Im impressed...a big mistake..and someone came through in the end. it must be the xmas season.

well done james.

in the future...dont drive it AT ALL if you are having probs...a 50 dollar tow is less than all you are going thru.

good luck


j

 

<tips hat to James> ...what a nice guy.

 

Nice James, You better stay away from the "just blew my motor" and the "just wrecked my car" threads.
But thats really nice of you.

 

Hahaha, rotobrain, did you used to work at an airport or something?!!...lol I used work at the airport here and that's what we called ANYTHING on the runway because of the jet engines. I didn't know "Foreign Object Damage" was used in any other industries...lol

 

If your goal is to just keep the boost low don't bother with a manual control. Just plug the vac line coming off the actuator and you'll max at 7psi.

Kevin T. Wyum

 

hehe, yeah i got it from army aviation. im in the national guard. i work on apaches. . . sometimes. haha. i think FOD should be used in EVERYTHING. hahaha.

paul

 

I'm not trying to cause any problems but you might want to check that shipping before deciding the price. The last set I sent via UPS was right at $50. If you pull them off the turbo manifold it pretty much cuts that in half but you chance stripping bolt ect ect

Anyway, just thought I'd let you guys know that

STEPHEN

 

LMAO - I agree 100%...you never know when that McDonald's milkshake could get sucked into someone's intake :P

BTW - good luck with the engine guy, I hope the T-Shirt didn't get sucked into it. By the sounds of it it's in the intercooler? I hope it just takes some hard work to get it out and not a rebuild or something. Glad to see everyone was able to help you out a bit though

 

found a large piece of t-shirt logged in the rear turbo, was able to remove...the rear turbo seems to have one clipped fin

the front fins are mangled

here's the pics

shot of front turbo


another shot of front turbo


rear turbo



piece found in rear turbo


is this normal (the oil) or is the seal shot?

 

nice pics. Do you think that is all of it?

 

i would definatly get a frame for the shirt. will make for a great conversation piece by hanging on the wall of your garage.

 

HAHAHAA kill me now.... you guys flame to death someone who doesnt use the search button... and then when something like this happens you crumble with pity haha... Im sorry, but this one takes the cake.

BTW, did you get a new t-shirt yet, or did you just rip the arms off the one your wearing?

P.S. > Just joking, just last week I tried to use a maxipad for a cat and it blew right out my tailpipe, causing horrible, horrible accidents lol.

 

Zoiks! Those things are paperweights! I wouldn't worry about the oil seal, but it looks like it seeping a tad, doesn't look bad though.

 

yeah, so it looks like i'll need a stock intercooler, flushing this one will be a pain

i'm removing the turbos now

 

93BlackFD - glad you were able to figure it out. Good luck with the the turbos. Don't you think it would be cheaper/easier to flush it? What about that guy's idea about flushing it with a radiator flush?

 

yeah, is a good idea....but I see stock IC's go for next to nothing, it'd just be easier on me if someone wanted to clean out their garage and would offer one for shipping

they're not worth anything, we all know that

looks like i'll be going with the non-seq stage2 BNR's

it's the only thing i can think of that will make me feel better about this entire project

 

Yeah I guess you're right if you can find one cheap (intercooler) As for the BNR's, that's awesome...although I can just imagine how it must be for you went it's hard to afford things I'd love something similar, but I'm in the same boat at the moment

 

actually i'm going to bolt on james' twins and just pray for the next 6 months, as for the intercooler

i'm going to go with the greddy FMIC that's on sale right now, i'm just too afraid to put mine back in the loop

is there a how-to for the install?

 

It's a pain in the ***, or so I've been told.

Is your car all stock otherwise? Depending on what mods you've got, you might want to look into engine management along with the IC.....

 

i've got a fully opened exhaust and soon to come k&n's from Lost Time

can't i just manually keep the boost down until i get engine management?

 

Hey man, get with me about the IC.

 

Note to self: Do not buy a car from spurvo....


93BlackFD - I have a stock IC I'd be willing to donate to the project if you are still going the poor man's path. It is not as gracious an offer as stock turbo's but we all cant be as cool as james (way to go james!). Those pics you posted look scary...lots of metal missing from those blades. How far did you drive it after it got sucked in? If it wasnt far I would consider trying to save the engine, but if it was far then I cant see how all that metal made it through your engine without hurting it.

To the community - Great job guys not kicking this guy when he was down (with only a few exceptions). There may be hope for this forum yet!

Shawn
www.3rdgenrx7.com

 

I've been following this story since it happen and it's great to see the rotor community help (donate parts, hey I've got a stock cigarette lighter if needed) this guy out.

93blackfd - Hope you get your car up and running again, I bet you've learned alot about your car, since this happen.

It's great to know this community is so helpful when things go really wrong!

 

Hey man I have a stock IC you can have for shipping only, that is if you havent picked one up yet. I have no use for it anymore and could use the space so let me know if you still need one. No cracks and overall in excellent shape...

 

updates with pics:

got james' turbos, cleaned them up, redid coolant/oil lines, cleaned them out...should be all set, i also found out that i had NO pills in my lines, so I pulled the ones from james' and installed them on mine, now i will be able to hit 10psi, finally!! my exhaust turbines were COVERED in carbon, his look great

i'll be getting a new IC, TCA, CRV, and various other things from Lost Time early next week, hopefully i'll be spoolin in no time...just pray for good coolant seals
check out the side by side pics