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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 07:36 PM
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well i got the new head on and checked everything twice started her up and big cloud of smoke .. thought it wwas a leaky hg but nope pulled my turbo off and found quite a bit of oil and a puddle under the dp..

i have street tuned it and ran for about 300 miles had a day of dyno time and 4 passes at the track.. and this happens..




puddle of oil from the dp



started it up with no turbo on it and didnt smoke a lick.. why do you supposed it went so fast

if you have seen my setup yah i have it watercooled and oil cooled using a stealthmode oil ine kit. striaght shot to the oil pan on the return
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 07:38 PM
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did you have an oil restrictor? The ballbearing units are picky...and the worst part is that they can't be rebuilt
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 07:40 PM
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that F#$%ing sucks. What size was your oil feed?

Can you rebuild a ballbearing turbo?
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 07:57 PM
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-3 an i believe yeah i have a restrictor on it ..

blast performance DOES rebuild ball bearings they just started to do it but its not cheap..

i still have warrenty so i should get a new one but i wanna know why its did this cause i dont want another 1300$ paper wieght after4 passes
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 08:03 PM
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What did your return look like? You had a topmount didn't you?

Also interested to see your catchcan setup.
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 08:09 PM
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too dark for pics..

one tueb from valve cover to catch can .. other tube vented into atmosphere just to catch the oil stock pvc system

return had a vertical s curve then a nice 45 deg bend to the pan better than my log manifold return
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 09:35 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by THEDirtyDseriesWOOT &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">-3 an i believe yeah i have a restrictor on it ..

blast performance DOES rebuild ball bearings they just started to do it but its not cheap..

i still have warrenty so i should get a new one but i wanna know why its did this cause i dont want another 1300$ paper wieght after4 passes</TD></TR></TABLE>

i have a GT35R paper weight. they told me tought **** customer error

hope you get it resovled
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 10:57 PM
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this is making me stressed, i just bought a gt30r
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 11:47 PM
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here is garrett's return or warranty read it

http://www.full-race.com/artic...Y.pdf
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 04:55 AM
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well im not a lawyer so i dont know what any of that means lol
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 04:58 AM
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is this the turbo that made 403?


It would seem the car would have WAY more than 4 passes on it.I think ive seen more than 4 videos of it

hope u get it done.
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 08:48 AM
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yah only 4 passes with this turbo.. the other passes were on a ebay 57trim.. only netted 12.3@116 and 333whp
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 08:52 AM
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What size oil feed restrictor? Any pictures of the oil feed restrictor? Any pictures of the return to the pan? Need to make sure you take steps so it wont happen again. I had a larger dbb turbo on a customer's car do similar. Didnt have a restrictor. Straight -3 feed. Put a restrictor on the new one and so far so good
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 08:56 AM
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Did the turbo suck in anything? Any pics of the compressor wheels?

Looks like you didn't run a filter at all.
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 09:28 AM
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Since you welded such a fantastic cage... im sure that you can rebuild that turbo yourself!
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 10:12 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1Bar GSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Since you welded such a fantastic cage... im sure that you can rebuild that turbo yourself! </TD></TR></TABLE>

funny *******

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CRX T-Si &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Did the turbo suck in anything? Any pics of the compressor wheels?

Looks like you didn't run a filter at all.</TD></TR></TABLE>

no i run a filter just didnt on the dyno.
compressor wheel its sex still and very little shaft play.. just kleaking god aweful amount of oil

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by alpha &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What size oil feed restrictor? Any pictures of the oil feed restrictor? Any pictures of the return to the pan? Need to make sure you take steps so it wont happen again. I had a larger dbb turbo on a customer's car do similar. Didnt have a restrictor. Straight -3 feed. Put a restrictor on the new one and so far so good</TD></TR></TABLE>

since the turbo is off no i have no pics of the return line.. it was a straight shot to the pan much better than my drag mani return on a ebay turbo that is still runnigto this day on antoher guys car
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 10:27 AM
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Can you take a picture of the restrictor?
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 12:06 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by alpha &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Can you take a picture of the restrictor?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yah lemme get off work and do that tonight
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 02:11 PM
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i have a GT35R paper weight. they told me tought **** customer error

hope you get it resovled</TD></TR></TABLE>

So what's the story on it? Why the "tuff **** customer" deal?
It's true that BB turbos are particular about having too much oil pressure, but I've never seen a shop that gives much direction in how to measure oil at the turbo beyond some basic PSI of engine oil pressure.

What kind of restrictor are you running?

I don't know the BB turbos very well - Blaast will definitely give you an opinion on it, but I think you've got to go in there and press off the bearing races, which make it expensive.

I've been thinking about a BB unit myself, but I've had issues with journal bearing turbos and don't want a $1k paperweight...
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 04:03 PM
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I'm surprised your d-series lasted longer than that turbo.
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 04:38 PM
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why wouldn't last it was built?
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Old Nov 14, 2007 | 08:41 AM
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omg your oil return line is ****** tiny!!!!!!!!!!!! i know that is not even at least a 10AN
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Old Nov 14, 2007 | 08:41 AM
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oh yah is that a tunner toys return line kit???
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Old Nov 14, 2007 | 08:43 AM
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What brand turbo is this and is that fitting a restrictor fitting? From the looks of it, it isn't and also looks like a -4an line.
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Old Nov 14, 2007 | 09:24 AM
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your turbo is fine, get a proper sized return line

you built up oil pressure in the chra so it started to leak, not a big deal really
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