Re: [s-cars] Scary S-CAR / Stommung story . . .

[marc weiner]

wow, I'll take my blown out downpipe O2 bung hole over what happened to you 
any day - yikes.  Picked my car up today - bung hole welded back in and O2 
sensor and car functioning properly.  good luck w/ the new turbo and 
downpipe mending . . .guess there was no cat to slow down that compressor 
wheel and oil :-) . .

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cody Payne" <cpayne at bconnected.com>
To: <CaptMagu at aol.com>; <mlped at qwest.net>; <marcweiner at comcast.net>; 
"s-car-list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 8:48 AM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Scary S-CAR / Stommung story . .  .


Yes..yes it is true...my ITS K26 RS2 Comp++ Turbo exploded on October 13th. 
It was a horror of a sight to see and hear...we are talking totally covering 
3 full lanes of traffic with smoke that you could cut a knife through.  Thus 
causing people to slam on their brakes, turn on their head-lights, and some 
even their windshield wipers!
A 2nd gear pull to about 6K when I hear this ZINNNNG sound followed by huge 
plum of smoke...I pulled over about 15-20 seconds later as soon as I could 
get over..opened the hood and the engine bay was on FIRE!!!  No fire 
extinguisher on hand..so I did what any boy scout (never was) would do..and 
blew the fire out with my mouth went out with just one blow...no kidding!  I 
must of forgot to brush my teeth that morning and thank goodness for Mobile 
1 and not Pennzoil Dino burning.
After further examination looks like the hot-side compressor wheel broke off 
via either the turbine shaft breaking and/or the nut on the compressor wheel 
spinning off and went flying down the Stromung DP..slicing and dicing its 
way down. Thus..causing a nice pool of Mobile 1 to sit on my RS2 manifold 
and catch on fire.  Also had a nice boring effect to create what some may 
call the RSSS DP..which now has to have a plate welded on the side to patch 
up the holes/slices...probably should go with some 1/4" Military Steel in 
case it happens again ;-)  I had the car towed to ASW after a 1 hour walk in 
40 degree temps with Sushi in my hand that my wife sent me to go get..at 
least had company with my brother.
Brain at ASW found the compressor wheel and bits..I kid you not at in the 
rear muffler..not to mention about 2-3 qts of unburnt oil in the exhaust. So 
as for the cause..it is unknown...and yet to TBD...but I can say that I 
picked up a nice ITS Garrett 50 Trim TO4E from Dave Dawson on Sunday that is 
going in as we speak and is hopefully completed today.

Oh the adventure with this car never ends....


Cody "Driving a 90+ HP Chevy Cavalier" Payne

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of CaptMagu at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 10:36 PM
To: mlped at qwest.net; marcweiner at comcast.net; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Scary S-CAR / Stommung story . .  .


Mike and Cody

Seems to me I did hear some story about Mr Payne's escapades with said 
turbo.


Hap, tryin to figure out about dahkine in Evahboost, Maguire
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