mobythevan Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Got megasquirt and wideband put on my new car, 90 talon. Went in last night to clean up a few things to start tuning and when I removed the intake pipe from the turbo I heard the unmistakable sound of something hitting the floor. WTF?, I couldn't have dropped anything, so I continue to remove the guts of the MAF and realize that 1 of the four tabs that use to hold the "silencer" is not there. I fearfully look into the front of the turbo chipped and bent compressor wheel. Look back on the floor and there is the fourth tab, been rattling around at the turbo intake for 2 weeks .Brand new EVO3 16g turbo with 3k miles on it. This came about because I had to cut the silencer out two weeks ago to fit the new intake pipe and didn't realize that action left 4 tabs, the size of a dime each, with nothing but crazy luck holding them in place. Lesson learned, when modding the intake double check and disassemble everything to make sure no piece can come loose. Looks like a local shop can send it out and have the compressor wheel cleaned up and re-balanced. Thank goodness I noticed it now and didn't drive it until the compressor ground out and ruined the turbo completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 thats okay.. i did something like that. but it was on a friends SP66 single turbo supra... ya... leaving a washer in the intake pipe sure didnt help spool it up any faster. atleast its fixable. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLOZ UP Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 I just had to touch my t3/t04's compressor wheel when it was spinning at idle... blood lubrication for the win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some-Guy Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 ^ oww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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