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Old Jul 18, 2004 | 12:29 PM
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6500rpms car died. *UPDATE*

Well im not going to lie about what happened, but I will give you guys a brief story.
I was on the highway cruising @ 80mph around 2am. A new V8 S4 comes up and instigates a race...I bite.
Go up to an indicated 130 (in fifth), and let off because the S4 was behind.
I slowed down to 100mph and he flew by. I hit the gas and nothing...
The car had no power, but the rpms werent going down VERY very slow (with my foot to the floor).
I downshifted to fourth still nothing. Luckily i was right by an exit...as I went to turn off, my power steering and brakes went out.
Right before i got in the gas station all my idiot lights went on and the abs light flashed.
As soon as the car was stopped, it shot out a little cloud of blue/white-ish smoke and died.

I popped the hood and didnt notice anything...except some oil around the turbo.

Tried to start the car...no go.

Right now i dont have the car, but i can look at it on monday.
Any ideas?

(YES i searched)

*update*

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Old Jul 18, 2004 | 12:34 PM
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uhoh.

how much boost were you running? mileage on engine? original engine? stock turbo? boost creep?
we need more details man
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Old Jul 18, 2004 | 12:37 PM
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ok sorry.
Origonal engine. Origonal turbo. 80K miles.
11psi MAX no creep.
Battery seemed to be good (green indicator)
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Old Jul 18, 2004 | 03:19 PM
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Old Jul 18, 2004 | 03:40 PM
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do you have any fuel mods? 11psi is probably overpowering your stock fuel pump.

there was a guy that posted in the dyno/timeslips section that posted that he was in the 13's AFR's with even a walbro fuel pump at 10psi it was also a series5.

i'm thinking that you may have lost some apex seals if you've been boosting 11psi with the stock fuel pump and injectors. do a compression test on it monday
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Old Jul 18, 2004 | 03:45 PM
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how can he compression test it if it wont crank?
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Old Jul 18, 2004 | 05:33 PM
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his SIG says he has 720s.
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Old Jul 18, 2004 | 09:26 PM
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srry bout the car bro but i cant offer ne advice cus im not to knowledgable about rotary engines but i just bought a 89 t11 and i got the rb full exhaust i was wonderin if it was a good exhaust its gettin put on friday
thanks srry again bro
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Old Jul 18, 2004 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Dltreezan
how can he compression test it if it wont crank?
He said it wouldn't start, not that it wouldn't crank. There is a big difference. You just want the motor to spin, not start up.

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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 02:02 PM
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Well the front rotor has no compression, the rear is shitty.

motor is being pulled and ripped apart to asses the damages

maybe a rebuild, or jspec engine...or possibly a piston engine....
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Lawerence
Well the front rotor has no compression, the rear is shitty.

motor is being pulled and ripped apart to asses the damages

maybe a rebuild, or jspec engine...or possibly a piston engine....
Damn man, sorry to hear about that. If all you hurt was the motor, rebuild the thing!
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