Just as a matter of contention and in light of the trade war going on Turbonetic turbos may be 100% assembled in the USA but not 100% made in the USA, there is a small machine shop in Burlington ON CA that regularly ship parts to California. Well did anyway lol
Put a tariff on Aluminium but not a finished product. UMM
Ah, I did not know that, thank you for the information!
From everything I have learned while writing that article, and my many conversations with Reed, the owner of WORK Turbo, it seems that there is NO turbo that sources ALL of its' parts 100% from the USA.
I know Reed buys as much as possible from Domestic companies, like his center sections, for example, but there are some pieces (I think it was the turbine housing, or maybe the turbine wheel on some units) that you either cannot source Domestically, or the manufacturers that are Domestic have an inferior product compared to the overseas manufacturers.
I know for a FACT that there is a vendor that sells and builds his own turbos, who everyone thinks is the greatest person to grace the Buick scene since Duttweiler, and take everything he says as fact, that uses Chinese parts in his turbo builds. His turbos still perform great and I have more good experiences than the amount of bad ones, which shows you that just because it uses Chinese parts in it, like the wheels or housings, doesn't mean it is that bad of a product.
I get frustrated because I do not believe this vendor tells their customers that their turbos use Chinese parts, which I believe would have an influence on some people's purchasing habits, and also make them think twice if the parts used in that unit are as high quality as a turbo that uses Domestic high perfornance parts from companies like Garrett or Borg Warner, which have amazing track records for durability..
It upsets me when stuff like that happens and I am unable to make this fact known because they have been around forever and I have not. Again, this vendor builds great products, I am merely taking an issue with they saying they use the same quality parts that WORK uses, or not divulging to their customers that they are using Chinese/Overseas wheels in their turbos.
Oh well :/
