Well after 5 years a beatings the time bomb finally went off.... Was running 11 psi for 3 of them and last summer I upped it to 15psi. Tonight I was giving a old buddy a ride in it and when I went into 3rd she let loose. Right now she's sitting in a parking lot 40 miles from my house Tomorrow I'll go back to get it with a trailer and see what went wrong. Hope the turbo is still ok...

 

just look at it as it was its time to go and now it is your time to go bigger!

 

Fun Bomb though..

She'll be back.

 

Got her home and pulled the turbo/manifold... No good. Apex through the turbine from the rear rotor. I was able to stick a finger in the port to feel a gouge in the rotor housing also I'll have to take pics later...

 

pics for shure

 

It's a shame but it's bound to happen when your running it hard. Rebuild it stronger and better.

 

Well here is a pic of the turbine wheel.

 

someone was hungry. time to go bigger for sure!

 

damn that things been together forever! its older than the seizeatar...

 

Sorry to hear...

 

Yep, chewed her up pretty good. Most of us have been there and know it's not fun.

What turbo is that ?

 

sorry to hear that man. rebuild that baby and make it better then before!

 

TD07

 

Just part of life when boosting a rotary...

 

^ yeah, sadly I know. What are your plans with the car?

 

Congrats on the 5 yrs though! you know the rules, you have to build it bigger and better now. hehe.

 

What does that mean? Is yours up and running?

Funny - this thread full Turbo FB'ers..

 

Yeah, blew the motor about 9 months ago, rebuilt and running now.

 

Ok I guess I will chime in and report that I dont know if I have internal damage yet but mine isnt running right either. Seems like something is a miss and it doesnt idle correctly, its at the shop, I will know soon whats up.

 

well, you had tons of fun, so it was worth it just freshen her up and have another 4 years of fun!

 

Atleast its winter time there, now you will have something to do. Finally going inside the engine, heh. I was just thinking about you're ride, I bought an SA last week, got an RE sitting here ready to go in... Goodluck ol buddy

 

sorry to hear about the motor letting go. have you made a rebuild plan yet?

 

Thanks for the support guys! Not sure what's in store for the car. First things first, crack the engine open to see how bad it is. At least now I can get those damn D port exh sleeves out of there!

 

If you lost a rotor you'd know it. I had to hold ~1/4 throttle while cranking just to fire it up and a easy 1/8 to keep it running with no load. The front rotor got me back to the lot.

 

Sorry to hear about that. What were the specs on the motor/turbo/fuel injection?