This made 9psi!

[BB-Q]

This turbo, when removed, was making a rock solid 9psi according to a much respected member of the other forum I visit!

[eliot]

Nothing a bit of restore oil couldn't fix.

[d1bble]

9psi you say?

[Boosted LS1]

Was it being fed compressed air

[BB-Q]

Boosted LS1 said:

Was it being fed compressed air

Apparently not. He said it hit 9psi like a wall and wouldn't go any higher (it was his friend's car). So he decided to pull it off to have a look. The owner of the car had been running without a filter for a while for some reason.

They think the turbo ingested a 10mm nut, as that was the only thing they could find missing in the engine bay!

[Mr2Mike]

BB-Q said:

They think the turbo ingested a 10mm nut, as that was the only thing they could find missing in the engine bay!

I wonder what happened to said nut after it finaly managed to pass through the compressor? Hopefully caught by the intercooler...

[rev-erend]

Guess he has learnt his lesson about the air filter.

[BB-Q]

Mr2Mike said:

BB-Q said:

They think the turbo ingested a 10mm nut, as that was the only thing they could find missing in the engine bay!

I wonder what happened to said nut after it finaly managed to pass through the compressor? Hopefully caught by the intercooler...

I'm told they found a metallic, dusty substance inside the intercooler that could only have been said foreign object and turbine blade remains.

[That Daddy]

I never understood the logic of running no filter/s,times i see engines on sidedraughts with piston rings and bores ground away by dirt that the cylinders had ingestedall because it looked cool showing off the carbs shiny trumpets

[Howitzer]

When you hear a turbo making 3 bar of boost with no filter, the joys of filterless running will be appreciated !

Dave!

[That Daddy]

Howitzer said:

When you hear a turbo making 3 bar of boost with no filter, the joys of filterless running will be appreciated !

Dave!

No thanksi favour my horsepower over sound thanks

[PJR]

Just for a moment, I wondered if this turbo belonged to that guy that was all over many car forums a month or 3 ago.. You know.. The guy that WELDED bits of metal to his turbo blades to make them larger

P,

[Xenocide]

PJR said:

Just for a moment, I wondered if this turbo belonged to that guy that was all over many car forums a month or 3 ago.. You know.. The guy that WELDED bits of metal to his turbo blades to make them larger

P,

Haha what the hell? Link?

[B19GRR]

Xenocide said:

PJR said:

Just for a moment, I wondered if this turbo belonged to that guy that was all over many car forums a month or 3 ago.. You know.. The guy that WELDED bits of metal to his turbo blades to make them larger

P,

Haha what the hell? Link?

http://www.mx6.com/forums/2g-mx6-forced-induction/194308-turbo-mod.html
A clever chap indeed!


Cheers,
Rob

Edited by B19GRR on Sunday 21st October 20:48

[BB-Q]

Hmm. I wonder how many seconds of boost that saw before it grenaded?

[That Daddy]

BB-Q said:

Hmm. I wonder how many seconds of boost that saw before it grenaded?

Yes it looks well balanced too

[love machine]

You have to admire his welding though, that looks tricky! (even if you had the housing off.)

[rev-erend]

The welding is terrible..

[That Daddy]

rev-erend said:

The welding is terrible..

Yeh,i think he was looking the other way when he popped the torch in thereMr Blobby style

[Pigeon]

Any particular reason why the nut holding the rotor onto the shaft usually has 12 points rather than 6?