Subject	Sigh! Back in love (and baby got some new shoes)
Posted by	ConVerTT on April 07, 2010 at 6:45 PM
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Message	As I posted a couple of weeks ago, we were preparing to head down to Oregon Raceway Park for our first track session of the year, and I had a turbo failure on ConVerTT 1.0, almost exactly 3 weeks before the event. Long story short, ordered parts, pulled the engine a week ago Thursday, worked like a dog all week, and fired her up the following week on Good Friday. Had a couple of minor shakedown issues but she is running and we are back on schedule. Thanks to Seb, for parts and patience. And thanks to VorpalZ and his buddy Jeff from Edmonton who drove down and helped me finish it off on Good Friday. And a special thanks to Rudy Benson (RUDEE) who, unrelated to this turbo issue, sold me a set of silver LMGT4's in the CORRECT z32 offset (30 and 38). They are an amazingly lightweight wheel and the VerTTs absolutely love dropping unsprung weight. Here are a couple of pics: The Good: The Bad: New shoes shod in 255/35/18's Front and 285/35/18's rear. Back in love :)
Follow Ups	Sigh! Back in love (and baby got some new shoes) - ConVerTT 18:45:59 04/07/10 PS >> Tires are Hankook Ventus V12 EVOs - - ConVerTT 18:57:32 04/07/10 excellent... no leaks? (n/m) - vorpalZ 18:59:30 04/07/10 Re: excellent... no leaks? - ConVerTT 19:03:14 04/07/10 Selin kit installed? (n/m) - vorpalZ 21:41:20 04/07/10 Yep !! (n/m) - ConVerTT 22:41:13 04/07/10 DAMN, your black TT convertible looks bad ass. - BeaZty 21:16:21 04/07/10 Thanks very much. I have been wanting to find some LMGT4s - ConVerTT 22:44:29 04/07/10 Looks good, how did the turbo fail? (n/m) - Zarcasm(Hfd, CT) 21:33:12 04/07/10 Turbo seals died - I think they just got old and tired :( (n/m) - ConVerTT 22:43:00 04/07/10 You get my email about the AC compressor parts? (n/m) - Draker (Eugene, OR) 21:35:32 04/07/10 Re: You get my email about the AC compressor parts? - ConVerTT 22:45:30 04/07/10 Re: Re: You get my email about the AC compressor parts? - Draker (Eugene, OR) 13:50:23 04/08/10 I'm havin a boost problem right now too.. - CoHPhasor 22:46:03 04/07/10 I saw your post over in tech .... - ConVerTT 22:56:44 04/07/10 I see. Then you had to replace yours? (As I likely will) (n/m) - CoHPhasor 23:22:37 04/07/10 I just replaced the CHRAs (center sections) - ConVerTT 00:04:02 04/08/10 Damn, that is nice! Those wheels fit magnificently:) (n/m) - tdogzjoint 01:23:44 04/08/10 is that infiniti G37 rear brakes? (n/m) - Invader 02:20:37 04/08/10 Stoptech I believe (n/m) - 5280Z_nightstalker 02:29:56 04/08/10 Stoptechs (n/m) - ConVerTT 09:00:36 04/08/10 one of the best verts, if not the best - ZiNnYc 03:33:14 04/08/10 Well done!!! (n/m) - BeachZ 08:08:19 04/08/10 Looks great with those wheels. (n/m) - Boosted1 08:12:10 04/08/10 didn't take you long to put them on! - RUDEE 08:20:46 04/08/10 Straight to the tire shop :) - ConVerTT 09:19:49 04/08/10 Re: Sigh! Back in love (and baby got some new shoes) - CmyZ 08:46:43 04/08/10 great wheels, i was strongly considering buying them - Adam (NoVA) 08:46:50 04/08/10 looks awesome (n/m) - LJZTT 10:19:56 04/08/10 Beautiful Z (n/m) - Zblackbeast 10:47:09 04/08/10 Looks great. (n/m) - sfarrah 11:20:58 04/08/10 Nice work! Should be an absolute blast next week! (n/m) - MixManMash 12:57:58 04/08/10 welcome back, nothing like cutting the timing a bit close :) (n/m) - vorpalZ 21:42:47 04/08/10 2nd...2nd (n/m) - ConVerTT 00:13:55 04/09/10 Those wheels and brakes look great together...Well done! - TheTwinZ (Peru) 16:35:02 04/08/10
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