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daveb666

posted on 20/1/20 at 09:25 AM Reply With Quote
[quote=dave2007bc]Remember how I said the car was complete, well apparently the car didn't agree.

I had some awesome drives over the last month or so. The car is really really motoring

https://www.instagram.com/p/B6xYxo4HqHq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link (instagram video)











Unfortunately when I returned from my last drive there was blue smoke coming out of the exhaust

I did a compression test, the results were all OK so it was fairly obvious the turbo oil seals had gone.

I set about taking the turbo off.



Once off, it was fairly clear the seals had gone. There was also significant movement in the shaft itself.





I took the turbo to Venom Turbos in Leeds. This company specialises in rebuilding ball-bearing turbos. The damage to the turbo was fairly severe and would have resulted in a bill of almost a grand.

I therefore chose to buy the most appropriate replacement 'off the shelf', for a bit more money. The Garrett GTX2867r GenII. This turbo has the potential to do 450bhp if I really push it!

New turbo arrived -





...and fitted.





I did a video on my YouTube channel of fitting removing the old turbo and replacing it with a new one.
https://youtu.be/hItjmUsdG6o

That's where I am currently. I need to get some road miles on the car before heading back over to Leeds for mapping.

If I can get to 435bhp that would take the car to 700bhp/ton which is more than a Koenigsegg CCX :beer:






2007bc Photography - Commercial and Wedding Photographer based in West Yorkshire

http://www.2007bc.co.uk / http://www.huddersfieldcommercialphotographer.co.uk

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