Hello guys, I just finished installing my custom kit on my Prelude. Last night i started her up and everything seemed fine, but while waiting for all the oil to burn off the mani and everything, one of my buddies asked me, "Dude, is your turbo suppose to look like that?" I run over to see that the turbo had stop spinning. WTF!!! Is that suppose to happen at idle? When i give her some juice it spins and when it returns to idle it stops. What's wrong? Is my turbo bad? It's a brand new Turbonetics turbo....

 

No lots dont spin at idle dont worry about it.

 

it doesnt have to spin at idle

 

Are you guys sure man... I was soo frustrated last night that i was about to say ---- It and send the money to buy an SC34 or 61. Well, i guess if it aint suppose to spin then when i get home from school Im gonna go and take it for a sloooww test drive to see if that'll help. Do you guys think it's also because the turbo's new and needs to be brokin in?

 

what does your drain looks like?
I encountered the same problem and found that the turbo was not draining properly.
I fix the kink and the turbo started spinning at idle.
just my $0.02

 

I wouldn't worry about it too much. First off, how big is the turbo you are running - you might not have enough exhaust volume moving past the turbine to have it spin. It happned on my install in a 240 sx. There is a video from another member showing his b-series motor with a big turbo and at idle it doesn't spin. Take a look:

https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...?topic=46966.0

Make sure that you have a good oil line fed to the turbo and I use a -3an line to regulate how much oil the turbo is actually getting. Post up your specs for the kit installed. If it is a big turbo it will take some time for it to spool. Also put up some pics - everyone wants to see pics.

EJ

 

Well, i took the turbo apart again to clean it and saw that there were some minor build ups on the blades. I clean the sucker up good, and now it spins freely...wooo wooo Everything is running smoothly, turbo spinning at idle..My question now is, should i drive it around the block to see if it runs okay and to make sure there isn't any leaks before bringing it in to tune? Right now everything on the car is stock, ecu, injectors, etc...the only new thing is the turbo kit. Would it be safe to drive? I don't want to just have it towed to the shop and find out there that some things are not working right. That'll just waste my time and money. Any suggestions?

P.S. Pics WILL be up tonight when i get home. Yall gotta see my custom manifold and setup overall...

 

Do you have an FMU or something? AFC? Check valves? Anything whatsoever to keep the engine from going haywire when it sees that first pound of boost?

 

personally, i wouldnt risk it, not a good idea. wait until u have atleast ur injectors and a chipped ecu with a decent basemap b4 doing some on road driving, but its ur car man

 

Wire your WG open and drive it around and make sure everything is working properly. This way you don't build any boost and can check things out.


JP