hey guys i bought a hahn stage 2 kit used, with only 800 miles on it when i bought it, and ive put about 8,000 on it since. about 2 months ago, i noticed that everytime i boosted, i heard some terrible rattle coming from the front of the car. nothing loose exhaust wise, and everyone is saying they think the turbo got too hot and is bad. help please

take off the filter and the piping going to the inlet of the turbo and see if you can wiggle the compressor wheel... if it moves alot and is hitting the compressor housing, its fucked up.

Evo 8 - 12.3@113 circa 2009 (~330whp)
Now with BB Xona Rotor HTZ FP Red and ~450whp
2018 MSM Civic SI Ktuner TSP stage 1 w/ Honda hacked headunit.

never heard a turbo rattle, even when mine went bad and it was making my car smoke under the hood as if it was on fire.

-97 GS (First project, 299 whp)(sold)
- 97 RS 2.6 last numbers: 306hp, 352tq @16psi (Dead, parted out)
- 99 GS OZ, Hahn Kit, 56k miles (Sold)
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- 00 Nissan Maxima GLE (Daily Driver)
- 02 Audi A4 1.8T Quattro

does that mean the bearing is bad?

Nope, they will definitely rattle if the bearing is shot. The fins end up scraping against the turbo housing wall making a horrible noise. It may be the bearing and other things, but you'll have to send it out to see whether it's worth re-buidling or buying a new one. A rebuild costs about 400 (done correctly and balanced), and new 16G from Hahn cost about 630 (i think). It should cost about 50 bucks to have it looked at by a shop that deals with turbos.

Were you running a turbo timer? They *should* last longer than that.

1999 Eclipse GST 4G63