Yeah I have heard of many issues that I do not want to get involved with. Do you happen to know anyone near Philly who you'd trust to install your kit?
We're actually building one this summer on my partner's '16 F150. We'll probably jig it. I can definitely build one for you.
Yeah, years ago, the first gen cartridges were based on modified old school journal bearing stuff. They had some issues because the cartridges didn't have enough capacity for cooling and/or grease. Comp did a clean slate design about 2 years ago. Now, the cartridges are all billet aluminum, with 3 times the bearing size, and doublet the cooling/oiling capacity. We have not had a single bearing failure. The ONLY issue we've had was a few turbos with minor coolant leaks upon initial startup. The culprit was pinched o-rings during assembly. Comp made a slight tweak, and we haven't seen the issue again in over a year. Myself, and a few other companies have over 100 of these turbos in service on S550's without issues. We have visited Comp Turbo to see their manufacturing process, and we're confident in their capabilities. We have torture tested them at the Texas Mile for a few years, and have local guys that run them on daily driven vehicles.
I just picked up a crew cab '17 4x4 F150 5.0 and was going to ask the same question!
Just got off the phone with Travis about an hour ago. He's a really nice guy and he told me the kits may be ready by early winter. He said they're trying to start on his Partners truck in about 2 weeks. I'm super hyped though I'm definitely buying this kit as soon as it's available