T3/t4 Hybrid From Tune House And Hello.

[sky_hi]

hi. all. this is my first post on here so ill intoduce myself as well. name is callum. bought my first skyline about 7 months ago now and have been looking for a car club to join is NSW and this place looks like it may become home. anyways ill get on with the topic for now.

basically i am the first aussie owner of the car. its a 1994 R33 GTST. car has been running fantastic out where i take it for a good hit. basically one night i ran the quarter mile and it all seemed fine. except for the fact that when i was slowing down at the end of it i put it into first gear and the car bunny hopped to a stop. engine was still running. i then turned around thinking it was strange and in first gear again gave it a small hit up to second gear. the car started jerking again.

i pulled over and found oil ontop of the rocker covers. had been coming out just where the hose clamp near the inlet is as it was a bit loose. this was very quikly looking like a blown turbo.

so i took it home and pulled of the pipe and sure enough there is some engine oil there and it had also sprayed out the BOV.

so i marched off to place i was reccommended near me called tunehouse in Marrickville. he said i could fix it or go for a better turbo wich is as the heading says a T3/T4 Hybrid. the whole thing to do would cost around $3500 full installed. does this seem a bit dear or a good price. has anybody used him and know if he is any good. his workshop looks pretty good but you just never know.

also would i maybe be better off purchasing a good turbo myself and supplying it to him.

Cheers

Callum

[R31Nismoid]

$3500 for just the turbo + fitting... do i read that correctly dude?

If so, its a rip off of around $1500.

Is there anything else included?

[Dale FZ1]

Welcome, Callum. Surf around the forum and see what is posted. There is a wealth of knowledge amongst the owners, and plenty who are willing to share experience. Learn how to use the search function, it will serve you well.

Re the cost, check the price that Slide is offering for a bolt-on plain bearing hi-flow. If he can sell them for that sort of money, then the workshop who quoted you is making plenty on the job. Nismoid is right.

[Munkyb0y]

Hey dude,

I went to tunehouse once, for a quote, but they gave me that crazy routine - depends on this and that...bring it in and we'll go from there.

That scenario never ends well.

I went elsewhere.

I'm cant comment on their work, but when you see a workshop as spotless as theirs, you know it's not gonna be cheap.

Get a few quotes, i'm sure around $1500, as R31Nismoid said, would be closer to the mark.

[James_03]

well seeing has the turbo is gone you might as well high flow that one instead of purchasing another.

The only advantage to purchasing another one is so you can still drive around, which in this case you cant anyway.

just talke the turbo off, clean it all up and ring around to get some quotes on a high flow. Save yourself some money and at least install it yourself its not hard.

Edited July 17, 2006 by James_03

[sky_hi]

to replace the turbo myself on my car whats involved. is it basically remove the turbo housing bolts and replace it with another. im just thinking of getting something a bit better that stock as i was running higher boost that reccommended. once i replace it and tighten all pipes etc should i just take it somewhere to get it tuned and thats it?

Callum

Cheers guys