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The car is still inop as it waits for a rebuilt turbo, electronic boost control, and a new wastegate setup. I'm looking at $1500-2k in parts, so I'll be saving up. I refuse to use credit or dip in to savings for a 21-year old hoopty lol -
Updates? Just picked up a bunch of m106 stuff and read the whole thread, what a journey!Leave a comment:
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I've heard TCD does good stuff too. I'm sure both companies are competent.
Anyway summer term of grad school wraps up next week, which gives me a ~2 week break to fiddle around with the car. So I'll pull the turbo out and check it. It's also a good time to prep my downpipe for ceramic coating, and possibly measure the exhaust housing for a PTP turbo blanket. Gotta do what I can to keep these temps down :cringe:Leave a comment:
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Send it to TCD and get the upgraded turbo. Wonder what went wrong.
edit just saw you were sending it to other guys for upgrade maybe i should read better lolLeave a comment:
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Well, I've kind of been neglecting this thread...
Turns out the return line was plugged INSIDE the fuel tank somewhere, and the only solution was to install a new tank. So that got done back in early June.
e30 picnic went off without a hitch, had many beers, hung out with lots of great friends, etc etc etc.
Then proceeded to not drive it for roughly a month, for some reason. Dunno.
Then a couple weeks ago I decided to dive in to the carbon cleaning/walnut shell blasting on my 335D, which takes several days. So I DD'd the 'vert for a whole week, which kind of sucked, because it's a terrible commuting car. Noisy, rough, etc. But it did give me a chance to finally work on some of the MEgasquirt driveability issues I was having, like erratic idle and throttle response. Too bad it was like 95F for 3 days in a row, and I can't use the A/C when stuck in traffic
Then, this last Sunday, I drive home in the evening, shut the car off, and I can hear *tick tick tick tick tick* after I shut the car off. The ticking starts fast and slows down to a stop over 5-ish seconds. I realized it's the turbo... either the exhaust or compressor wheel is hitting the housing :(
So, time to tear it out and rebuild it... I must have fucked something up. I'm going to send it to these guys. They specialize in these old KKK turbos: http://gpopshop.com/
They do a full rebuild with a billet compressor wheel upgrade for ~$700. Should drop spool-up by about 1000 RPM :evil:Leave a comment:
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What's even scarier is the fact it wasn't caused by bad maintenance/old fuel lines. The situation was completely unavoidable.Leave a comment:
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Close call, good thing it didn't catch fire, raw fuel spraying under hood + turbo car = ass pucker.Leave a comment:
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You're very lucky your car didn't catch fire. That's how my red IX burned down. :(
Glad everything is together and it's still fixable.Leave a comment:
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I am going to have to invest in a fire extinguisher with all these horror stories popping up recently. I am glad your car is safe. Too much time and effort in it to literally go up in flames.Leave a comment:
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As far as I can tell, something came loose in the fuel system and plugged up the return line; whatever it is, it has to be downstream of the filter (obviously). The FPR o-ring was really chewed up and had big chunks missing, but it's on the inlet side and IDK if it could actually pass through the regulator?
Anyway, I doubt either the turbo setup or the Walbro 255 LPH had anything to do with it, though the power of the pump definitely contributed to the massive over-pressure exploding haha.
For now I will bypass the clogged section, and in the winter I'll fit a new tank. Works for me.Leave a comment:
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