Bad luck about the turbo man, but other than its sounds awesome!! I can't wait to see this thing with a decent tune and exhaust! Let me know if yoiu need a hand with anything
Brendon
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Bad luck about the turbo man, but other than its sounds awesome!! I can't wait to see this thing with a decent tune and exhaust! Let me know if yoiu need a hand with anything
Brendon
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It could just be some oil and shiit burning out of the 'custom' high flow cat haha, who knows, find out soon enough
would be keen to know how the new turbo turns out thats the same turbo im thinking of getting.
No problems at all mate :)
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Originally Posted by LVNIT
^^^ is that spose to be Garret T3/T4 57trim .63ar???
so she's running better now ben?
bring her out again on thursday so i can check it out. 'custom' highflow cats are the way to go ;)
just seems weird, when my cat was blocked, i wasnt making any boost at all.
Well I suspected it might have been the turbo, good to see your on the track to sorting things out. Personally though the Garret T3/T4 57trim .63ar is a very common turbo, in fact it’s the turbo that Drag, Fmax, Max-Rev and many USA company’s supply, and it was in fact my 1st turbo 7 yrs ago back in 1999 when I began turboing my 1st Honda… my BLKCRX.
Heres some photo’s of the turbo taken via a very old WEBCAM back then as digital cameras weren’t invited back then, i did how ever have a slighty larger intake cover...
ANYWAY The point to my post… sadly this very popular turbo is very old turbo technology, if it’s the same turbo pictured, here even when I had my 1st turbo it was considered old technology for a turbo, it was cheap then, and even cheaper now, would I recommend the turbo ! HELL NO !
Compared to the Turbos available today I would never recommended anyone use this turbo, there are much better turbos that yes do cost more money, but the performance gains you can get over using a better technology turbo on the same level of boost is amazing. It sounds like your in contact with DynoDave talk to him about what turbo he would use, I’m sure he will recommend and be able to source you a much better turbo which will me a much better solution and provide you with a result you will even be more happy with.
http://blkcrx.hondata.com.au/blkcrx/37.jpg
http://blkcrx.hondata.com.au/blkcrx/38.jpg
http://blkcrx.hondata.com.au/blkcrx/39.jpg
http://blkcrx.hondata.com.au/blkcrx/41.jpg
Regards James
James: Yeah looks to be the same turbo, i will speak to dyno dave on monday afternoon about that and associated problems :) Thanks for the information btw
Muz: Yeah stupid cats, custom high flow is the way to go, until i stop being a cheap arse and buy a good one ;)
I wouldn’t be blaming all the oil blue smoke from the high flow cat, yes new cats smoke for maybe 10min once they get hot the 1st time they burn the oil off, I most certainly thing your problems lie deeper than that.
Iv come across many smoking turbo Hondas with the same problem and its 99% of the time the way the oil drain is into the pan. Oil can ONLY flow downwards it can’t flow upwards and some peoples oil drains are so twisty / loopy and oil can never enter the pan, also the position of the oil drain in the oil pan is very important. If the oil can’t drain out of the turbo correct then the turbo will burn the oil and you will get large amounts of blue smoke.
The other problem could be the turbo its self it might need its seals replacing, or sometimes the build up of oil from the drain can also cause seals to go. There’s a theory that also high oil flow from 2 larger oil feed can hurt a turbo but personally im not a believer of this theory on garret turbos and most of they all have oil restrictors built into the turbos them selves, it’s the drain that is the problem
The other possible place you could be burning oil is for your engine, past the piston rings or via your guides, have / do a compression test, incorrect tuning with or without boost can very quickly cause problems, and also can be responsible for the car feeling very laggy which is one of you symptoms I believe… my advice drive the car like a granny until its diagnosed by a expert and your whole engine and setup is given the over all.
On a side note the standard Honda cat does a very very very very good job at hiding blue white and black smoke !! its very restrictive but very efficient hiding smoke ! iv noticed this time and time again, so problems will appear just by replacing the cat because now you don’t have the standard cat hiding the problem
Typically blue smoke = Oil
White smoke = Water / coolant
Black smoke = to much fuel (Which sometimes is a good thing )
Regards James
So James doesnt look like a retard, I edited my post before I saw him write a response to it :P
Checked the dipstick and the oil is a golden colour, checked for water under the oil cap and it is non existant, checked water level and its the same..
Does anyone know what the **** is going on
When I put my foot on the accelerator and let off on the gas, white smoke comes out..
Now the problem with this is
* The oil is nice and gold, not milky
* The car is not over heating
* The radiator fluid is nice and green
* Radiator overflow bottle has not 'overflowed'
* I have not used any water!! WTFBBQ
Too much oil pressure into turbo oil feed?