turbo coupe rant :(

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turbo coupe rant :(

Reply #30 – November 22, 2006, 04:02:55 PM

Quote from: Tbird232ci;115096

5 minutes to spool down?! HA! I have had turbo cars with the intake off running, shut the car off, and in less than 5 seconds, they stopped spinning.

Then your bearings are junk.

Quote from: stuntmannick;114937

You are wrong.

And so are yours.

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Reply #31 – November 22, 2006, 06:32:42 PM

found this, http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Garrett-t3-t4-turbo-gt35r-gt30r-turbonetics_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ107058QQihZ016QQitemZ260055799486QQrdZ1 I'll probably get flamed for it though.....

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Reply #32 – November 22, 2006, 07:21:09 PM

Quote from: 46Tbird;115102

Then your bearings are junk.And so are yours.

I guess my brand new SC50 was junk.

How much experience do you really have with turbo cars?

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Reply #33 – November 22, 2006, 10:32:19 PM

5 mins is a joke, 1 or maybe 2 TOPS in ideal conditions.

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Reply #34 – November 23, 2006, 06:24:51 PM

is there any way to connect a V-band turbo to the stock pipe without making any changes to the pipe? maybe some kind of adapter?

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Reply #35 – December 12, 2006, 10:41:08 PM

those cheap ebay turbo's are known for being . No offense I dont think it was your friends fault really.

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Reply #36 – December 12, 2006, 10:47:21 PM

Quote from: turbotuner23cc;118167

those cheap ebay turbo's are known for being . No offense I dont think it was your friends fault really.

I guess you didnt read the whole post then... he wasnt nice to it at all...

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Reply #37 – December 12, 2006, 11:36:06 PM

Were you in the car with him? How could you let it happen? Grow some balls.

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Reply #38 – December 12, 2006, 11:52:59 PM

Did you end up winning your turbo? Honestly man... if you need your wheels and it gets you back on the road... **** it buy an e-bay cheepie and go easy on it till you can afford something better... or just save up for a v8 conversion

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Reply #39 – December 13, 2006, 12:44:42 AM

sort of on topic here,,, has anyone ever explored the option of the standby diesel generators out there. The larger ones usually have turbos on them. Could this be a possible source of turbo's. I had my first up close/personal experience with them while over in iraq working around different stuff like this with the army.

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Reply #40 – December 13, 2006, 08:05:42 AM

no. I read the post and I am not trying to be mean at all man so please dont take this wrong. Do a search on turboford and the net in general about the scorge of cheap ebay turbo's. I have seen videos of them on the dyno literally blowing the heck up! you are lucky you just lost the oil seals. I have seen a video of a guy with his car running and the compressor blade would spin a few times and stick....spin and stick. Poorly machined housings. A little romp should not have killed a good turbo.

Let this be a lesson...if you took the money you spent on a cheap ebay turbo + the money spent if fines and the general hassle of downtime you could have bought a nice properly machined turbo to begin with that would still be working right now and have many miles to go

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Reply #41 – December 13, 2006, 08:09:01 AM

Quote from: turbotuner23cc;118204

Let this be a lesson...if you took the money you spent on a cheap ebay turbo + the money spent if fines and the general hassle of downtime you could have bought a nice properly machined turbo to begin with that would still be working right now and have many miles to go

this is where I am now, installing a garret .60 .63 for the time being and saving for something better.

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Reply #42 – December 13, 2006, 10:00:36 AM

cool...like i said please dont be offended by my post. I am not here trying to be a smart ass. I will admit I have been tempted by those cheap turbo's even after all the I have seen. I tend to think "maybe I will get lucky" I once bought a rebuilt t3 center section and I used to for about 1k miles and took it off to use something else on that car. When I went to use the rebuilt T3 on something else...it smoked like a freight train :shrug:

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Reply #43 – December 13, 2006, 02:01:24 PM

Quote from: jcassity;118190

sort of on topic here,,, has anyone ever explored the option of the standby diesel generators out there. The larger ones usually have turbos on them. Could this be a possible source of turbo's. I had my first up close/personal experience with them while over in iraq working around different stuff like this with the army.

I knew you were in the service, but I missed the going to Iraq part. I was also over there with the army, in Samarra. To answer your question, I think they are a bit big for our appplication. I'll have to look up the specs again, i think I might have a decent 10 manual around here I can consult on that. Plus, does it even have the like out cars have? They sure cant be anything to special, because I saw a lot of them burn up easy. Granted, these things were sort of working in turbocharger HELL (130 + degrees, constant running, ect ) I'll get back to you when I know more!:birdsmily:

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Reply #44 – December 19, 2006, 08:37:06 AM

Quote from: Birdman;118220

I knew you were in the service, but I missed the going to Iraq part. I was also over there with the army, in Samarra. To answer your question, I think they are a bit big for our appplication. I'll have to look up the specs again, i think I might have a decent 10 manual around here I can consult on that. Plus, does it even have the like out cars have? They sure cant be anything to special, because I saw a lot of them burn up easy. Granted, these things were sort of working in turbocharger HELL (130 + degrees, constant running, ect ) I'll get back to you when I know more!:birdsmily:

i've always wondered the same thing.