angeloespejo
03-04-2010, 05:23 AM
So not too long ago , i bought an s13 with silvia front end , with black top SR20DET
I dont want to say any names , but according to the last owner , the motor was in tip top shape .......
WRONG , first thing i had noticed was that one of the power steering bolts was backed out , and that the owner hadn't even noticed it .
that was a definate sign that the driver didnt really take care of this motor , and just daily drove it for the fun of it ....
I soon did a total tear down of the car , from the bottom up
this was my first look under the car , and i had found this in the strait pipe
http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh364/angeloespejo/IMG00347-20100224-2152.jpg
after that a friend of mine had noticed that the intercooler piping to the turbo was loose... not only was it loose , it was able to make the compressor side of the turbo .... TURN
( when i bought the car , the previous owner had said that the car would idle funny , feeling like it would die ... obviously some type of vaccuum or boost leak )
the bracket on the compressor inlet side of the turbo had gone missing , thus not centering the turbo.... Fail again...
http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh364/angeloespejo/IMG00359-20100301-2331.jpg
SOOOO since i had a fxcked up turbo , i decided ; " eh , why not go bigger turbo yeah ? "
upgraded from stock Garret T25 turbo to a T28 ball bearing turbo , heres the difference in size .
http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh364/angeloespejo/IMG00344-20100220-0127.jpg
since the turbo was already out , decided to replace some of the old hardware from the old turbo ( locking plates , manifold to turbo studs and nuts )
this is what it looks like if you guys wanted a picture
http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh364/angeloespejo/IMG00368-20100304-0350.jpg
hope i didnt forget anything , feel free to talk shit about me , or give me any pointers , thanks for reading
I dont want to say any names , but according to the last owner , the motor was in tip top shape .......
WRONG , first thing i had noticed was that one of the power steering bolts was backed out , and that the owner hadn't even noticed it .
that was a definate sign that the driver didnt really take care of this motor , and just daily drove it for the fun of it ....
I soon did a total tear down of the car , from the bottom up
this was my first look under the car , and i had found this in the strait pipe
http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh364/angeloespejo/IMG00347-20100224-2152.jpg
after that a friend of mine had noticed that the intercooler piping to the turbo was loose... not only was it loose , it was able to make the compressor side of the turbo .... TURN
( when i bought the car , the previous owner had said that the car would idle funny , feeling like it would die ... obviously some type of vaccuum or boost leak )
the bracket on the compressor inlet side of the turbo had gone missing , thus not centering the turbo.... Fail again...
http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh364/angeloespejo/IMG00359-20100301-2331.jpg
SOOOO since i had a fxcked up turbo , i decided ; " eh , why not go bigger turbo yeah ? "
upgraded from stock Garret T25 turbo to a T28 ball bearing turbo , heres the difference in size .
http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh364/angeloespejo/IMG00344-20100220-0127.jpg
since the turbo was already out , decided to replace some of the old hardware from the old turbo ( locking plates , manifold to turbo studs and nuts )
this is what it looks like if you guys wanted a picture
http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh364/angeloespejo/IMG00368-20100304-0350.jpg
hope i didnt forget anything , feel free to talk shit about me , or give me any pointers , thanks for reading