Broke a Turbo
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vetteheadracer

Original Poster:

8,273 posts

274 months

Sunday 31st July 2005
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Friday the lefthand turbo broke on my Z06 so I've missed TOTb AGAIN :rage:

Joel in SKUNK is currently leading in the Top Speed class apparently with over 200 MPH! Hope he goes on an wins, he also set a sub 11 second time at Santa Pod yesterday....well done JOEL :clap:

franv8

2,212 posts

259 months

Sunday 31st July 2005
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Sorry to hear that Nige - is it only the turbo that bought the farm or has it affected the engine too?

Did you get any figures before it went?

Hope you get it back up and running soon, I guess you're getting all the cars breakdowns out the way now for a troublefree 200,000 miles next...

ZR1cliff

17,999 posts

270 months

Sunday 31st July 2005
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vetteheadracer said:
Friday the lefthand turbo broke on my Z06 so I've missed TOTb AGAIN

Joel in SKUNK is currently leading in the Top Speed class apparently with over 200 MPH! Hope he goes on an wins, he also set a sub 11 second time at Santa Pod yesterday....well done JOEL


Thats fantastic news on the Rear wheel drive/american car front ,now if he can drive aswell as Nadine then he's in there.
Keep the updates coming Nige.

te51cle

2,342 posts

269 months

Sunday 31st July 2005
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Was that the one that wasn't bolted up correctly ?

ZR1cliff

17,999 posts

270 months

Sunday 31st July 2005
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te51cle said:
Was that the one that wasn't bolted up correctly ?


Sounds like another job by Laurel&Hardy engineering

Boosted LS1

21,200 posts

281 months

Sunday 31st July 2005
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A turbo shouldn't break? What happened to it?

Boosted.

Viper

10,005 posts

294 months

Monday 1st August 2005
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gutted for you Nigel

vetteheadracer

Original Poster:

8,273 posts

274 months

Monday 1st August 2005
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:Boosted said:
A turbo shouldn't break? What happened to it?

Incorrectly installed vacuum lines failing to release the actuator......

mrvet

973 posts

248 months

Tuesday 2nd August 2005
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Sorry to hear that mate was looking forward to seeing it run

vetteheadracer

Original Poster:

8,273 posts

274 months

Wednesday 21st September 2005
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I have been awaiting a new turbo from the US, it appears that the guy that owns the company that built the turbo originally has committed suicide (nothing to do with my calls I was glad to hear).
So, I now have to remove the old turbo and ship it back to the US so that the company that sold me the turbo kit can get the required parts re-manufactured.

ZR1cliff

17,999 posts

270 months

Wednesday 21st September 2005
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vetteheadracer said:
I have been awaiting a new turbo from the US, it appears that the guy that owns the company that built the turbo originally has committed suicide (nothing to do with my calls I was glad to hear).
So, I now have to remove the old turbo and ship it back to the US so that the company that sold me the turbo kit can get the required parts re-manufactured.


Nige sounds like a whole lot of mucking around,is there not a turbo Co here could match the Turbo?

Gixer

4,463 posts

269 months

Wednesday 21st September 2005
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Sorry to hear that Nigel hope it gets sorted without much more trouble

vetteheadracer

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274 months

Wednesday 21st September 2005
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As with all things in the UK it will be mega-expensive but I will mighttry getting the turbo rebuilt here rather than ship it to Washington state and back again and also trying to stop the b@stards at HMC&E trying to tax and vat me again on the re-importation could be fun.

stevieturbo

17,916 posts

268 months

Wednesday 21st September 2005
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Turbo Dynamics are one of the better specialists here. Would be worth calling them.

Podie

46,647 posts

296 months

Wednesday 21st September 2005
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vetteheadracer said:
As with all things in the UK it will be mega-expensive but I will mighttry getting the turbo rebuilt here rather than ship it to Washington state and back again and also trying to stop the b@stards at HMC&E trying to tax and vat me again on the re-importation could be fun.


IIRC you can get it passed them if it's a "warranty item"....

eric the brave

396 posts

268 months

Thursday 22nd September 2005
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[quote]As with all things in the UK it will be mega-expensive but I will mighttry getting the turbo rebuilt here rather than ship it to Washington state and back again and also trying to stop the b@stards at HMC&E trying to tax and vat me again on the re-importation could be fun.[/quote]

The C&E thing isn't an issue cos u can send it out on a temporary import under warranty return. Just important to get the correct paperwork done. Do NOT send it out normally and then expect to bring it back under temporary import. You have to log it prior to it going out!

vetteheadracer

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274 months

Monday 26th September 2005
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eric the brave said:

The C&E thing isn't an issue cos u can send it out on a temporary import under warranty return. Just important to get the correct paperwork done. Do NOT send it out normally and then expect to bring it back under temporary import. You have to log it prior to it going out!


How do I go about this?

I hope I will finish getting the turbo out next weekend.

Gixer

4,463 posts

269 months

Monday 26th September 2005
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vetteheadracer said:

I hope I will finish getting the turbo out next weekend.


Bl00dy Hell - sounds like an easy job then

eric the brave

396 posts

268 months

Tuesday 27th September 2005
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[quote]
How do I go about this? [/quote]

Shall we talk about this at Esher tonite?

vetteheadracer

Original Poster:

8,273 posts

274 months

Tuesday 27th September 2005
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eric the brave said:
vhr said:

How do I go about this?


Shall we talk about this at Esher tonite?


Don't forget the American car mags I lent you.....otherwise you'll get linched by all the others wanting to read the review of the C6 Z06......