The Death Of The Vj20

[FE3-323]

OK GUYS, heres the story & a few pics to go with it.
got the turbo from carlinmax, (GTX motor raffle winner) big mistake there.
anyhow, started dissasembling the turbo for a rebuild & the nut with the turbo shaft both shear right off, next day I call up corksport & get another turbo shaft.
I box up the whole mess of remaining parts. Then ship the turbo off to be professionally rebuilt at Turbocity in california. aproximately 1 week later after it finally made it to turbocity, i get a call the first business day from them, "we are sorry sir but your turbo is unrebuildable" there is a groove where the finaly clip that holds the bearings/oil from getting out into the hot side goes. that groove is compeltely ****ed, so the core of the VJ20 is junk ruined & hopeless.
there for i am still turboless & looking for a replacement of some sort. i've got alot of options right now & its quite difficult to decide the proper route for me to take from here on out.
a pic of the turbo when I first got it then the pics of what turbo city sent me back.

but anyhow this is the dimise.
enjoy the cleanlyness of the pics.

[92_2_fast]

I don't know who gets it worse. You or Redfox. Sorry to hear about the troubles.

[Lex]

So what are you going to do with all the good bits and pieces of the VJ20?

[Tazman2]

Can't you just get/find a replacement for that center piece?!

[elscotto80]

Buy a hybrid. You wont need the center section, but you will need that nice and clean exhaust side.

[FE3-323]

i'll more than likly sell off the rest of the good parts.... trubo shaft & wheel, Rebuild kit, compressor housing, Im going to be greedy & keep the exhaust housing more than likely to do a hybrid.

[D323]

Buy a hybrid. You wont need the center section, but you will need that nice and clean exhaust side.

hybrid that hoe with a vj-14 or something. That or do the VF-10/08 upgrade....

clean parts though....

[FE3-323]

i love how clean they are... i **** a brick when i saw them.... a before/after shot would have been nice, but holy cleanliness.

[91ProtegeLX]

good thing I raffled that motor off....otherwise I would have been in your position.

[popsicle]

most shops clean their parts before they work on turboes or heads etc.

[TurboProto]

Have you contacted Dave? I cant speak for him. But he might have a turbo left over

[redfox]

all thos clean parts are from the turbo in the first pic??? how the **** did they clean them so well???

[mike_moss]

I'd mount this on the wall in my garage:

[T4TURBO]

wow you wernt kidding that thing is gorgeous!

just go ahead and get the VF10 and boost ur lil 323 already mang! lol
sucks to see that happen tho

[D323]

many hours in a parts washer I'd assume. Those things are damn near mint minus the damage.

I was thinking, you couldnt say rob that damaged part out of a VJ14 turbo or something else really close?