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When turning my car off i can hear the turbo spinning down to a stop. (like on the big bb turbo's)..sound goes on for a fair few seconds

the reason i ask is a friend of mine also has a highflow turbo but his does not do this.....maybe his is not bb??

anyone else have this?

cheers ...Jim

One of you had a pod and the other doesnt?

Generally thats a good reason. If you have a airbox or enclosed pod the sound is not very audible.

If thats not the case, your friend probably doesnt have a Ball Bearing turbo.

No great drama... Nothing to be alarmed about :P

BezerkR32

ALL R32 - R34 turbos are Ball Bearing. 100%

The noise is not to worry about, mine makes it. I love it!

But it has often got me thinking that noise means things are touching each other.....

What are my wheels touching, or it it simply the sound of the bearings turning which is then amplified/resonated by the compressor/turbine wheels?

BASS OUT

i have a plain bearing hiflow turbo

i have the standard airbox,

only thing i can hear is my walbro fuel pump, when turning off my car.

But when my turbo is windin up, it sounds like a truck turbo.

hasnt blown up yet, sitting on 12 psi, and comes on pretty strong .

Had my hi-flow for 2 years at 1 bar with standard air box and k& n panel. Never had any noises after turn off.Oh,......there was that time the engine fell on the ground,but that was more of a clunk than a turbo whine.

well, I have a Garrett GT30 with a 4 inch intake, through a 90mm AFM to a big motherf**ker assed pod.

Anyone want to hear it spool? :D

Also, takes about 30 seconds to nearly a minute to completely spin down with that metalic noise after the engine has been turned off.

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