October 6, 201214 yr comment_630476 Proceeded to blow the bearings in the turbo... Yay. can only put it down to me getting dirt in the turbo housing at one stage of me taking the turbo off, and blocking the oil feed off. When I assemble an engine I operate like surgeon paying particular attention to cleanness. I think I read somewhere in your thread that this engine / turbo set up had been used for 3 seasons of drifting and I can not remember if you mentioned if there was any shaft play to begin with? Hope it doesn’t cost you an arm and a leg to have it fixed. Are you going to get a quote first and look at your options? You might decide to go for a bigger turbo for bigger boost or for a different boost curve. All the best. Report
October 6, 201214 yr comment_630481 I think i saw he said GCG were going to charge like $900 just to pull it apart and look at it? Report
October 6, 201214 yr Author comment_630506 $135 to pull it apart and look at it, $850 for a stndard rebuild.. But its going to need more than a standard rebuild.. This setup was used for 3 drift events, it did have a tiny bit of shaft movement but nothing that you would be concerned about.. I will be getting this turbo rebuilt as this setup has seen heaps and heaps of dyno time and its probably the most responsive setup I could get.. I definitely don't want a lag monster.. Thanks for the kind words fnq Report
October 7, 201214 yr Author comment_630622 This thing is tucked away under its cover and will probably be there for a month or so, I've done just about everything I can that doesn't require parts, the rest is all $$$$ Bought an s13 so working on converting that to manual and getting rego, entering the Raleigh track day with it. Report
November 11, 201213 yr Author comment_635961 Sooooooooo... Purchased a gt3582r .63 rear housing to get me out of trouble.. stay tuned ! Report
November 11, 201213 yr comment_635967 Sooooooooo... Purchased a gt3582r .63 rear housing to get me out of trouble.. stay tuned ! Holy gigantor turbo Batman!!! This will be epic!! Edited November 11, 201213 yr by kickn5k Report
November 13, 201213 yr Author comment_636266 Yea it is a wee bit large haha.. should be good to get it going anyhow Report
November 18, 201213 yr Author comment_636801 Will get some fresh pics up of this thing.. My nee turbo should be here tomorrow.. Never been so keen for a Monday haha. I'm not going to start the thing but.. want an oil pressure gauge set up up before even considering it. Once i stop spending money on my dirty sr I'm going to buy the Teflon brake lines to setup up the rest of my brakes and after that its off for a wheel alignment and a tune (fingers crossed) Report
February 19, 201313 yr Author comment_647930 Wooooooow haven't been on here in a while lol Guess what? Nothings changed. Still haven't got turbo rebuilt. Haven't done brakes or anything, have a lot of parts lying around just havent had the motivation or time. Report
February 20, 201313 yr comment_647984 Wooooooow haven't been on here in a while lol Guess what? Nothings changed. Wheels have changed... Edited February 20, 201313 yr by rian Report
February 20, 201313 yr comment_647995 Was wondering about this thing a litle while ago. Get into it mate! Report
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