http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/10/japanese-tuning-firm-trust-greddy-declares-bankruptcy/

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"Today, one of the world's largest performance parts companies, known as Trust in Japan and Greddy here in the States, declared bankruptcy. According to various reports, Trust is approximately $60 million in debt and, after reporting a serious decline in sales since February 2008 and amassing $43 million in loan payments, filed for bankruptcy in Tokyo District Court. "

9/10/2008 6:40:52 PM

Too much boost.

9/10/2008 6:59:12 PM

My exhaust is Greddy. And I'm damn happy with it. This is unfortunate

9/10/2008 7:11:34 PM

well, unfortunately, the scene went to ricers who care nothing about real performance and quality which explains why APC is doing so great.

9/10/2008 7:19:43 PM

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"well, unfortunately, the scene went to ricers who care nothing about real performance and quality which explains why APC is doing so great. "

lol selling euros left and right

9/10/2008 7:25:06 PM

DANGER
TO
MANIFOLD!

9/10/2008 10:22:27 PM

greddy intercoolers were always a ripoff.

they did make quality aftermarket gauges though.

9/10/2008 10:55:47 PM

Honestly I could care less. Most of their exhausts are meh in terms of sound and I've never really heard a whole lot of great things about their turbo kits. Their parts were overpriced too IMO.


Buddy Club Exhaust Systems FTW son. AGP FTW son.

9/11/2008 12:59:51 PM

son?

how about hand-built exhaust, ftw.

9/11/2008 1:04:22 PM

their turbos were terrible for the most part.

9/11/2008 1:40:58 PM

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"well, unfortunately, the scene went to ricers who care nothing about real performance and quality which explains why APC is doing so great."

Considering they went bankrupt about 2-3 years ago player.

They just came back as Pilot bought the name though, too big too fast.

9/11/2008 2:45:58 PM

at least their name isn't as gay as Buddy Club.

and i'm not impressed with their turbo kits. They rebadge ancient Mitsubishi turbos (how many 18G kits do they have???) and their 350Z and Rx-8 kits for example are well known to be overpriced and unreliable. Their electronics are ok, nothing special. I've got one of their blowoff valves and a front mount intercooler kit, the fitment is crappy on the intercooler and that particular blowoff valve was known to leak (although I seem to have gotten a good one somehow).

but I think it comes down to declining markets and ebay knockoffs, I do agree with that.

[Edited on September 11, 2008 at 10:15 PM. Reason : .]

9/11/2008 10:15:01 PM

^ I picked up an ebay knockoff FMIC for almost 1/3rd the price of the true greddy, and it turns out, it required LESS clearance modification than the greddy kit as well!

i'm also running a knockoff type-s bov open-atmosphere, i've heard things about people stalling between shifts with the real one but mine works great even with the stock MAF and no fuel mgmt.

and i think their version of the 18g is just a modified 16g with a larger adapter for the exhaust manifold (compared to the true MHI td05-18G), but i could be wrong.

9/11/2008 10:34:28 PM

most mitsubishi turbos are just... dated. on-center turbine housings, journal bearing, nomenclature that is even more confusing than Garrett, meh.

I will say that the quality of the Greddy core I have is waaaay better than the ebay knockoffs I have seen. It is true bar-and-plate design and the fins are very durable. It also seems to deflect bugs very well even though I don't have any mesh or anything covering it. The ebay cores are like cheap aluminum radiators, but they do get the job done.

9/11/2008 11:34:54 PM

i remember when I was in the import scene, greddy was one of the big names... but pretty over priced (not one of the worst, but working at a store, we didn't have much of a mark up on their products because they just wanted that much money...)

9/12/2008 9:16:06 AM

garret based turbos are the way to go... bb centers tangential housings lighter wheels
just good turbos and thier modified housings looked like crap castings too.



now thats a turbo... porting to prevent surge... water cooled compressor bb center clean light polished housings.

9/12/2008 9:40:07 AM

the emanage is about the best plug and play system you can get and retain your ODBII port

9/12/2008 10:48:53 AM

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"now thats a turbo... porting to prevent surge... water cooled compressor bb center clean light polished housings. "

ported housing isnt really necessary unless your turbo is very big for the displacement.

also, oil cooled is a lot easier to deal with because you dont have to run coolant lines. bb is nice to reduce lag, but sometimes its just not worth the extra money. you're talking about doubling the money from a T series journal bearing to a full GT series ball bearing. of course there are other differences and the gt is going to be more efficient as a result.

that said, there is a very similar turbo to that one in the pic on a car at the shop right now.

[Edited on September 12, 2008 at 11:27 AM. Reason : .]

9/12/2008 11:26:44 AM

porting a compressor housing is a gimmick. It doesn't do anything. If your turbo is operating near the surge line it is improperly sized for your application. If you are concerned about compressor surge under decel then you get a properly adjusted blowoff valve with a good vacuum source.

9/12/2008 10:14:02 PM

Update to the original story...

Apparently Greddy in the US is carrying the Japan firm's ass and is loaning out money to the Japanese side.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/12/update-greddy-in-u-s-still-good-to-go/

9/13/2008 2:41:25 PM

Maybe the Japanese are just smart enough to know blowing money on a car is a waste.

9/14/2008 10:08:39 AM