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Re: redzya.... the reason his turbos could have failed (easily) was the insanely high water/engine temps followed by a fast shut down... the turbo got cooked. again, this lies on the shoulders of who ever, or what ever was at fault... now for an interesting tidbit....
I inspected one of your Z1 stage 1, or stage 2 turbos within the last couple of months. they were brand new, right out of the box. they appeared to be rebuilds. Upon inspection, the turbines/turbine shafts were noticably not coincentric within the compressor housing. there was noticable shaft play (fore to aft), and there was significantly noticable audible interference noises as the turbines were turned by hand. these turbos were at ambient temperatures of 75 to 80 degrees F. If those turbos got up to exhaust temps, we can easily conclude that the expansion of metal bits would cause the turbine to sieze against the housing walls, as the turbine was off center. not trying to help REDZya or bash Z1, just thought I'd mention that it was noted, and perhaps you could put more effort into your quality control practices.. And you can thank me for sitting on this knowledge for quite some time and never mentioning it on TTnet.
"As the Z32 gets older and decreases in value it becomes affordable by lower income and often less desirable people whose tastes reflect their personality and social standing.- Marshall 17:37:05 10/10/03Petz #3
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