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Is there any shaft play on that turbo or did something get in there and do all that daamage? Looks like something got in there, thats really sucks man wish you luck.

 

Ouch!!!
After 2 sets of pistons myself from running a 5th injector and all kinds of band-aids I know what you mean.

P.S.
In your pic, by your thumb...is that blood on that turbo!!!
LOL

 

Crap, what got in there?

What kind of manifold were you having trouble with cracking?

 

im almost 100% sure tom made his manifold

 

Damn, that right there is my worst fear. Something getting in my turbo, taking out some blades and my pistons and valves in the process. Hopefully your engine made it out unscathed.

That really sucks that you have gone through all that money, time and effort. It's impressive that you have stuck with it though. Many would have given up a long time ago. :thumbup:

 

See I dont know what got in there. Everything was on as it should be, I just have no idea what could have caused that.

There is no shaft play, its just that something must have got in there... very very wierd.

Let this be a lesson to anyone who wants to be "different" and do things custom! DONT! hehe

(unless you are a fabricator yourself).

 

im almost 100% sure tom made his manifold

Hasnt he had alot of problems with Cracking manifolds in the past?

I have his log and it surely hasnt held up all that great...

 

To be honest, I dont really want to go into Toms manifold workmanship. He just ends up blaming the person who bought it. Luckily the guy who is going to buy the manifold from me is like a neighbor to Tom so I'm sure they can get it working with better luck than I have had.

 

Damn looks like your disco-potato turned into a baked potato lol.

 

I bet it's a rogue CARB referee that's sabotaging you for trying to put a non-compliant FI system on your SVT :lol:. I went back and was looking through a lot of your old threads, and it was kind of painful to track the progression of a build-up that seemed to start with so much promise. I sure hope your luck starts taking a different direction soon.

 

Seeing as the car doesn't run, I'll trade you my running one, $5 and a ham sammich for it.

 

Ouch, that sucks.

The wear looks so even from one blade to another - I'd expect it to look like that if the compressor wheel contacted the housing somehow. I wouldn't think some random piece of junk could cause that sort of damage. Theoretically, compressor surge could be to blame, but I think surge damage would cause some shaft play.

 

There's no shaft play and I have a bypass valve that definately works, so I doube it's surge. I just have no idea what it could have been. Kinda stinks though.

 

Did you use welded steel tubes for the intake? Is it possible a "dingle berry" could have fallen from inside the intake tube?

 

Damn, you sure there wasnt anything inside that intake pipe? Even welding slag wouldnt cause damage like that. Something had to have been left in there or got sucked in. The remaining shape of each blade is too identical for something like slag or small debris to cause damage like that.

 

This is awful man. I am just glad you are not smart enough to stop dumping money into it, because it WILL run one day and you won't be able to control your excitement. Good luck!

 

To be honest, I dont really want to go into Toms manifold workmanship. He just ends up blaming the person who bought it. Luckily the guy who is going to buy the manifold from me is like a neighbor to Tom so I'm sure they can get it working with better luck than I have had.

Sorry to hear about your troubles as I know its been ongoing... Dont worry, I'll give the manifold a good home and get the bugs worked out of it. Hope you get everything up and going at some point... Believe me Ive been in your shoes and its aggravating as hell.....But once all is done and running smoothly you will be happy I GUARANTEE that. Best of luck,

Scott

 

Rod.. intake tubing is all aluminum. And I dont think there was any slag in there. The guys I went to are pretty reputable, but I can't say for sure.

Scott.. I'm sure you'll make much better use than I have of it

 

wow... david. that is insane.

I hope that you get it all worked out and it proves to be one of the most awesome turbo builds of all time.

All this hard work, it'd be a shame to not see it through.

 

Yeah, its weird. The impeller blades are sharp as razor blades. As if you filed them down with a sander or something. No real nicks or anything, though you can sort of see in the picture that the housing does look like something really got chucked around in there a lot.

As for the manifold, though Belacyrf won't say much about it, I will. I was there, under the car trying to install the first manifold, and it didn't even fit. Not even close. It was fixed, then it cracked. Fixed again, and now its cracked again.

I'm getting tired of helping him fix these damn turbo manifolds.

 

Wow.... CRAP!

I know how you feel somedays.

 

Thats nuts! sucked in a small rodent or something?! It slices, it dices, makes french fries 3 different ways!

 

Heh, now you know how I felt with my last project car, so far, it seems *knock on wood* everything is sliding into place, I get good deals on used parts, good feedback from nearly everyone, and everything seems to be working out great, although, I would rather have my previous v8 rwd death machine...

 

WOW that turbo looks terrible. It looks real bad. Wow, i sure hope you still have some sort of warranty with that turbo. For the price given, Id say no What does the exhaust side look like? I take it that its ok? What is your next step?