer on your turbo is smaller then the WW2 wheel you bought...
Funny I gad a 38R and I am almost 100% shore when i measured it it was between 63 and 64 mm inducer. can remember for shore though..
Will be interesting to see what you get for a dimension...

SEABEE08FX4 · Feb 14, 2013

Well news from Garrett is that nothing has changed at all about the GTP38R since its introduction so I'll leave it at that.

CSIPSD · Feb 14, 2013

SEABEE08FX4 said:
Well news from Garrett is that nothing has changed at all about the GTP38R since its introduction so I'll leave it at that.

Well thats horse crap, Its quite clear this 38R does not have the correct size compressor wheel in it...

4.0l sahara · Feb 14, 2013

Maybe it isn't a true 38r.......

CSIPSD · Feb 14, 2013

4.0l sahara said:
Maybe it isn't a true 38r.......

Has anyone ever seen a counterfeit 38R with a BB center section? With a clock-able compressor housing? With a Garrett Pin and serial number?

The fact it came from Garrett via DI...

Tom S · Feb 14, 2013

SEABEE08FX4 said:
Well news from Garrett is that nothing has changed at all about the GTP38R since its introduction so I'll leave it at that.

It is also my personal opinion that they did make some small change when they were "reintroduced"

Next question is does Garrett actually make these in house or do they farm work out.

under pressure · Feb 15, 2013

Could be done.. The chra was about 550$ at one time....[maybe that was trade in program]......you can also by a BB chra for the stock turbo 700$ i seen on a turbo parts website... Would probably cost more to counterfit though with correct looking parts.