Turbo failure story

[rocket5979]

Sorry Dan, think I jinxed u with the post in ur other thread...

Good point! And since you assume partial responsibility, it only seems logical that you pay for part of the turbo rebuild, right?










































lol.

 

[Eagle]

Good point! And since you assume partial responsibility, it only seems logical that you pay for part of the turbo rebuild, right?


lol.

Bring it on!

 

[rocket69GTP]

I would expect to be served papers and sleeping in my G8 after that. Lol

 

[1MEANGT]

That sucks man, just glad it was only the turbo and nothing else.

 

[6literEat'r]

wondering if maybe with the recent engine problems
you've had, it pumped some metal into that turbo and
that's what contributed to wiping it out also?

 

[SaturdaysGS]

Glad it's just the turbo! Now I know where to take mine. I've been trying to find places locally and haven't really found anything. R&S will get a call from me Monday.

 

[School Boy]

Sorry to hear this Dan. Is Precision helping you out with the bill?

 

[UWISHU1]

dang Dan read your short/long story sucks to hear any type of damage, glad it wasn't too bad.
That's why I stopped giving people RIDES in my car

 

[Eagle]

Sorry to hear this Dan. Is Precision helping you out with the bill?

Really doubt it, but should know more tomorrow.

dang Dan read your short/long story sucks to hear any type of damage, glad it wasn't too bad.
That's why I stopped giving people RIDES in my car

that's one way to address the problem!

 

[SirMarco]

Gives you a reason to get a bigger turbo now.

 

[Handsome Jesus]

Gives you a reason to get a bigger turbo now.

I don't think they make one.

 

[SirMarco]

I don't think they make one.

Oh they can always make a bigger one.

 

[Handsome Jesus]

definitely a strange failure dan, nothing you can do about that one.

 

[Handsome Jesus]

Oh they can always make a bigger one.

anything bigger and it would go slower.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

geez ass man, what a clusterfuck.

fingers crossed for a positive outcome

 

[Eagle]

anything bigger and it would go slower.

Seems that the failure is related to pushing the turbo too hard. Going to be calling Precision shortly to discuss....

 

[Pressure Ratio]

Pushing it too hard? What does that even mean? Plus the thing has hardly ran since you got it.

If it was set up with too tight of a clearance that is on them. If it is a oil feed or return issue I could see it. "Pushing it too hard" would seem a like a lame excuse to me.

 

[Eagle]

Called them. The PT88 is rated to 1250HP... but not on a LS1 I guess. Too much back pressure pushes the exh wheel upwards, causing the bearing carrier to make contact with the compressor backing plate. This is what caused my failure.

GOOD NEWS IS, turbo will be fixed TODAY. Should have it by tomorrow, Wed at the latest.

 

[Eagle]

Pushing it too hard? What does that even mean? Plus the thing has hardly ran since you got it.

If it was set up with too tight of a clearance that is on them. If it is a oil feed or return issue I could see it. "Pushing it too hard" would seem a like a lame excuse to me.

RS thought it was setup too tight. Precision, unfortunately, seems to think that I'm pusing it too hard. Guessing they think that the tolerances are correct too.

Precision tried an upsell on me, but I'm not trying to toss another chunk of money at the car this year. I guess I'll try to keep it within reason for the remaining bit of this year.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

teh LS1 ruins turbos rated up to 100 billion dollars....oh....wait...i mean.... uh...er

 

[Eagle]

this turbo is supposed to be rated to 1250HP... but if you can't spin it hard enough to get there.... Maybe its only good enough for smaller engines.

 

[10sec]

An 88 will make 1200hp on a 3.5ltr motor, it's a different story for 5.7ltrs. I can see what they're saying.

 

[Pressure Ratio]

So you should have done a t6 frame turbo when I told you to? haha

I don't blame you for staying with it. Spending money over and over sucks. But there are guys running that turbo with out issues on LS cars. You can probably send me more links to LS1tech and so on showing me this. So why do their's live and your turbo fails with limited use?

Plus the amount of pressure needed to compress the oil? Or force the oil out of the carriage seems far fetched. Seems like an attempt for them to make you feel comfortable with the bill they are about to give you.

this turbo is supposed to be rated to 1250HP... but if you can't spin it hard enough to get there.... Maybe its only good enough for smaller engines.

Correct. It's about pressure ratios.

 

[10sec]

It could have also been from the sustained stress when it was making those 1/2mile pulls.

 

[Eagle]

#1. Need to get my engine bay reorganized to get a T6 under the hood.
#2. I'd really like to get the advertised power from the turbo I bought before I had to upgrade it....
#3. I'm cheap.