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Mike Rainbird

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30psi on greens is for pansies .

I ran 34 psi peak and holding 26psi to 7k. Made 385bhp / 403lbft on a T34 0.48 a/r and did 172mph and a 12.640s quarter at 115.96mph



Must have been well lean, as it survived seven 170mph runs on the same day back in 1998 .

bud-weis

It's a well known fact your greens were actually painted though Mike

Mike Rainbird

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When it regularly used to hand other "allegedly" more powerful cars their arse at Santa Pod, I used to get regularly accused of that . I would open my bonnet and tell them to be my guest with their finger nail .

reisskahn

Little Update: managed to finally whip of the turbo (thanks to my cousin as i could get the last 3 bolts of and was about to give up)

Anyway loads of oil in the downpipe and manifold and the exhuast side/housing turbine is completely lose with loads of play in it. Dont know what that means....

Hopefully being sent of to CR Turbo's today for inspection and see what the cause was

So will keep you updated

Turbosystems

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it will have shed an exhaust blade
the joys of high boost and a 48
use a 55 housing and a 7 degree cut back exhaust wheel

Lee_R21Turbo

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No doubt it will be 'oil starvation or oil contamination' the same old excuse more turbo companies use when a turbo fails!!!

Turbosystems

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99.9 % of the time it is though

reisskahn

The blades look ok as thats the first thing i checked just that whole thing as collasped

See what CR Turbo's have to say the cause was and just take it from there i guess

Turbosystems

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looks like it is as above then

RWD_cossie_wil

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I had a brand new CR turbo fail after less than 200 miles , T34.48, put the turbo on on a friday night + new oil and filter, and new feed pipe. Pre-filled the turbo with a bit of oil and primed the pipe to ensure 100% lubrication . Drove home from mates unit (8 miles) Drove to MSD on Saturday (130 miles) completly off boost as it was on a small turbo car, so didn't want to risk anything. Monday afternoon I get the phone call off Stu, "hi, your new turbo has just died in a big cloud of blue smoke" .

Total bearing failure, oil fucking everywhere. Sent it back, and got the old " Oil contamination" reply..... Luckily they honoured the warranty as 200 miles is taking the piss a bit.

Mates 3 door had a GT35/T4 hybrid CR turbo, died on the M5 after less than 1500 miles..... New oil and filter again, but unfortunatly the turbo was bought as part of the engine, total bearing failure..... oil fucking everywhere, and the engine was almost brand new as well, so had 3 oil and filter changes....

Just hope my Brand new T38 lasts a bit longer

Jay,

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me not his warrenty is as tight as a ducks arse and then some

reisskahn

Had a call from CR Turbo's this morning and they saying the turbo is more or less f....d. Its broke the shaft in half and has damaged/scorched the housings so cant be rebuilt...

Said the cause could've been anything oil contamanation, starvation etc

None of this make sense to me only way is a new unit which i being offerd to me at 525....

RWD_cossie_wil: I was about to order a new unit but your last post has put me in two minds now so what you reckon i should do?

Last thing i wanna do is go out lash 500quids and have the same problem week/month down the line

Mike Rainbird

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This is the answer .

http://www.randbmotorsport.co.uk/sho...?ProductID=187

RWD_cossie_wil

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Mike, on a 4x4 engine, where do you take the oil feed from? Obviously mine comes from the side of the head, but do you blank that off and take a T from the oil pressure sender block like the 2wd? Wouldn't mind a pre-filter for the Escort.

Riess,
I would use Turbo Technics, they warranty the turbos to 30psi . Think for a brand new T34.48 with cut back blades it is around £600 non-exchange, pretty sure thats close to what my mate paid . Also, I would do an engine flush with flushing oil, as chances are there are bits of mashed turbo bearing in the oil system now. Then fit a new filter, new oil and a new oil feed pipe just to be sure

reisskahn

Yeh i spoke to Karl and he recommend Turbo Technics aswell but if its much more thanh £600 than am broke lol...... This is my first major problem and after seeing being around the ones that have melted, broke cams, boxes etc i dont know how you all do it......

Typical weather aswell cant even enjoy having the roof down on the bm.. oh well i honestly believe now what my cousin always told me from day one COSSIE'S ARE TIME BOMBS

reisskahn

Little update: Finally managed to get a new turbo, received it today but can't be arsed to fit it trying to enjoy the weather whilst it lasts...

Supplied by CR TURBO's (t34.48) As you can see Mark has sent the old bits back from the blown turbo, dont have a clue why or what as happend

But car is at Karls on Tuesday once ive manage to fit the t34 to get everything checked over and get the damn car ready for Ford Fair and me cousins wedding