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Oct 17, 2012, 11:04 AM
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Oct 18, 2012, 01:35 AM
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Need some help homies. As you know , the BOV flange on my ARC UICP is on the bottom. Well with the regular straight connecting tube (silicone I think?), my BOV (turbo smart ) shoots straight down (and upside down) into the depths of my engine. The only other tube variety I could seem to find is elbow in shape. So my BOV in turn shoots down in the depths, and then sits sideways. Well what I WANT is to find a tube that is U-shaped so that my BOV sits upright and right next to my UICP (between the UICP and battery). Any clue where I can buy one of these. Also, is there an actual name for this tube so I can quit referring to it as "that one tube" and sounding like a dumbass. Thnx
Oct 18, 2012, 01:36 AM
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Wassup everyone. Yes the Evo is sitting 3 feet in the air in the garage right now and that is the only reason y'all ain't seeing me. turbo went back to FP for the 3rd time and they are saying my engine has grains of sand in it that is damaging the thrust bearings in the turbo... I think not, especially when I sent pictures back to them of the turbo arriving in Hawaii last February with sand pouring out if it. I even saved the email where I asked them and said this doesn't look right and was told " it's ok and shouldn't affect it because the sand is in the water ports." Sand in any turbo equals bad day. The sand was coming out of every port including the oil ports when I pulled the red plugs that were on them. FP is arguing it but I luckily took those pics and saved the email from Brian over there. I probably should have went with a BBK full instead. But to get to the point, when I'm up and running again there will be more black people out there reppin'. Anyone feeling like they wanna come help me pull my head can expedite me getting back out there too.. Lol. Miss you guys
Oct 18, 2012, 01:53 AM
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YN + Tools does not = good ORM
Oct 18, 2012, 02:56 AM
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Oct 18, 2012, 02:58 AM
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Wassup everyone. Yes the Evo is sitting 3 feet in the air in the garage right now and that is the only reason y'all ain't seeing me. turbo went back to FP for the 3rd time and they are saying my engine has grains of sand in it that is damaging the thrust bearings in the turbo... I think not, especially when I sent pictures back to them of the turbo arriving in Hawaii last February with sand pouring out if it. I even saved the email where I asked them and said this doesn't look right and was told " it's ok and shouldn't affect it because the sand is in the water ports." Sand in any turbo equals bad day. The sand was coming out of every port including the oil ports when I pulled the red plugs that were on them. FP is arguing it but I luckily took those pics and saved the email from Brian over there. I probably should have went with a BBK full instead. But to get to the point, when I'm up and running again there will be more black people out there reppin'. Anyone feeling like they wanna come help me pull my head can expedite me getting back out there too.. Lol. Miss you guys
Oct 18, 2012, 03:39 PM
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Nope. No replacement turbo yet. FP no longer makes the journal bearing turbo and the want be to shell out $1800 to have my red converted to a ball bearing. The only reason I haven't gone through yet is I'm trying to pull the motor apart and have it checked to make sure there is nothing wrong in the car from the sand and the turbo. That's why I wanna pull the head now while the turbo is out and the car is a 450awhp paperweight with 11k miles. Lol