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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 12:09 PM
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You still on the stock greddy?
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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 02:35 PM
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You still on the stock greddy?
no - never have been. Compressor wheel is upgraded .
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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Brettus
no - never have been. Compressor wheel is upgraded .
but by whom????

nice #s..

i think i am working on a shipping project for you!

beers
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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 02:03 AM
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/\ You bringing all your relatives to NZ ?
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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 02:45 AM
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/\ You bringing all your relatives to NZ ?
nope,

but that is an idea.. ship myself. with something that weighs about the same as me!!!!

btw, i got some mad skills!!! and cocktail well!

beers
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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 03:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Brettus
/\ You bringing all your relatives to NZ ?
That's like half of Florida.
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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 01:29 PM
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nope,

but that is an idea.. ship myself. with something that weighs about the same as me!!!!

btw, i got some mad skills!!! and cocktail well!

beers
I like the way you think
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 05:59 PM
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Got this coming - will do some nice before and after tests to see what difference it makes .
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 06:31 PM
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Nice Bret, looks almost exactly like mine
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 06:50 PM
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It's a 600x280x76 . Did you take any photos of yours installed ?
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 09:01 PM
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Mine is 32"x13"x3" I believe...

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Due to it's height and the location of the GReddy pipes I had to angle the intercooler back..I think it works awesome, though, because it creates more of a "dam" effect in front of the intercooler forcing air thru it while at the same time angling the air up towards the radiator...
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 09:08 PM
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thanks for that . I may copy if i it wont fit vertically although mine is 2" shorter so should be ok ....
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 01:39 AM
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Which intercoolers do you guys have?
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 08:45 AM
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are yall doing any motor mount work?
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 02:18 PM
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/\ no - i have never noticed any issues with mine .
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 02:22 PM
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I'm not sure what intercooler mine is- it came with the used kit I bought. I had to make some mounting brackets for it to work tho- easy enough, just some L-brackets bent into shape.

I haven't had any issues with my motor mounts yet, you do you ask, OD?
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by blackenedwings
Which intercoolers do you guys have?
i think it was made by a chinese fella - won hung lo
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Old Sep 27, 2009 | 04:29 PM
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I'm not sure what intercooler mine is- it came with the used kit I bought. I had to make some mounting brackets for it to work tho- easy enough, just some L-brackets bent into shape.
Sounds like the Godspeed one then. That's the same one I have, which I also got with my used GReddy kit. My intercooler is mounted the same way, with some L-brackets bent into shape. I'm pretty happy with it so far. It's known as the "eBay intercooler" but apparently performs pretty well.
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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 07:25 PM
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Just took my engine out again to fix a persistent oil leak (same crack as what MYSQL had ) dating back to when I blew the engine a year ago . So It's time for some new upgrades .

Starting with
Esmeril apex seals + stress relief dowel area
Mild Porting work - (done by me so it wont be anything special )
New 2nd hand clutch (thanks to Swoope)
Bigger injectors (have run out of fuel at 350 whp)

Still really happy with the turbo and it looks to be in great shape (after 22000 km) so nothing much there - think the 360degree thrust bearing was a good investment.
Just measured the inducer diameter at 56.5mm (2.22") and exducer at 75mm .This seems to corelate to a T04e 57 trim . If this is the case then it is flowing way more air than the compressor map would suggest it is capable of .

Also notice that my turbine has been clipped - somewhere around 10 degrees but hard to tell without pulling it to bits .

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Old Nov 18, 2009 | 07:55 PM
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Got an entire set of good housings and irons + stationary gears for cheap so going to have a play ...

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Old Dec 8, 2010 | 12:36 PM
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how much did you pay out of curiosity?
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Old Dec 9, 2010 | 12:53 AM
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how much did you pay out of curiosity?
nice bump

around nz$600 for that lot IIRC which is about US$10................ . JK

Been a year and 30,000km since my rebuild running sweet as at a conservative 310 ish whp

YAY !!!!!!
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Old Dec 9, 2010 | 01:44 AM
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thread revival .... I doez it haha ...that's good stuff man! I am trying to pick up a blown shortblock to mess around/learn from

awesome to hear it is running strong! Did you rebuild using stock configuration?
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Old Dec 9, 2010 | 02:08 AM
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some very minor porting + esmeril seals + oil gallery bypass for front bearing . That was about it for internal mods .
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Old Mar 17, 2011 | 03:32 PM
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