Stephen

Did you have smoking turbos caused by excessive crank case pressure by any chance?

For the extra £60 at least you know they will fit :p lol

There was about 2" in Congresbury which isn't far from you last week.

Looks a bit like a z inside, a bit.

Worth further investigation before getting too disheartened. It doesn't always mean catastrophic engine failure, could be a duff valve etc. It's probably not but it could be. I'm in the same boat myself cyl 4 has a similar number to yours amongst other issues lol.

Cheers mate, I'm full of ideas that's half the problem. Finally got the car off the floor today though, won't be long now before I make a significant dent in the work load.

Good work mate. We will both get there lol.

Currently it's all just mental ideas and mind mapping, time is a massive concern presently as the list is already rather long this winter. I'm hoping the switch to a fmic mounted in the old AC rad position will significantly reduce the pipework and subsequently my time where fabricating it is concerned. Otherwise I will plumb for a set of godspeed SMIC and live with the reduction in potential. I need to get it running properly again as my first priority.

You've lost my buisness now anyway Noel, going to use a mines ecu and run 18psi

Yup that's the direction I'm moving in.

Not relevant ;)

Hook line sinker and the rod, hooked a few zoo monsters myself in my angling career.

How did you do that.....? Being a divy or did she bite you lol.

Wonderful that's what I was hoping to hear.

Does anyone know what size the outlets are on the HKS style FMIC are? I know the godspeed ones are 2.5"

Sorry, gt600r's is what I was meaning not that that's what the turbo is called, whatever vendors want to call them garret 2560's those ones. Can't pick them up new from a turbo shop down the road for ~£600 each then I'd have to faff about but yeah.

Ouch, I'm glad you relieved that Noel the gt600rs where on my shopping list, think I just took them off. I had heard rumours there had been issues with them as well but that just about sealed it.

Couldn't agree more Richard, morality and legality are far from the same that's a fact many people have forgotten. I think it's quite possible though that we've become too safe, too soft and too complacent. Let's face it despite the constant cries that driving is highly dangerous and it kills more people than aliens and coconuts combined each year we all do it everyday pretty harmlessly. I drive a lot of miles for work and cover all kinds of roads, the main without a doubt cause of accidents I see is stupidity and ignorance. Speed may be a factor because it amplifies the situation but the route cause is normally stupidity. For example sonething I see as a near miss regularly on motorways, your driving down the middle lane, indicate and pull out into the outside lane suddenly there's a car there honking or crashing into you. That's his fault because he was coming down the outside lane at 85 right? No, it's your fault because you didn't follow the very first thing you were taught, mirror, signal and manorve the mirror ie looking was left out and the signal manoeuvre was one thing, it's lazy and it's dangerous but so many do it. Buses do this a lot, just because you are indicating doesn't mean you can go, it might not be safe you must check... We are all human we all make mistakes, it's that human error that causes the issue. Speed doesn't kill, neither do guns or even nuclear war heads what kills is the inevitable stupidity of a human being or three. We are all quick to point out that x person is a criminal or y person is an idiot but many of us are nearly critical enough of our actions that could end up in the same scenario. Sod the speed kills campaign or the drink drive campaign we only need one "don't be a silly **** and do that thing that's obviously a crap idea" campaign. I Spose you could shorten it down to a more PC "take time to think" or "think more". One day I hope society as a whole will come back from the finger pointing to the don't be a bellend stance and law with it.

Often doing up the clips fixes it temporarily, should keep you going till you need to take the plenum of.

Very much so Steve, very much so.

So did they confirm that have indeed balanced this set of turbos? How much did they cost to your door in the end if you don't mind me asking.

I did say IF its fake. Give them a shout no loss either way at least you will know for sure.

Fair point, but still very inconsistent. Seems some places you get a slap on the wrists others a ban.

Think you would need more facts before saying that really, they might have been booked at 5am or entering a 30 from a national etc as you know its not as clear andsimple as it always appears.