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Old 02-20-2010, 08:09 AM
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Awesome Jon!,glad to see it on tha go!,That's bad news Faith!!,I'll be haulin mine out of the garage soon to install Eboost2 ,boost by gear baby! woohoo!
Old 02-25-2010, 07:33 PM
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Well, I just found out some bad news.

1. I pulled the manifold and 60-1 out of the Tib to clean it up and do some modifications to it. I first found that the turbo doesn't spin very well at all. Maybe it lacks oil, but I'm sure it's going to need a rebuild.

2. There's a huge crack on the downpipe that Tim made. It's a fairly thin gauge pipe. It doesn't look repairable at all without having a nasty patch showing.


The manifold still looks intact though. However, if the rebuild is going to cost as much as a new turbo, and if I need to make a new downpipe setup, then I may just go with something different completely. I really wanted a new intake housing anyway, and the exhaust had a 5 bolt flange that sucked for removal. Perhaps I'll go with a slightly bigger turbo, and make a v-band exhaust.

Whatever I chose to do, it's going to take more time and more money. I thought I'd have the Tib back on the road soon, but that fell through.


Old 02-26-2010, 01:08 AM
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That sucks. It always seems like there are setbacks right when you think you're in the clear.
Old 03-04-2010, 07:09 PM
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Got my rotating assembly from the shop.....finally. Everything checked out fine. The first shop did a good job, says the second shop. They only had to grind a bit off the balancers and polish it up again.
Didn't take me long to get home from work and get busy...
















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mmmmm boost
Old 03-04-2010, 07:22 PM
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Oh yea, I have a Beta II head coming in the mail right now. I'm not going to do anything but port it. A completely stock head should be fine for at least 500hp. But a little porting should help it breathe a lot better.
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meh it will be a month or 2 before you find another car your more interested in and stop trying to build this one ph34r.gif

im still gonna race you for a damn sammich

ill have a pepperoni, salami, capicola and provolone on wheat with toasted herbs, vinegar, oil, and mustard
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make it breathe like a fat b*tch running to the buffet
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QUOTE (faithofadragon @ Mar 4 2010, 08:23 PM)
meh it will be a month or 2 before you find another car your more interested in and stop trying to build this one ph34r.gif

im still gonna race you for a damn sammich

ill have a pepperoni, salami, capicola and provolone on wheat with toasted herbs, vinegar, oil, and mustard

You're gonna be my apron wearing b*tch!
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and after your done delivering the sammich i want you to say
"oh what a lovely tea party"



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