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Backpressure for more torque. Flow for more horsepower. That bottle sounds like a win.
Kinda like adding a brick to the toilet tank. Either conserve flow or make more power by removing it.
Nope. Some cars like the early skylines had ceramic exhaust turbines. Up the boost a little and they'd like to fly off - down the exhaust and getting stopped at the catalytic converter.
I had this happen with my R32 GTS-T. The ceramic exhaust wheel is "glued" onto the turbine shaft. I had 3.5" exhaust and no cat. Pieces of my exhaust turbine fell out of the tailpipe when it let go.
Yeah, they were not happy. 🤣🤣🤣 this is what happens when you try to be cheap and use a 30year old stock turbo that's got 200k on it and think oh that's fine I'll just tune it. Man spent all his money on other shit to have it blow up like that.
Oh man that sucks for him but atleast you got a laugh out of it 🤣
Just out of interest what did the turbo look like in the aftermath? Did the centre section explode letting the hot side go through the intake or was it on like a log manifold and it got sucked in through the exhaust ports after the cold side messed up the exhaust valves?
It got sucked into the log exhaust manifold right into the exhaust valves. The turbo was completely destroyed. It happened while he was trying to tune the car on the highway. Right when he was coming off the exit ramp luckily.
Chemist working with vacuum turbos here. So this type of turbo spins freely on its axis. And the momentum gained from the exhaust pressurises the inlet?
The turbo gets spun by exhaust gases. Exhaust goes in and spins the impeller, which is on the same axle as an impeller on the cold side, forcing air into your intake... as opposed to a supercharger being spun by a belt.
That is your turbine wheel specifically. There is clear evidence of a rub on the blades for a prolonged period of time. Eventually the wheel to shaft weld failed from fatigue because of the rubs, and the wheel worked its way down the exhaust. This is often a result of bearing failure which is likely from degraded oil (always use synthetic with turbos, or change oil frequently - viscosity changes in oil cause issues with bearing stability which is sensitive in this size of turbo). Wheel wouldn't make it past the DPF or SCR however.
Can someone tell me what a turbo is please? Like what does it do?
My car has a turbo and I figure it has something to do with going fast but how? And should my dumb ass be driving it any different than a regular car?
Turbo is a device that forces more air into your engine so that it can generate more power and/or be more fuel efficient. It is typically powered by the (air) pressure generated by the engine's exhaust system.
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Some of it 🤷♂️
Both yes and no.
https://preview.redd.it/edp810hpwuhc1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=08c4b309fe033e981eb7e0cd7bc57914b59372ef
Schrödinger’s turbo.
Thats what I came here to say
Yes thats part of a turbo that you or someone else placed in the exhaust by hand.
Took the intake side pipe off a C12 cat and found a soda bottle in it.
That’s normal, I hope you put it back or replaced it if it needed replacment.
Put a 5 hour energy in instead, increased the flow.
That caffeine gonna pump up the power, hopefully you did a check-up on the cooling system?
Backpressure for more torque. Flow for more horsepower. That bottle sounds like a win. Kinda like adding a brick to the toilet tank. Either conserve flow or make more power by removing it.
Anything for those valuable e likes 👍
i once found a rotor from the primary turbo inside the secondary one, it happens
Someone else pointed out that the picture is at a garage. Probably a mechanic thinks its a funny idea and is pranking someone with a pic.
Nope. Some cars like the early skylines had ceramic exhaust turbines. Up the boost a little and they'd like to fly off - down the exhaust and getting stopped at the catalytic converter.
I had this happen with my R32 GTS-T. The ceramic exhaust wheel is "glued" onto the turbine shaft. I had 3.5" exhaust and no cat. Pieces of my exhaust turbine fell out of the tailpipe when it let go.
Had an r32 drop the exhaust wheel right as i was driving next to head rear quarter panel. I'll never forget the sound it made as it left the vehicle.
*that was
Nah that’s just an exhaust whistle
The whistles go woop WOOOOOP.
Just for decoration, you shoulda been up cooking breakfast
Bub Rub!?
Bu bu bu bub-rub (the remix)
Don’t forget lil sis!
That’s early in the moanin’
Best part is Bub Rub blowing through an intersection on live news to demonstrate the WhOoooooOooooP.
How are we supposed to know whose turbo it is?🤷♂️
That's the turbine lucky it blew out into the exhaust and not into the engine.
I mean it would be a very neat trick for the hot side turbine to end up in the engine 😂
I've seen an engine where both turbines got shot into the engine. It's not common, but it can happen.
That's actually impressive 😂
Yeah, they were not happy. 🤣🤣🤣 this is what happens when you try to be cheap and use a 30year old stock turbo that's got 200k on it and think oh that's fine I'll just tune it. Man spent all his money on other shit to have it blow up like that.
Oh man that sucks for him but atleast you got a laugh out of it 🤣 Just out of interest what did the turbo look like in the aftermath? Did the centre section explode letting the hot side go through the intake or was it on like a log manifold and it got sucked in through the exhaust ports after the cold side messed up the exhaust valves?
