Came off my black GST years ago. No rust, no dents, still has original factory stickers on it.Needs a new layer of paint, unless you want the rat rod look, in which case its perfect. Paint actually looks much better than the pictures, its covered in a layer of dust because it's been sitting...

As others have already stated, ML-85 was made so that we didn't have to mix the ML-90 and MTL cocktail. You can't go wrong with it. I ran a fresh rebuild off the old cocktail, no problems.

Your radiator cap controls the pressure. If the upper hose popped off, it was simply too loose. Rock hard and hot ;) is normal.

When you have the turbo off, check the mating surfaces of the exhaust housing as well as the exhaust manifold. If they are damaged, have grooves, warped, i.e. anything other than flat, consider a quick and cheap resurfacing.

Where do you see this guy acting like this is worth gold? :hmm: I smell confirmation bias.

Hope it's not an expensive turbo and/or the coating holds up. Swaintech, one of the better known companies that does coatings, won't even touch the inside.

Link is still up. Lets not debate and ruin it.

Manifold would make me very nervous... nothing like making the turbo eat peeled off ceramanic.

Thanks for the files. You're my hero of the day.

The ebay kit is very good and I had good communication with the seller when I bought mine. Installing is not that bad, most time consuming part is soldering and taping/shrink wrapping all your connections - don't skimp on this part.Keep in mind that a couple of the install articles differ...

AT or MT? Are the RPMs rising inconsistently with speed? And when you say boost shoots up, how far are you reaching?

Black ice smells like deodorant. Not unpleasant, but not something I'd swath my interior in.

If they are higher compression pistons you can do a compression test. It's not 100% but it generally points in the right direction.Cams depend on the brand, but usually there is some kind of marking/stamp on the shaft.Good point and much easier. Basically pick a rocker that is not being...

You won't be able to verify lifters by just popping off the valve cover. The holes are covered by rockers. You will have to unbolt the cam caps. If you are careful and you clamp the timing belt to the cam gear, you won't have to redo timing and you won't have to unbolt the caps all the way...

Haha... even if you could squeeze your way in... how are you supposed to get out?