Swifty's never-ending project thread!

[Swifty1638]

Updating, since scheides twisted my arm over it.

I've sold my guitar setup, since it was a liquid asset that i didn't mind parting with, to fix this fucking car for the end of year.

Found a new gt42 for sale. Guy was asking $200. I went and looked at it, and talked him down to $100 (he's a vw guy). it came off a detroit diesel series 60, and came with a t6 1.28 internally gated exhaust housing. I took that housing off, and am looking for places to list it for sale on, as I will never use this. The rest of the turbo I inspected, looks GREAT. It was dirty as hell from all the diesel oil and such, so I tried some easy off oven cleaner, and got most of it clean. Still wasn't up to my par, so I ran up to Primo, and with their help, soda blasted and cleaned off all the parts, wheels, housings, and such really well. I have the new torque specs for everything, after conversating with Nick over at Diesel Components, and will be reassembling the turbo in no time. the nice thing about it is the parts all look new on the inside. It has a 270 deg. thrust bearing, but most of these turbos from the factory come with it. What I really liked is the fact that it was stainless steel, NOT brass like the last turbo I had. This shows no sign of going out anytime soon.

I found a housing from a supra guy, and after he shipped it to me, it was the wrong one. He said it's for a gt42, but once I got it, looked at the casting, and mic'd it all, it will never fit. I believe it to be a housing for a GTS turbine wheel, like the 74 GTS turbos those supra owners all love. All is good, he's refunding the money, and i'll ship back the housing to him. Still looking for a gt42 vband 1.01 housing, so we shall see what comes of it.

Hot parts are all at Primo getting their treatment/coating, and the valve cover too, since the corner of it got fucked up somehow. New color, after looking over my options will still be black, but with a "fire sparkle" top coat..basically a little red glitter. Not overly excessive though, but just a hint of it. We shall see how it all turns out. Once I find the housing though, and get everything back, car will be together, running, and doing pulls within an hour. So, I'm just playing the waiting game.

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[Super Bleeder!!]

Originally Posted by Swifty1638

It has a 270 deg. thrust bearing, but most of these turbos from the factory come with it. What I really liked is the fact that it was stainless steel, NOT brass like the last turbo I had.

I dont see how that matters as everything is riding on a hydrodynamic oil wedge, not the actual bearing.