CHRA Turbo Cartridges for Supercars and Performance Cars

The CHRA, or centre housing rotating assembly, is the cartridge at the heart of a turbocharger. It holds the shaft with the turbine wheel on one end and the compressor wheel on the other, the bearings that support it, the oil and coolant passages that feed them, and the seals that keep everything where it belongs. When a turbo fails it is almost always the cartridge that has gone, not the housings bolted either side of it, which is why replacing the CHRA is the standard repair rather than buying a complete unit. This collection is for technicians and builders rebuilding a turbo or upgrading a core, and everything here is balanced as an assembly. Supercar Store supplies CHRA cartridges for supercars and performance cars, with delivery across Dubai and the UAE, to India, and worldwide.

What This Collection Covers

• Replacement CHRA cartridges: factory specification cores to return a turbo to its original flow and clearances.
• Upgraded cartridges: cores with revised wheel trims or billet compressor wheels, fitted inside the original housings.
• Journal bearing cores: plain bearing assemblies, tolerant of varied oil supply and the usual factory design.
• Ball bearing cores: cartridge bearing assemblies that reduce shaft friction and sharpen response off throttle.
• Balanced rotating assemblies: shaft and wheel sets balanced together before dispatch, as the assembly must be.
• Turbo rebuild and seal kits: piston rings, thrust bearings, journal bearings, snap rings and gaskets for a full service.
• Compressor and turbine wheels: individual wheels where a core is being built to a specific trim.
• Backplates and bearing housings: the centre housing components that carry the oil and coolant galleries.

Why It Matters

A cartridge is a consumable in the way a housing is not. Shaft play, hardened seals, coked oil galleries and heat damaged bearings all show up in the CHRA first, and the symptoms are familiar enough: oil in the intake, blue smoke on overrun, a whistle that has changed pitch, or boost that no longer holds. Fitting a new cartridge into sound housings restores the turbo properly at a fraction of the cost of a complete unit, and keeps the original hot side geometry and fitment. It is also the sensible point to change character, because a core with different wheel trims can be dropped into housings that already fit the car. What it demands is care: oil feed condition, correct clearances and a clean install decide whether the new core lasts.

How to Choose the Right CHRA

Identify the turbo first. The part number on the compressor housing or the centre housing tag is the reliable route, because visually similar turbos take different cores. Then decide between a like for like rebuild and a core upgrade, remembering that a larger compressor wheel inside a standard housing only helps if the housing and the boost control can use it. Confirm the bearing type you want and whether your oil feed suits it, as ball bearing cores often want a restrictor. If the failure came with debris, plan on flushing the oil supply and checking the intercooler before running the new core. Fitment varies by model year and variant on supercars, so give us the car, the year, the variant and the turbo part number. WhatsApp us on +971 50 308 5760 or send us an inquiry and we will confirm the correct cartridge.

Shipping and Availability

We deliver across Dubai and the UAE, to India, and worldwide. Rebuild kits and common cores are frequently in ready stock. Application specific and upgraded cartridges are sourced to order, and we confirm availability, price and a realistic lead time before you pay.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I identify the right cartridge for my turbo?
Use the turbo part number from the compressor housing or the centre housing tag. Send us that with the car make, model, year, variant and engine and we will match the core exactly.

Do you ship cartridges internationally?
Yes. We deliver across Dubai and the UAE, to India, and worldwide, packed to protect the balanced assembly in transit.

Are cores kept in stock or ordered in?
Both. Rebuild kits and popular cores are often on the shelf, while application specific and upgraded cartridges are sourced to order with the lead time confirmed first.

Are the cartridges genuine?
Yes. We supply genuine cartridges from established manufacturers, balanced and specified to their standards, not unbranded copies.

My core is not listed. Can you find it?
Usually, yes. Send us an inquiry with the turbo part number and we will source the correct cartridge.

If the cartridge you need is not shown here, just ask. We can source almost any CHRA or turbo core part for your car. WhatsApp us on +971 50 308 5760 or send us an inquiry with the part and the car it is for, and we will come back with a price and a lead time.

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