why is it being towed in the last pic?

 

clutch cable snapped

 

wow wth? wasn't it a brand new turbo?

 

Yea that's why it broke.

 

wheels? size too please????

 

no dude sold the RMs and CPRs

@kiDchaos no spacer man!

 

Clutchless shifting ... Thats how i got home when it happend to me

 

ASA dont know the model, 15x8

 

The meet at the pep boys speed shop will start at 8 am sharp. I think we should leave at around 9, because from the looks of things, its going to be a big meet and I want us to grab some good spots.

So what's the plan with your ride? any warranty on the turbo? let me know if you need anything homie!!!!!

 

Yup, 100% brand new, fresh out of the Garrett box....... WTF!
Great luck I tell ya, great luck!

Kyle, don't understand what you're trying to get at with the last comment?

Well it has a 1 year mfr warranty on it, I have to send it to a Garrett distributor so they can inspect it before a claim is filed. I just know they are going to find some way to rape me on it and put it on me........

 

did you prime it before using it? you dont think maybe your sintered line got clogged somehow and starved it of oil do you? just tryin to dig for ideas here...

 

Thanks and yes its pancake reissue sorry for the late reply im mostly on g2ic than I am on here

 

Yep! Mine broke in the middle of the Nashville Motor Speedway on the first day of Import Alliance this year. I made it all the way back to the hotel with no clutch. It was pretty hard to get going because I HIT EVERY SINGLE LIGHT THAT I POSSIBLY COULD.

 

Nope oil was flowing freely........

There is no break in or need to really prime a turbo, once there is oil pressure, oil is shot through the turbo, which is perfect.

We are all pretty baffled. John and my buddy Jason were there with it on the dyno and checked, double checked and triple checked everything again before and after and everything was within an optimum operating environment.

 

Finally lowered my car and added the accord skirts. I have two sets of front mud flaps so i think I'm going to cut into one and have the skirt fit into the mud flap. See how that looks. If it doesn't come out right I'll trim the skirt to sit flush against the other set.

NOW




BEFORE

 

sounds like a pretty crappy deal. so what are you going to do while waiting for them to inspect the turbo?

 

Yea, I'm not really sure WTF happened. All aspects of the supply and drain system seem fine, no kinks or blockages or any of that jazz. Pretty simple. Who knows!

Going to sit here with my thumb up my butt and wait, not much else to do. Once again the car is stuck up at Absolute. No reason to tow it here really.

 

guess you just didn't build it right? lol

hopefully everything gets worked out and garrett doesnt give ya the shaft

 

hahhaha yea.............
Waiting for someone to be like you didn't put the water line on it! LoL

Yea, I honestly don't know what to expect at this point however, this is the last straw with money I have for this thing right now. If it doesn't work out, I will just trailer it here and it can sit for a while. House and wedding stuff are eating up my $$$$.

I guess the good thing is that I had Absolute put the new turbo on because it was basically stuck up there. So it was either have them do it there and take no time or for me to try and trailer it somewhere, either my house or Jason's and do it there, then trailer or drive it back to dyno. But glad I didn't because that would have ended badly.
So I'm hoping with Absolute's backing we can get this resolved with Garrett.

 

yeah i'm thinking since it was a well respected shop who installed it, it should go a long ways with garrett. hopefully anyhow

 

ok i plan on having people meet at the I95 rest stop from de, nj and my area and then we can head out of there by 6:30 and that should be enough time for us to get there by 8-8:30am. hopefully people show up on time cause if not they are on their own.

 

Yea I'm really kinda stuck too because if much else goes wrong I won't have any time to take care of it. About to start 12 credits this semester

 

FYI: When I had my turbo rebuilt by gpopshop, he was adamant that I prime the turbo before running it.

 

I see the reasoning for this but didn't see any mention on Garret's website directly however will have to see if it was.
I know plenty of people that have not though because once the engine cranks it will get oil.

 

that is freakin early.