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  1. 89turboguy

    UPS fails yet again

    ok i might be alone on this one, but everytime i have something shipped or shipped to me through UPS they lose it or misplace it or send it to the wrong place. i have a part coming from mdcmotorsports that was suposed to be here on wednesday, but the sent it to the wrong place, then yesterday i...
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    God damn srt-4's

    So i went to the bandimere, our drag track, for test and tune tonight just to watch. There were some nice cars there, but the thing that bothered me was every other fricken car was a damn srt4. yes, some ran decent times but there were so god damn many of them. is it like this in your towns or...
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    turbo oil drain line question

    i was searching and i saw that the oil drain from the turbo is mainly gravity drained. and since i made my own block fitting the drain hose hangs lower than the block fitting. since it is gravity drained will this cause a problem?
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    install problems

    hey, im trying to put my sp61gt on my car, and i cannot figure out how the oil feed lines connect to the car. the feed line has a nut like end on it, and where the old feed line was it was a banjo bolt so i cannot figure out how i would go about hooking it up, and the other line that runs from...
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    Tyler's build thread

    I blew that pos stock ct-26, and i am removing it to put on a sp61gt. heres some pics of the tear down, and some of the damage. dirty ass engine bay- Blown turbo- thats all ive got for now. ill try to size the pics down next time, it wasnt working this time.
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    oil in exhaust housing

    i pulled my turbo off yesterday to make way for my new one. as i was pulling it off i found oil in the exhaust housing. the turbo was blown so i was thinking maybe i just blew the seals out of the turbo. what do you think? heres a pic. sorry its so big, it wouldnt let me size it.
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    how high can i go

    how much abuse, and boost would my stock 7mgte, including stock head gasket stand up to with a sp61gt? lets say i have a full 3" turbo back system including elbow and an k&n fipk. and 50,000 on my motor.what do you think?
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    my night was better than yours

    so tonight, i went out with my sisters WRX to hang with my local subie friends. little did i know they had big plans for the evening. we went and met with our subie friend that is a state patrol, the one who did this to his STI-...
  9. 89turboguy

    its ready to snow!

    Right now it is 40 degrees, cloudy, and i seriously think its going to snow. I HATE WINTER!:cry: :cry: this picture is off my deck, doesnt it look like its gunna snow?
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    can you dance like this?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg :biglaugh:
  11. 89turboguy

    Choose my turbo!

    Ok so i blew my turbo, and i am not going to go with the stock ct-26, so i might as well upgrade while i have a chance. BUT, i have a problem i cant choose between the three listed below. So this is kinda like a poll to see which one looks like the best deal, and what you guys think i should...
  12. 89turboguy

    check engine light code 24/34

    while i was doing a highway pull at between 13-15psi i hit what i thought was fuel cut, but then car starting pouring out white smoke and i pulled two codes one 24/34 from the white smoke i assume that i blew my turbo, but could there be any other damage that i dont know about? or is the turbo...
  13. 89turboguy

    where does this hose go?

    does anyone know where the hose that comes off the bottom of the turbo inlet hose goes? its just dangling off and i cant find where it goes.:1zhelp:
  14. 89turboguy

    crazy boost stuff: need help fast!

    ok so, i was having problems with my boost, i could not raise it at all with a bc. so i got mad and unplugged my wastegate hose to see if i would build any boost, hoping it would just hit fuel cut and tell me my turbo is boosting right. but when i did this my car just hits about .07-.08 bar and...
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    adding up the cost

    ok i am looking at the boss stage 5 turbos, if i do choose to go with one of these around 500 crank hp, what kind of supporting mods will i need? for example will i need injectors? will kind of tuning should i go with? etc. if you can help i would appreciate it.
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    boost issues

    I searched for this but just didnt find an anwser, so hopefully someone can help me out. so, i put a manual boost controller on my car not to long ago, i started out just turning it up little by little but i didnt notice a difference in boost. so i maxed the boost controller out and went for a...
  17. 89turboguy

    Damn those new Z06's are fast!

    Ok, i wasnt racing, but i was there as two different cars tried to take on a brand new corvette Z06. First a older nissan sentra SRD20 swap pulled up to the line, he ran a 12.7 here in denver. Had the slip to prove it. They start from a stop........the corvette pulls about 10 cars on him in...
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    raced a srt-4 in my sisters stock 02 wrx

    I cant say this was a kill, because i lost. but it was a good race. we raced from 70 to 130 and by the end amazingly he only pulled one car length on me. Arent the srt-'s supposed to be able to beat sti's on the highway? The funny thing though is, i know this kid, and since he bought the car he...
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    My supra (long story)

    To start this story off i will tell you i bought my 89 supra turbo off ebay. BAD IDEA! So i buy the car and i am in colorado, the car is in california so we fly out to get it. we get there the guy picks us up from the airport, hes really nice to us, the car looks really clean both mechanical and...