This guy knows his stuff

Red =

 

damn sucks to hear that...i wanna know if this is a common problem as ill be getting my RED in another week most likely

 

You can see where the blades were riding on the heat shield. The blades are in perfect shape with the hotside on. But once you remove the hotside you can see the damage on the blades . If something got sucked up in the turbo the blades would be trashed. They only have small cracks in them but all intact.

Im only trying to see if anybody else has had this same problem.

 

I'm not picking at you, but if the turbine wheel is moving INTO the housing, would that not make the compressor wheel be moving OUT into the compressor housing, which you said was undamaged?

 

ha....**** dood.... i wouldn't know what to do either, lol.

 

That's what I don't understand?? It's only damaged where it meets the heatshield.

The only reason I saw that it was damaged was because I took the hotside off. Otherwise it looks perfect with it on.

 

Are you serious with this post?

 

Sorry to hear Roger. Sounds like it only lasted about a month right? I remember you almost bought my 3076HTA kit before you decided on the red.

 

Yeah, now Im kicking myself in the butt

Ups just picked up my turbo. I will post an update as soon as I hear from FP.
(fingers crossed)

 

Just to clarify this for anyone who may be confused now, this guy has no clue that the FP Red is based on the Evo IX turbo which uses the factory Mitsubishi CHRA which is a journal bearing cartridge. I hope this hasn't confused to many people, obviously those in the know already are aware of the misinformation posted by him.

To the OP sorry for the bad luck but I'm sure if you contact FP they will help you figure out what it is and get you a replacement if it is a failure on there part.

Josh

 

It may still be MHI journal bearings, but if the turbine shaft is larger, did they swap out or just machine the bearings? Also are they incorporating the stock MHI 360* thrust bearing? It does have a new turbine wheel, so there is a good possibility that the internals may not be factory MHI anymore. I still pretty much agree with his statement of Borg/Warner and Holset...I've never seen one have in and out shaft play. It's a shame more Evo guys don't jump into a HX35/HX40 hybrid, it's a wicked combo that gives the 3586r a big run for the money, and costs well under half the price.

Either way good luck, that pretty much cements my decision for a BBK for the time being.

 

Holsett HX-40's have, in fact, been known to suffer shaft failures, due to innadequate oil feed passages in the center housing, in spite of your claim to the contrary. There is a notable tendency to speculate and make dubious accusations in this particular thread. There is a lot of firing from the hip!

 

Lots of uninformed comments in this thread. BBK failures are documented, too. Like I said before, let's learn what the cause of the failure was, then go on to what should be the outcome.

 

 

^^^^^^ Nice!!!!

Josh