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Old 04-21-2008, 01:40 PM
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Default IM n UR terboh EATIN ur CuPPLers
not my problem... for once
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Old 04-21-2008, 01:44 PM
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WTF is this?
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Old 04-21-2008, 01:46 PM
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Looks like a homedepot coupler got sucked into the turbo and destroyed the compressor wheel.
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A coupler sucked into the compressor inlet... or what's left of it. There were no pics of the pieces in the intercooler and pipes.
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tehrbo wheelz aka jdm mad shredderz




that is a Miata bay, who's car is it?
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Old 04-21-2008, 01:48 PM
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hate when that happens.
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Old 04-21-2008, 02:00 PM
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it's red, it must be scott's
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Old 04-21-2008, 02:05 PM
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scott's running a garrett, not an IHI.

still. i'm all laughs






til it happens to me.
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Old 04-21-2008, 05:49 PM
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Holy baby dick turbo?! Damn cheap couplers..
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Holy baby dick turbo
What the hell does that mean?


Anyway .... "It slices, it dices! It's the turbo-matic!"
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there is the major suck right there
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Old 04-21-2008, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jayc72
What the hell does that mean?


Anyway .... "It slices, it dices! It's the turbo-matic!"
lol, I was just kidding about the inlet size. Don't mind me.

That your turbo? Shitty deal.


But the question is... WILL IT BLEND!?
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Will it blend?


edit: Damn you elesjuan for beating me to it.
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Good lord, tell him to clean his engine bay.
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Originally Posted by elesjuan
WILL IT BLEND!?
Best show ever.

Also, how the heck does that happen to your turbo? Just cheap couplers?
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ouch...

Reason #1 why not to be hack when doing turbo stuff...
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