10V head mod qustion

[Konstantine Bogach]

Antar,

I am glad to hear from you after some time. It is me who asked about turbo rebuilding.
Did you replace a shaft in you turbo or bought complete turbo after you snap the old shaft?  I wonder,
how would you run a rebuilt turbo without balancing?

Konstantin.



>
> From: Ameer Antar <ameer at snet.net>
> Subject: Re: 10V head mod qustion
>
> I'm not sure who was asking about rebuilding, but I rebuilt my turbo
> myself. It's really not that bad...the hard part is getting it off the car.
> Then you just need a kit [make sure you get the right one], and you can
> swap the parts in an hour or so. Do it on a bench or someplace you won't
> lose parts or get anything dirty. The kit cost under $100 from Bramall
> turbo in Canada. Basically you just need to change the bearings, seals, and
> some hardware. Also inspect and clean out the oil passageways for any
> carbon buildup. I had a decent amount in mine, but the oil passageways are
> big enough, so a cheap screwdriver and some elbow did the trick. Make sure
> you torque the compressor nut lightly. The early K26's had a necked shaft
> near the threads, so I ended up snapping mine and having to hunt for a new
> turbine. But I got it all together and had it running fine for at least 10k
> miles, before my heater hose blew which blew the head gasket. It was nice
> hearing that turbo whistle after driving w/ a locked turbo for so long. You
> can also get kits from turbo city in Cali. here are the sites:
>
> http://www.bramall-turbo.com/
>
> http://www.turbocity.com/TurboRepairKit.htm
>
> good luck.
> -ameer