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Hi All,

I had my car tuned early December '08 and whilst cruising last week, I thought I'd give it a bit of a flooring, resulting in the turbo blowing as I accelerated off the lights :)

Anyway, I drive an R33 GTSt, mods are;

- 3' Turboback exhaust

- FMIC

- K&N Panel filter

- PFC

- Hi-Lo pneumatic boost controller: Lo-10psi, Hi - 13psi.

- Everything else stock

The car is driven on the low boost setting 90% of the time. After asking the tuner for a safe tune, I was expecting it to last a lot longer than a month.

I initially thought I have to rebuild the turbo or buy a new one but some people have told me to approach the tuner since I asked for a safe tune that lasted for only a month.

So for the people on here who have experienced this sort of thing, are you able to give me some advice on how to go about the situation??

Any reply is greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Elias.

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Don't approach the tuner. He was wrong about the 13 psi on a stock turbo (given that the bleeder will spike like a bastard now and then).

Don't do it as you would be joining a list of dorks who buy a performance car, drive them the way with some decent abuse (which is fun of course) and then need someone to blame for the cars wear and tear. More heat , rpm , boost and aggressive driving loads all = really fast wear and tear.

These people need to keep a mirror handy so they can blame the right person for their woes.

Instead, be a thoughtfull car addict and manage your illness. These things just cost money.

Also, you can now help out to warn people that they should stick to 10psi on a stock turbo if they want it to last.

Suggestions;

* get another stock turbo. They are cheap and stick it on 10psi. $400 for the turbo and have a go yourself fitting it with new gaskets should be no more than $150 with some oil and water.

* get a highflow GCG etc.. This will cost you LOTS. You will need plenty of the supporting mods that you don't have right now. You 'can' buy one and run at very low boost, however you really need to ensure the 'tune' on the ecu is within safe limits. Do not go down this path without budgeting for an ecu upgrade or at least checking the tune.

* Don't bother with a cheap E-bay turbo / KKR etc.. they are laggy for the power they make and you will need the supporting mods again.

hope that helps ;)

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I initially thought I have to rebuild the turbo or buy a new one but some people have told me to approach the tuner since I asked for a safe tune that lasted for only a month.

The tune is still ok...isn't it the turbo that lunched itself ?.

Im with you rev210...why is it that as soon as something goes wrong with their car they immediately look for someone else to pin it on.

These turbo's are designed and installed to run at 7psi...yes running it at almost double the boost that it was designed/installed for will stress it...sometimes, believe it or not, they fail...yes fail.

I suggest you upgrade your turbo to something more suited to your application

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People look for someone else because they didnt research first and find out what was safe and what isnt... and then expect some kind of 'warranty' with performance

So now you just gotta workout the budget to spend and then you'll know how your going to fix it

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Thanks for the responses guys, much appreciated. :angry:

As rev210 said, taking the dork path isn't something I want to do.

I'll have a think about whether or not I'll go for a hi-flow + supporting mods; depending on my current budget of course...

Cheers. :(

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You blew a turbo not a motor, therefore it has nothing to do with the tune.

RB turbos like dying :)

I've blown up a RB25DET turbo running 16PSI for like 1 year, picked up another one for $300 and off I went again :blush:

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running something at 2wice its designed output.... is smashed...

i ran mine at 1 bar for a year and it was fine... others run 12 psi and blow it in a day.... its just part on the "fun" :D

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