has anyone had the nut come off of their compressor wheel. mine did today and it ruined the turbo. the compressor wheel is beat to ---- and the turbine wheel was grinding away on the housing. the shaft moves around like crazy now. this sucks *** heres a pic but i dont know what you can see

 

i probobly would have if i took it apart, but i just bought it and put it on. i am about to get another one though and i just might loctite it this time. its an expensive mistake that i cant really afford. luckily i found an identicle turbo locally for $130

 

happened to me...ill post carnage pics in the mornign.

 

Ah it's only a TD04. Go bigger. At least get a 14b. I wouldn't go for one of those again.

 

i got a good deal on the 1st one so i went with it. now i needed to get going again really fast so i just swapped the center section and compressor housing. it was easier to just leave the turbine housing in the car. its going again, but i am planning a t-3 upgrade for my built z6. i am shooting for 300-350whp on 15-20psi. does that sound even possible. i figure all forged parts, lower compression and balanced to rev to 9k should be fun in the civic and then i can really beat up on some b series

 

wow. that sounds like quite a project. youll have to post pics as soon as you make progress.

 

all be posting pics all along the way