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Very nice info -
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bankruptedz
on November 21, 2006 at 4:46 PM
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Your Thanksgiving Turbo Treat! GT turbos, ALREADY JETTED.
posted by Ash's Z
on November 21, 2006 at 04:27 PM
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i always scratched my head at the need for an additional oriface inline on the turbo feed line!
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Your Thanksgiving Turbo Treat! GT turbos, ALREADY JETTED.
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Ash's Z
16:27:16 11/21/06
always thinking ahead... (n/m)
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inf
16:31:58 11/21/06
good info. Considering there are 2 2530's sitting on my
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spotz
16:45:21 11/21/06
Very nice info - -
bankruptedz
16:46:04 11/21/06
Nice (n/m)
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Spongerider :)
16:58:23 11/21/06
Something that may be of interest to you.
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Ash's Z
17:14:44 11/21/06
That is not why I responded to that link.
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Spongerider :)
17:23:21 11/21/06
I understand why you responded. Just linked to it as I
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Ash's Z
17:32:36 11/21/06
OK. Your MASSIVES (1) in tests flow more air
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240Z FeO2
19:00:52 11/21/06
I'm working on the 2.5" pipe kit just about every day.
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Ash's Z
20:23:12 11/21/06
[Total hits: more than 6] :P (n/m)
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vorpalZ
00:09:50 11/22/06
Nice ! (n/m)
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The Devils Z
07:27:45 11/22/06
Maybe the newer GT have the built in orfice. But
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AzHeat
17:57:46 11/21/06
It is possible that they weren't all this way. I know these
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Ash's Z
18:03:17 11/21/06
The damage to the GT2530's was FOD to the comp wheel.
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Ash's Z
18:06:29 11/21/06
your post says you have two dead cartridges?? (n/m)
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AzHeat
19:56:40 11/21/06
compressor wheels are part of the cartridge (n/m)
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aliaZ
20:05:14 11/21/06
Yep, both of them suffered compressor wheel FOD. (n/m)
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Ash's Z
20:20:25 11/21/06
What got sucked in both turbos? (n/m)
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AzHeat
20:40:49 11/21/06
No idea. Ask Mike Lapoore - it was his car before DEe
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Ash's Z
20:45:34 11/21/06
Only one turbo was bad. I sold the one good turbo to
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The Devils Z
04:57:32 11/22/06
what does it mean to "jet the oil feed lines?"
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Zlicious (Seattle)
19:02:46 11/21/06
Ok, so ball-bearing turbos require less oil than non-ball
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Zlicious (Seattle)
19:14:00 11/21/06
Correct. One thing that might be occuring also is not
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Ash's Z
20:39:09 11/21/06
hmm. I've laid down a smoke screen during a road trip (very
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Zlicious (Seattle)
20:50:20 11/21/06
Did you use the lines provided by HKS with the 2530's
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Ash's Z
21:15:50 11/21/06
my mechanic did the install. I'm guessing he used stock
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Zlicious (Seattle)
21:47:35 11/21/06
one turbo was used, one was "rebuilt"
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Zlicious (Seattle)
21:49:03 11/21/06
The restricted lines were in response to noted failures
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CaliguyPurdue
18:11:14 11/21/06
I hear ya
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bankruptedz
18:40:06 11/21/06
Beings that the restrictor is 0.035" and aftermarket lines
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Ash's Z
20:17:39 11/21/06
Its interesting that HKS oil lines have restrictors built in
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ztunerz
18:44:45 11/21/06
It is. Do you know the orifice size in the HKS jets? (n/m)
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Ash's Z
20:45:05 11/21/06
Very Very small
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EricTTZ
21:33:09 11/21/06
wooow... thats small (n/m)
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SpecNATT (Houston)
21:58:07 11/21/06
I made my own by welding shut a fitting and then
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AzHeat
22:50:43 11/21/06
And my new turbos will be ready when? (n/m)
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Izzy
19:34:41 11/21/06
Re: Your Thanksgiving Turbo Treat! GT turbos, ALREADY JETTED
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wrxfl
19:52:32 11/21/06
My personal experience with my 700s
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Seb (specialty-Z)
21:02:06 11/21/06
sorry for the short brief post....
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Seb (specialty-Z)
21:03:06 11/21/06
No problem - what size orifice are you using in your jets?
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Ash's Z
21:14:54 11/21/06
Re: No problem - what size orifice are you using in your jet
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Seb (specialty-Z)
21:37:12 11/21/06
my gt2560 bb turbos smoked slightly, over time a build up of
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SpecNATT (Houston)
21:51:21 11/21/06
my Gt28rs has no restrictor and runs an open pipe
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The Devils Z
05:00:07 11/22/06
what do you mean by "open pipe"?
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Seb (specialty-Z)
10:34:26 11/22/06
I was not clear enuff .. and I thought about it after
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The Devils Z
17:57:35 11/22/06
The PE1420 kit has a brass restrictor...
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ltd
21:43:53 11/21/06
sweet info Ash. Ill have to see what turbos>>
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Shawn Lane(NO VA)
22:13:40 11/21/06
Perhaps the biggest reason why you should look into
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smartbomb
23:06:31 11/21/06
Can you elaborate on the point about water plumbing?
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RSR
07:53:08 11/22/06
My guess would be that some people simply don't use
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sfarrah
10:35:20 11/22/06
Ah, ok. (n/m)
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RSR
10:41:13 11/22/06
No you jsut have to hook up the water to them. (n/m)
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smartbomb
11:58:53 11/22/06
im no fluid dynamics expert, but...
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AntiHero
10:23:28 11/22/06
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