For the tritch.


Let's go Pens.

 

hell yeah, i would be ecstatic too. especially since the fix for such a potentially dangerous problem turned out to be a hundred bucks and some wrench time. that almost never happens.

 

Dave, put me down as a possibly for the meet. I may be in the area and I'll definitely swing down if i am. It'd be great to see everyone again

 

yeah, the traditional bell mouth inlet goes from 4" to like 3" with smooth walls that taper inwards, where the anti surge cover has a 4" inlet with a 3" inlet inside of it. walls are parallel to one another, and there are ports in between the walls where air can hit the outer fins of the compressor.

difficult to explain, but you'd understand immediately if you saw it.

$100 for that cover was the best investment ive made so far in that car. wrench time sucked thats for sure. trying to get the housing centered on the seal plate took some serious fandangaling, but i see no issues now when running the car.

its possible issues may arise when that turbo starts spinning at 100,000+ rpms, but who doesnt like a good fireworks display?

 

Glad it's workin out garrett , didn't take to long and was pretty smooth

 

whoever owns the white 8 RS with the JDM rear that I always see in the New Ken area and again on 28 heading north by the Natrona Heights Exit I'm going to steal your car! haha

 

Just drop the bumper off at my house.

 

less than 45 minutes till face off...

 

Win.

 

Stanley Lord Stanley!

 

Bring me the Brandy!!

 

Surge doesn't kill turbos as quick as some people would like you to believe. I'm not saying its good or acceptable I'm just saying that I have ran cars without a BOV and 38 ish psi doing full lifts to shift with that throttle plate slamming shut. People told me it wouldn't last long like that, well it outlasted the motor and the turbo was fine (except the turbo bearing damage due to metal debris from the motor).

 

What usually happens is a $10 part costs $1000 or more in damage. Its the laws of exponentials.

X^(Y/10)

Where X is the normal cost of the part. Y is how much money you "saved". So if you spend $18 for a jug of tx case fluid instead of the $70 jug from the dealer your cost will be:

70^1.8= $2095

 

ya when i ordered the compressor cover from fp, i talked to the salesman/tech for a while because he was super friendly and knowledgeable. he pretty much explained that with bb turbo's surge isnt good per se, but isnt as destructive as say a journal bearing turbo. something to do with the level of axial play in the ball bearings and center cartridge.

either way, i checked the amount of play on the compressor wheel and didnt notice any significant comparative play from when i bought it.

the surge was really affecting the way the car pulled though. it would cut out on power in wot and violently buck to the point where it wasnt even fun to get on it in any other gear but first or second.

problem solved; lesson learned

 

coming to the meet anyone else