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Well, my supra is down for a bit with blown stock twins....I know, it happens.
Heres the story behind it. About a month and a half back, I had my car in the shop getting new wheels/tires put on, and the tranny checked out. Since it was already there, I had them hook up my EVC III as well so I didnt have to run the bleeder mod anymore. Pick up the car when everything is finished, pulls slower, with an electrical high pitched whine. Definitely doesnt pulls as hard as it was, even with the boost controller on 19 psi. AFR was fine. After a week or so, it develops a faint whistle and starts running rich. I checked/replaced hoses trying to track down a boost leak, but couldnt find one. Car also feels like its only spooling on one turbo. Take it back in to the shop, explain the problem, find out that they hooked the boost controller up completely wrong. Shop redoes boost controller, car feels slower than ever. Whine gets louder over the next few weeks. (yes it was the death whine ultimately) All ends last week with car running slower than a moped and smoking like a chimney. Diagnosis from shops: blown twins. Had headgasket checked out to be safe as well, but it is fine. Now, keep in mind, this car only drives about 15-20 miles in a week, including the trips to and from the shop. I tell shop I think they may have sent my turbos to an early grave by hooking up boost controller wrong causing it to only boost on one turbo. Shop says that stock twins dont last long at higher than stock boost. I know the life span is reduced, but this seems like a pretty big coincidence that they went from non-leaking, pulling hard twins to smoking pieces of shit over a 6 week period that the car was in and out of the shop. I also found out that since that time, the mechanic working on my car was fired for undisclosed reasons. So now, basically I feel like Im takin it up the ass and having to find a set of stick twins to replace mine ASAP since I'm down to one car. Shop takes no responsibility. etc. Those that have ridden in my car before the shop visit can attest to the turbos being fine.
/rant
Cliffs: took car to shop, had boost controller installed. shop hooks it up wrong, feels like only spooling on one of the stockers, shop corrects mistake a week or two later, within another month my turbos are both shot. shop claims no fault. I'm pissed, requesting input from you guys on whether this is just a coincidence or if it sounds shady.
Heres the story behind it. About a month and a half back, I had my car in the shop getting new wheels/tires put on, and the tranny checked out. Since it was already there, I had them hook up my EVC III as well so I didnt have to run the bleeder mod anymore. Pick up the car when everything is finished, pulls slower, with an electrical high pitched whine. Definitely doesnt pulls as hard as it was, even with the boost controller on 19 psi. AFR was fine. After a week or so, it develops a faint whistle and starts running rich. I checked/replaced hoses trying to track down a boost leak, but couldnt find one. Car also feels like its only spooling on one turbo. Take it back in to the shop, explain the problem, find out that they hooked the boost controller up completely wrong. Shop redoes boost controller, car feels slower than ever. Whine gets louder over the next few weeks. (yes it was the death whine ultimately) All ends last week with car running slower than a moped and smoking like a chimney. Diagnosis from shops: blown twins. Had headgasket checked out to be safe as well, but it is fine. Now, keep in mind, this car only drives about 15-20 miles in a week, including the trips to and from the shop. I tell shop I think they may have sent my turbos to an early grave by hooking up boost controller wrong causing it to only boost on one turbo. Shop says that stock twins dont last long at higher than stock boost. I know the life span is reduced, but this seems like a pretty big coincidence that they went from non-leaking, pulling hard twins to smoking pieces of shit over a 6 week period that the car was in and out of the shop. I also found out that since that time, the mechanic working on my car was fired for undisclosed reasons. So now, basically I feel like Im takin it up the ass and having to find a set of stick twins to replace mine ASAP since I'm down to one car. Shop takes no responsibility. etc. Those that have ridden in my car before the shop visit can attest to the turbos being fine.
/rant
Cliffs: took car to shop, had boost controller installed. shop hooks it up wrong, feels like only spooling on one of the stockers, shop corrects mistake a week or two later, within another month my turbos are both shot. shop claims no fault. I'm pissed, requesting input from you guys on whether this is just a coincidence or if it sounds shady.