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Its for a gq td42, originally it was an ATI kit fitted back in the late 80's i believe.
The turbo's are now obsolete, as they no longer make spares for them, i need a new exhaust housing (mines cracked most of the way around). I'm not sure if its the same as the gu one or not, but the guy said that ...

Well after being told my turbo is irrepairable, i priced a mistsubishi turbo and dump pipe to suit the TD42 for $1600.
Dunno what size it is but it is from the kit that MTQ in Laverton (Melb) sell...

Does this sound like normal pricing or am i getting ripped?

Does anyone know of a good turbo specialist in Geelong?
My turbo's cracked and i want someone with a bit of knowledge to point me in the direction of what to do.. Thanks in advance!!

Best stuff i've ever used is electra-clean, pretty expensive though, bout 15-20 bucks a can from some bearing joints. takes everything off though, paint, oil, grease, melts some plastics... Just dont spray it on seals or o-rings!!

Instead of spot welding them, i just put a series of prick punches from the inside out on each end, was told to do this by a guy who custom builds I/C's for drags.

I used mild steel, and primed and painted it using the hi-temp stuff, seems to work ok.

Could it be a vacuum leak maybe? eg: Inlet manifold gasket, carby loose etc...

Thanks guys, i'll keep an eye out for it....

I've been told that i will need to get some alpine diesel or an addeitive or something like that if i'm driving up to, and in the snow...

Does anyone know if this is true or not? If so, where can i get this stuff

I was told after i took my manifold off to put my pyro on that i could have just covered the drill bit with grease so the swarf would stick to the drill and not go into the motor... Dunno if this helps???

I would have thought that free reving, under no load would have produced a fair amount of black smoke, due to the reduced cylinder temps???

Mine does anyway, i dont think it hurts for a diesel to blow a little bit of smoke, just not too much...

sounds like the spigot bearing starting to sieze up

hi i dont know if the laws in vic are the same but i just recently put a repairable writeooff back on the road. if the car is over 10 years old it doesn't need to be inspected only needs a roadworthy. hope the law in qld is the same as it saved me heaps of time and $400 not having to get it inspected.

I had this problem with my car, not enough room for a panel filter, went and brought a K&N pod filter (3 inch outlet).

Then brought plumbers pvc piping (white stuff) with a screw on end cap, cut a 3" hole in the cap so the filter goes inside the pipe, and got fittings for the other end to reduce ...

Some mud racers use tuppaware containers with a hole cut in the bottom of it, put the dizzy through the hole and put it back on the motor, drill holes in the side of the container and put rubber grommets in them and push the leads through them, keep the lid off the container until you go off road ...

cheers

I can never seem to get the search to work when searching for specifics, only if i want to find out about a broad range of things...

I've just fitted a Pyro to my GQ turbo'ed 4.2 diesel, in the exhaust manifold, before the turbo, NOT in the dump pipe like many others. Took it for a spin and 3500rpm in 4th gear (120+kmh) it reads around the 600c mark... is this ok? I understand everyone says not to go over the 550c mark but (from ...

If your not very handy at home, or have no tools to work with its not worth doing it, buy a new one. I just did everything at home and got a welder to mig it all in, and then painted it at home. All depends on what you have and who you know...

I did this to my non whinch bar, i used a big thick piece of 'C'section and cut the bottom part of the bar away, welded the 'c' section to the rails that go into your chassis, and also welded some more plates to brace it back to the chassis as a safe measure, all up round $150 got me a nice looking ...

I replaced my M/C on Friday, new one- $180, rebuild kit- $143, didn't think it was worth the stuffing around... Good as gold now, goes hard after one pump... Oh and the M/C works well too!!!

I had one behind my old mud racer, it was powered by a wrx motor and a bw 40 with a 4500 stall... Never had any probs with it, other guys run them behind 400-500hp chevs and never have any thing break!!

I think the real early ones had smaller flanges on them though, so try for a later one??

Re-painting it doesn't really bother me (mines been painted body colour as well), it doesn't have to win show'n'shine trophies... When im done, im just going to go over the whole bar with a flap disc and paint it with a supercheap spraygun!!!

Re-painting it doesn't really bother me (mines been painted body colour as well), it doesn't have to win show'n'shine trophies... When im done, im just going to go over the whole bar with a flap disc and paint it with a supercheap spraygun!!!

Re-painting it doesn't really bother me (mines been painted body colour as well), it doesn't have to win show'n'shine trophies... When im done, im just going to go over the whole bar with a flap disc and paint it with a supercheap spray gun!!!

Im doing it to my non-winch bar at the moment, using a piece of c section steel to sit the winch into and bracing it back onto the chassis. The way i'm mounting it all the force will be going directly into the chassis and not on the bar, but the winch will still be mounted on the bar.... If that ...

I run a set of 16x8s rice tyres on my mud racer, they are the equivelant to a 33" and most of the other boys run 18" rims which are about 35" tyres. I have driven my car on the road a few times, normal tractor lugs drive like a muddy or simex, the rice cripping tyres are a lot harsher on the road ...

Sorry playtime, but why do they fit Oil coolers to most turbo and Hi Po engines.......to keep oil temps down, which keeps engine temps down as well. A mate was having trouble with his turbo'd hilux years ago and couldnt work out how to fix it, ended up being the oil getting too hot, fixed it with an ...

Where do i get me one of these Pyro's??

I have already had a multimetre hooked up to it, and it all seems pretty good (97 degrees at about 3/4) so i think thats working ok...

Another guy my dad spoke to said they sometimes have a problem with the head gasket not letting enough water to cylinders 5 and 6. Still chasing it up.

I'm ...

Slosh, you can ask me anything you want to know about the old v6 and the new one, i work up at Holden, i can find out anything you want!