Nexmo.co Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 so i got this used turbo, it supposedly had 60+k miles on it, not bad IMO, had barely any shaft play (my girlfriend giggled when i typed this) I installed it and all seemed fine, took a few test drives, fixed boost leaks from the TMIC off the big hose clamp that i had forgotten to tighten. called it good for the day, took it to taco bell today, and lost boost on the way back and massive back pressure(insert deja vu here) soo i have yet to CONFIRM that its blown, i parked it in my garage, checked the oil(still topped off) and said **** it, I'll deal with it in the morning. halp... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sicotic Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 yo what part of fairbanks you in? im on fort wainwright what a small world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexmo.co Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 I live over off Chena pump, you ever see the guys hang out infront of the clinic near the theatre on the weekends? i'm usually over there friday and saturday nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sicotic Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 no lol im on R and R from Afghanistan lol oh by wendys? what kind of cars are there? All i see up here are trucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexmo.co Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 Yeah, by wendys. theres a bit of rice mixed with some muscle some times, regulars consist of vw R32:. ,integra, cooper s, turbo camaro that runs 10s, built 2.5rs coupe sti swapped, mazda speed3 a turbo miata, a few STI's roll through along with some evos. a couple srt 4s sometimes. most are good people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowdrift86 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 You guys gotta roll in to anchorage to meet up with everyeone else. I'm actually in Wasilla though. nice to see more people from AK posting up on forums. sucks about the turbo. sounds like you didnt replace or flush out the oil feed line to the turbo and starved this one too. also when you pulled the first one off did you look down into your uppipe to make sure the catalyst was in tact? when i bought my car the up-pipe came apart and was lodged in the turbo :|. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sicotic Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 i think i i seen the cooper and integra. Maybe ill check it out this friday or something or meet up with you before hand. Hell if wasilla wasnt an 7 hour drive no biggie, have a meet Denali would be bad ass. I almost bought a red R32 bought decided to buy the leggy instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexmo.co Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 pshh wasillas only 4 hours away, its cool that tornado red R:. is still for sale, im thinking about getting that one for a street car. i like the leggy as a DD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexmo.co Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 I may be rolling to anchorage soon hopefully to pick up a vf46 I found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sicotic Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 i seen that nice ass red one it looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rad.rac3r Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 so i got this used turbo What model turbo was in your car before this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexmo.co Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 both blown turbos were vf40s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjbev21 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 banjo bolt filter still in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06gtleg Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I have a blown vf40 you can have. haha Good to see local people in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowdrift86 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 the red one was actually for sale or is sold. dude is picking up a white one from fairbanks actually lol. yeah man i would seriously either flush your oil lines out or replace them. and definitely remove the banjo filter. otherwise no turbo will last more then a few minutes on that car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexmo.co Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 i have infamous oil feed line on the way, i had removed the filter, i'm going to remove the pan and all that jazz this time. that white one that just got down to anchorage is a member on the forums too, he just bought a wagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sicotic Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 sup man seen a few people up by wendy's tonight was working on car lol in progress so didnt stop if your going to be up there tomorrow let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexmo.co Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 cool, I saw you drive by, i was in a white eagle talon that i have up for sale, on friday night. I ended up spending saturday night with my girl, did you make it by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sicotic Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 u saw me huh lol, hog zaust .. I was putting my shit togther for stage 1 doing logs and shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amp0412 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 so i got this used turbo, it supposedly had 60+k miles on it, not bad IMO, had barely any shaft play (my girlfriend giggled when i typed this) I installed it and all seemed fine, took a few test drives, fixed boost leaks from the TMIC off the big hose clamp that i had forgotten to tighten. called it good for the day, took it to taco bell today, and lost boost on the way back and massive back pressure(insert deja vu here) soo i have yet to CONFIRM that its blown, i parked it in my garage, checked the oil(still topped off) and said **** it, I'll deal with it in the morning. halp... Unfortunately the used turbo is the problem. Things I have learned to not buy used injectors and turbos. Make sure that the oil supply to whatever NEW turbo you decide to put in is all sorted out and you should be good to go. Also I would ditch the vf40, I had 2 new stock ones go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexmo.co Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 I've seen people use used turbos succesfuly, many times i've seen them put another 50k on a turbo thats had 30-40k on it. I'm going one more try with a used vf46, 17k miles on it. if this one goes in the next 10k miles i'm going BNR something then, if not i'll most likely upgrade before i put another 20k on it. I usually put about 40k on a car in a year :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sicotic Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 40k on a car a year? Holy shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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