Drivetrain New turbo questions

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Old Sep 26, 2020 | 11:25 AM
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New turbo questions

I recently blew my turbo and had a new one installed that was supposed to be the exact same. My question is that the car no longer wheel spins when using sport mode. I have an RPM stage 2 tune that I had mapped to sport mode and I always had wheel spin with my old turbo but none with this one. Do new turbos have a break in period or something along those lines? I’ve drove probably less then 100 miles since the new turbo was installed.
The car also sometimes when boosting sounds like it gets stuck. I’m not sure how to describe it other then that. Instead of the smooth sound as it is accelerating it sounds like a broken record repeating the same sound and letting off the accelerator fixes it.
 
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Old Sep 26, 2020 | 12:00 PM
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Additionally the valve cover, and all turbo accessories were replaced at the same time hoses etc. This was supposed to fix it smoking which it still does as well.
 
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Old Sep 26, 2020 | 12:41 PM
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What color is the smoke coming from your car? If i had to guess i'd say probably valve seals since you said it was smoking before. Check diaphram of the recirc valve on the turbo.
 
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Old Sep 26, 2020 | 12:44 PM
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Here’s a video I took of it. Would that result in less power?
 
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Old Sep 26, 2020 | 12:46 PM
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I have no idea what checking the diaphram of the recirc valve means but I took a pic of one of the hoses and it looks like it is fitted kind of weird to the turbo.
 
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