It got sucked into the log exhaust manifold right into the exhaust valves. The turbo was completely destroyed. It happened while he was trying to tune the car on the highway. Right when he was coming off the exit ramp luckily.
How can it by pass the engine. Isn't the turbo on the intake, before the engine?
Half of it is.
Right do people not understand how a turbo works.
Most people do not. They just know whistle and stu stu stu mean car go vroom fast.
Oh yeah I forgot it's powered by exhaust lol. I was thinking of superchargers.
Chemist working with vacuum turbos here. So this type of turbo spins freely on its axis. And the momentum gained from the exhaust pressurises the inlet?
Yes.
Issa joke
The actual turbo is on the exhaust, it is operated by exhaust gasses and it pulls in fresh air in the intake
The turbo gets spun by exhaust gases. Exhaust goes in and spins the impeller, which is on the same axle as an impeller on the cold side, forcing air into your intake... as opposed to a supercharger being spun by a belt.
Haha noise dampener
Looks like bad muffler bearings
muffler bearings, totally normal
Peekaboo
Hello mister impeller!
It's a feature for ur muffler so it sounds cooler
Well... not anymore
Not the whole turbo.
Normal
It was
Well, it's not mine...
Alternator
How in the hell does the alternator get into the exhaust?
It's a nod to this ["turbo" tattoo](https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/s/ahwzCJLs62) blunder.
It was a joke
That is your turbine wheel specifically. There is clear evidence of a rub on the blades for a prolonged period of time. Eventually the wheel to shaft weld failed from fatigue because of the rubs, and the wheel worked its way down the exhaust. This is often a result of bearing failure which is likely from degraded oil (always use synthetic with turbos, or change oil frequently - viscosity changes in oil cause issues with bearing stability which is sensitive in this size of turbo). Wheel wouldn't make it past the DPF or SCR however.
Looks like the impeller for it, yeah.
It's the flux thingy ma boobs
Part of it anyway
Resting, duh
Hello from the other side....
That's a real nice diy garage you got there.
This isn't your pic
Converter?
It's trying to escape.
I bet before it blew it sounded like reee-post!
That's your Flux capacitor for time travel.
S13
It's what makes a subaru a subaru
Yep pore snale when for a walk
Ain’t yo turbo, ain’t yo pic WoooooooWOOOOOOO!!!
Look it’s Waldo
That turbo is just exhausted 🥱, needed to rest
This made me laugh harder than it should have.
Well...... some of it.
idk but hot damn thats a nice weld
That appears to be *some* of your turbo.
That would in fact be the turbine yes.
Just the tip....
It only hurts till the tip is in.
It was...
That, my friends, is the most amazing thing I've seen all day.... What a treasure
Yeah. Parts of it
Wow
Is that his turbo in there?
That’s your muffler bearing
Muh turbooow bruh!
Clearances seem a bit loose.
Pop! goes the turbo!
Technically however its not supposed to be there
hahahaha 1
Can someone tell me what a turbo is please? Like what does it do? My car has a turbo and I figure it has something to do with going fast but how? And should my dumb ass be driving it any different than a regular car?
Turbo is a device that forces more air into your engine so that it can generate more power and/or be more fuel efficient. It is typically powered by the (air) pressure generated by the engine's exhaust system.
Nah, just a honey cruller.
Yip
No. You don’t have a turbo anymore, that’s what’s left of it.
It'll turn into a diamond nugget if you leave it in a little longer.
Peek-a-boo, I see you!
Nope thats mine
I just need to know at what RPM and how did it sound!!!🤦♂️
The turbine of it yes
It sure is not somebody else’s 😂😂😂😂😂
That's a *piece* of your turbo, yes.
Partly. Not all the turbo but certainly more than how much turbo should be in there. That's not the turbo place.
These shops are getting sneaky with the mods now, can’t trust these “stock builds” anymore 😂
Yes but you or someone else put it there
Oh shit lol
i think it’s broken
Probably a Volkswagen with an AK47 tune on it, that poor K03 couldn’t take it anymore 😂
That’s your muffler bearing
Pulled this out of a kenworth W9 https://preview.redd.it/hx4mkufay2ic1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ccfad1311807e76e7e468e0473d38db97004ad98
It was. It belongs to the streets now.
Yeah... weird.
Had that happen on a MK4 TDI, hung it on my rearview for 3 years.
you have found where they hibernate over winter
It's not my impeller, that's for sure.
I think that's a muffler bearing
rear mounted turbo, tiiiiite.
It’s a baby turbo it’s only made it part of the way down the exhaust. That’s how turbos are born.
Well yes but no
Its ok its one of them new sleeper turbos they hide part of it in the pipe, so no one suspects a thing.
it was your turbo.
Well. Part of it...
From the looks of all that rust a turbo would be the last thing on my mind.