JR120 Turbo

Rodeobob · Post by **Rodeobob** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:52 pm

Looks to me like youve got oil way too far forward for it to be the turbo.

Get some degreaser and go nuts dude. Put it up on ramps and investigate.

I might look into that turbo. US$100 is way cheap enough. I paid $250 for mine new. I was quoted $1100 for a new core with my housings and $2300 or so for a new turbo.

I am a bit dubious. Im still waiting for my Impulse factory manuals. Paid for them over 6 weeks ago. Not happy jan, im tipping i will never see them, i paid for air post.

Bob.

GeminiCoupe · Post by **GeminiCoupe** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 5:48 pm

Ok, so the piece of shit is staying. Got two weeks to paint it, assemble it and get it out of the garage. Parents bought a Mazda 3...

Just need to wait for decent weather now..

Nick-

Bugle · Post by **Bugle** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:19 pm

Yay you've seen the light, daily driver then?
Too bad you live in Melbourne might be waiting a while for some decent weather

Rodeobob · Post by **Rodeobob** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:45 am

Bugle wrote:Too bad you live in Melbourne might be waiting a while for some decent weather

Rain is decent weather, it washes away filth.

And makes driving more fun.

Hey Nick ive got a tip for ya...............

Stop with the doof doof bling and paint it and get it on the road allready.

Bring on the bling later.

Mazda 3???? WTF thats not quite an Alfa or whatever it was they were going get. You can park a Mazda on the street no worries.

Bob.

Bugle · Post by **Bugle** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:08 am

It also makes cars rust!

Rodeobob · Post by **Rodeobob** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:35 am

Bugle wrote:It also makes cars rust!

Nah not just water alone.

Bugle · Post by **Bugle** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:11 pm

Yeah trapped water and air, but wherever there's water there's also air..

GeminiCoupe · Post by **GeminiCoupe** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:17 pm

They were looking at getting a brand new Civic, they got a better deal on the Mazda 3 so bought that instead. Still, 25k on a brand new car is alot of dosh, I wouldnt park that on the street and offer refuge for a 3500 much-malinged shitbox.

Bugle wrote:Yay you've seen the light, daily driver then?

Yeah, for the time being anyway. Who knows when ill change my mind next.

Rodeobob wrote:Rain is decent weather, it washes away filth.

And makes driving more fun.

Hey Nick ive got a tip for ya...............

Stop with the doof doof bling and paint it and get it on the road allready.

Bring on the bling later.

Bling was lieing around from my previous car, got bored of the same old shit [sand mask prep] so i decided id do some wiring. And the rain...fuck the moisture, makes driving so much more funnnnnn!!!!

Nick-

GeminiCoupe · Post by **GeminiCoupe** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:10 pm

Cars are like women, you can never win and you can never be happy...

After all the hard work i find out i had a bad batch of paint. Fucking excellent, what a waste of 6months. It doesnt get any better either, got under the car today to do a coolant change and, well, more headaches..

Power steering/steering rack leak. Fucked if i know where its coming from. Also has a suspected rear-main seal leak [oil all over the rear of the sump/gearbox], and add the "mystery" leak pointing in the turbo direction and ive got serious problems.

Unfortunately ive got no money or time for bullshit like this, so dodgy RWC it is. Ive got no choice but to drive it farked paint and all. It might change towards the end of the year though, got abit of a "plan" happening. Basically, im looking at getting a rolling shell of Rodeobob [bob, couldnt be fucked writing you a PM so all the details are here], not caring one bit wether its an auto shell, or if it has no interior or what not. Looking at giving it a full-respray in 2pack, so far its out of Cosmo purple, Pewter [350Z grey/silver] or Shockwave [Falcon BF], no spoiler back etc, then transfering the running gear out of the red p.o.s into it. Around that time ill be replacing the turbo with either a T25G or RB20-T03, 3" exhaust and a front mounted cooler. My old shell will become my mates next project - hes looking at going either 4ZE1 turbo or SR20DET.

Nick-

Bugle · Post by **Bugle** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:33 pm

What happened to the paint? Still looks good in photos..
Power steering leak looks exactly like mine was, the pinion shaft seal.

GeminiCoupe · Post by **GeminiCoupe** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:45 pm

Paint blistered up in a couple of spots, looks shagged in real life.

Ive got a spare rack but i cant be fucked putting it on, too much effort. Ill put up with it for now until the rebuild.

Nick-

Rodeobob · Post by **Rodeobob** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:07 pm

Well i hope they are coming to the party with another tin of paint.

Will be a can do on the shell. Ive got a couple here.

You want to get that thing down and give it a good tub up underneath. All that oil could be coming from the steering box. The half moon and rocker cover gasket can loose a fair bit too. So cant the distributor O-ring.

Go get it tubbed up, im thinking that the only RWC drama your going to have will be the steering leak. Possibly the turbo too.

Bob.

GeminiCoupe · Post by **GeminiCoupe** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:33 pm

Yeah i tried to tell them that [about the paint] but they said it could be anything including the prepwork [which it wasnt as the whole car was highfilled] to bad thinners [again, negative because i used three different batches]. Meh. For all that effort i shouldve gone for 2pack in the first place.

From what i can see its not the rocker cover gasket [changed that not long ago, pretty sure i sealed it right but itll be coming off again when i do the valve clearances] or the dizzy shaft seal [looks clean around it]. Oil is on the bottom of the gearbox and the sump gasket looks like its sealing, hence rear main. Got a few cans of degreaser so im going to proceed to go spastik, hopefully i can find that mystery leak [hoping its a rampant line of some sorts].

Nick-