I was sorting through things in my garage when I came across 2 examples of carnage from failed turbo's. Unfortunately failures I personally experienced in my own car years ago.
The first image is from my original CT-26 that came with the car that I had been running hard for a few years up to this point. I was accelerating hard and under full boost at the time. Literally everything she would give me including what the HKS boost controller pushed her up too. Can't recall exactly what my PSI was, but I do remember I was walking all over a 5 liter fox body mustang and loving every second of it. On the third pull against him I was a good distance ahead when I heard a terrible and not at all normal noise. Looking out behind me I saw the largest cloud of "James bond" concealing smoke behind me I had ever seen in my entire life. The mustang was gone! He later told me (nice guy by the way) that he had literally thought my car had exploded. He kept expecting to see pieces of me and the car everywhere on the road.
The second pic is from my old Turbonetics, I can't remember exactly which one it was (can anyone give me any kind of guess based on the pics of this damaged wheel?) but it was making a rubbing noise as it spun down after engine shut down and as I suspected I had bearing failure. Religiously used a turbo timer and all, but crap happens.
As soon as I can find my melted piston from a lean condition on #6 I'll post that pic too. Burned a hole literally completely through the topside of the piston. That was good for a large smoke show too!
Here ya go, enjoy and take heed of the dangers of being addicted to boo$t.
The first image is from my original CT-26 that came with the car that I had been running hard for a few years up to this point. I was accelerating hard and under full boost at the time. Literally everything she would give me including what the HKS boost controller pushed her up too. Can't recall exactly what my PSI was, but I do remember I was walking all over a 5 liter fox body mustang and loving every second of it. On the third pull against him I was a good distance ahead when I heard a terrible and not at all normal noise. Looking out behind me I saw the largest cloud of "James bond" concealing smoke behind me I had ever seen in my entire life. The mustang was gone! He later told me (nice guy by the way) that he had literally thought my car had exploded. He kept expecting to see pieces of me and the car everywhere on the road.
The second pic is from my old Turbonetics, I can't remember exactly which one it was (can anyone give me any kind of guess based on the pics of this damaged wheel?) but it was making a rubbing noise as it spun down after engine shut down and as I suspected I had bearing failure. Religiously used a turbo timer and all, but crap happens.
As soon as I can find my melted piston from a lean condition on #6 I'll post that pic too. Burned a hole literally completely through the topside of the piston. That was good for a large smoke show too!
Here ya go, enjoy and take heed of the dangers of being addicted to boo$t.
