MidnightGTR

well the turbos are on now and everything seems to be fine, just hope it lasts and the cracks dont get any bigger. Id like to believe they will be ok but I thought id just ask anyway, I ended up not getting it welded and just left it as is.

I purchased 2 turbos off Doughboy recently that had been rebuilt by Precision turbos in Sydney. When I got the turbos to me they looked fine, booked it in down at the workshop and my mechanic rang me a few hours later and said he had some bad news. Said both turbos had a hairline crack on the exhaust side where the actuator lid open/closes, on the surface and also down into it. I asked for my money back but later got an email saying he had rang both Precision and GCG turbos and both workshops apparently said that is normal and they wont get any bigger, and wont affect the performance of the turbos as the lid seals the flow. My mechanic also said he rang 4 people and 2 said its normal and will be ok, and 2 said they wouldnt go near em. My mechanic said he could weld the break and grind it back etc, but being cast iron and always moving/changing temps he said it would just cause a crack next to the weld anyway. End of the day DoughBoy wasnt going to give me my money back so I have no choice to fit them anyway, but what i want to know is will they be ok and will they be ok for a long time, or will the cracks eventually split too big and be forced to fix them up? I thought it was strange a turbo workshop that apparently charged $2000 to rebuild the turbos didnt even bother fixing the cracks in the first place... Has anyone had any experience with this sort of shit happening on turbos?

that engine bay pic reminds me of that dood with the white r32 adp51 or something that wrote off his car, as in looks like his engine bay. also learn to use paragraphs, your posts are annoying to try read

theres a factory 3" hole under your front pod? ah thats right yours is 32 so probably different. You reckon 1 3" hole would be enough for the 2 pods? dont really want to cut 2 holes. Might cut 1 hole and put a scoop intake on also (hope it doesnt look ricey :Oops: )

I think ill be grabbing me one of these mediagate things soon, just what im looking for. Ill have a look at JB also but coolpc have a 7" flipout lcd that fits in a din for $350ish here, only thing is I dont have a spare din I was thinking of just replacing it with my headunit but the mediagate has only 2 channel whereas my mp3 player has 4x 50w I think

The car came stock, no pods, and airbox. Ive got 80mm afms and a pair of k&n filters, im probably going to make up my own heat shielding rather then buy one, was just wondering what options i could do for the intake.

the car probably had about 3 of the fuel pumps in it to support the boost. you tried ripping him off and it back fired on your stupid ass, now give the man his money back. I hope for the day you try ripping the wrong person off and they come after you.

that mediagate looks like the way to go, now just gotta find a lcd screen. thanks heaps for that jay, saved me alot of messing around. I remember reading ages ago that there are generally 2 sizes, 7" and 9" or something and the bigger was better for the few extra dollars, is 9" the way to go or am I thinking of 5" and 7" or something. thanks for your post too paulr33

Heyas. Ive got a new online hobby of collecting music videos on my comp, and was thinking about how much effort and money would be involved in setting something up in the car to play em. I know the little 7" or whatever screens are pretty cheap these days, made in china shit or whatever I dont want fancy brand name shit, just something cheap that works, what do you guys recommend and who should I buy it from? Secondly what would be the easiest way to play them, im thinking a laptop would be a ass to have in my car, and I like my ps2 in the lounge room im thinking I will just have to convert the mpegs into a dvd cd and find some sort of dvd player to hook up to the car, what would you guys recommend there? preferably something small so can fit in the glovebox or somewhere easy. I could get a friend to hook it up for me, but wheres the cheapest places to buy a small screen and dvd player? Any advice is appreciated guys, I know little when it comes to audio

just give him his money back you ****ing low life. if you want money go earn it like everyone else does by working, not ripping people off and trying to convince them the pump is just as good anyway. **** I hate scum like you, die

Ok fellas thanks for that. Figures as most of his emails are sent like 11pm. Only reason I uses DD rather than cod is because ive been reading this forums for awhile and know hes been around and seems like a good enough fella, so assumed he wouldnt try rip me off (which he hasnt)

im out for thurs man (have to get up too early for work durin week) and fri im a alcoholic, but sats suit me good for cruising. i'll pm you sometime and we'll go for a drive one sat night.

lol i wasnt talking about your car being like a v6 fool. was talking about mine with the dog like lag it has at the moment my last gtst had 200rwkw too would be quicker then my shitbox at the moment

Might be reliable but **** he takes days to reply, it doesnt take much to take 5min out to email or call back. Last email I got from him was 4 days ago and hes not answerin this mobile number he gave me, when the turbos were meant to have been sent by today at the latest. just all a bit suss. When im selling stuff I have the decency to take a few mins out to let the buyer know what is happening, doesnt take much effort and they dont need to worry as much.

drunk pedestrians that probably catch busses for transport dissing someone elses car? ive never heard of that before! btw davo your raced when my car finally makes more power than a v6 commodore too we'll have to go for a cruise round sometime.

just wondering did anyone buy any of these turbos off him and actually get them yet? I gave him money for the N1's and now it takes days to get replies from emails and even then its not much. Not saying hes not going to send them or anything, just interested in hearing from others about it.

saw dangerous davo pulled up tonight so turned around and said a quick hello. woulda prob cruised around with ya for a lil while but we were just heading home from the calamvale and thought we'd just take a quick drive to see if theres anything around and were tired as.

your worried about a commodore that crashed after trying to show off to a skyline? he was probably yelling shit out the window and not watching where he was driving no offence to any commodore drivers of course, but with the general attitude of some of them towards me on the road I wont lose any sleep tonight over it

the truth is cops are just useless when it comes to doing anything about theft. if you think im just being harsh you obviously havnt had anything stolen and tried to get the cops to do anything about it. the most they will do is file a report that would take them 5min just for insurance purposes, ask em to do any more and its too much effort. no wonder theres so much bullshit crime going around. If I didnt have a concience I would just make a living off stealing shit, because no1 would even make an effort to find you, and even if it did catch up, what you going to get, a slap on the wrist? oh dear

Spose thats another idea, dont suppose you know any places that sell em online so have a look at. If I still had the snorkel off the standard airbox I could prob just use that but sold the lot already

Looking at doing some sort of heat shielding for my 2 pods that are just sitting there sucking hot air at the moment but wondering what to do about getting some cold air into them afterwards. My gtst was easy as it already had a nice 3" hole from factory right where I wanted it. My question is it safe to cut a 3" or so hole right below were the pods are then I could do the induction easily, just ive heard something about how it makes all the support weaker on that side etc etc. It probably wont be so obvious just looking at it from the engine bay. Only other option I can think of is the headlight replacement but I want it for street use so that would be no good.

wanna fit my N1's when they get here?

Every time I see you chris your always goin the other way, plus you seem to be flogging it, dont know what your fuel consumption is like Your partner is cya32 hey? I used to see it parked at the child care centre place all the time, I saw her coming out of the shops at sunnybank once and I beeped and waved cause I thought it was shy32.. then I realised it wasnt, ooops.. she just gave me funny looks

you sure you didnt mix the turbos up and put the stockers back on? :alcoholic wouldnt that be a bitch

Im at hillcrest. See a few of you guys around, Cya34 all the time on beaudesert road, DAN666 mostly on johnson road, seen dangerous davo once, shy32 (unfortunatly) hehee just jokes sylv! I got a pretty stock looking 33GTR with turbos that are too laggy, so if you race a midnight purple 33 that doesnt look like its making any boost till about 7000rpm that would be me new nismo turbs coming soon though.