old_mate Member 767 Member For: 18y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 13/08/14 03:33 AM Share Posted 13/08/14 03:33 AM bummer :(I wonder if they are sourcing housings from elsewhere of late because I know a few guys who have used them in the past without drama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_mate Member 767 Member For: 18y 9m 3d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 13/08/14 03:34 AM Share Posted 13/08/14 03:34 AM (edited) bloody double post Edited 13/08/14 03:34 AM by old_mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 6m 5d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 13/08/14 10:01 AM Author Share Posted 13/08/14 10:01 AM I think I just got unlucky old_mate. To be fair, I'm not going to make anymore comments until we've fixed the car. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 6m 5d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 15/08/14 07:43 AM Author Share Posted 15/08/14 07:43 AM GTX3576R on special again boys. $1375. Bargain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenDoCo I'm getten too old for this s**t Bronze Donating Members 4,509 Member For: 11y 7m 9d Gender: Male Location: A big bridge over a river in South Australia Posted 15/08/14 11:06 AM Share Posted 15/08/14 11:06 AM Got a link Bomber? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 6m 5d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 15/08/14 11:45 AM Author Share Posted 15/08/14 11:45 AM Don't seem to know how to put links on anymore, lol.Just search Sonic MTQ mate and click on specials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtRmn8 570Nm @1800rpm Donating Members 2,441 Member For: 21y 1m 26d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 15/08/14 12:01 PM Share Posted 15/08/14 12:01 PM Here it is: http://www.sonicperformance.com.au/SPECIAL-803714_dash_5001S/Garrett-GTX3576R-Ball-Bearing-Turbocharger/pd.php 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 6m 5d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 18/08/14 09:32 AM Author Share Posted 18/08/14 09:32 AM I seriously cannot believe my luck. My second donor FG housing that already had the turbo mod done, had excessive shaft play. So, MTQ have send a new shaft and bush today to make it right. Basically, when you pulled the level down (as the actuator does) it was lifting the flapper off its seat on the opposite side. It was either fix this or pull the Turbo off the car and see what's going on with the MTA flapper etc. That would have resulted in more downtime however so I decided to persevere and get the garrett housing 100%. Surely I've got to get something going my way shortly. Including the MTA one currently on the car, this will be my third housing, lol. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 12y 11m 17d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 18/08/14 02:11 PM Share Posted 18/08/14 02:11 PM fark dude, I feel your pain and I hope never to be in your situation.Fingers crossed that all goes well for you, from now on. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 6m 5d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 19/08/14 08:06 AM Author Share Posted 19/08/14 08:06 AM Ok. New shaft, bush, flapper, set the seat down 20 thou and blend (as flapper was pinching on the top) and a little massage on the side of housing boss so the flapper clears nicely. Seriously, never buy a s/hand ported housing unless you've had someone take a good look at it irrespective of who supposedly ported it. I would've been better off with a stock housing and starting from scratch. The engineer doing the work believes the shaft wear was a result of the flapper pinching or catching on the side. In other words, the person who originally did it doesn't know sh*t. Anyway, it will be 100% but I'm $350 lighter in the pocket :( 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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