Blue smoke is oil. It sounds like a seal in your turbo is in the process of failing. When my 14b started to go, it would smoke sometimes and not others. It was OK at cruise but definitely smoked when you were on the throttle very much. When the seal finally let loose it started dumping oil right...

Yep. I highly recommend not running a maft myself. I went against what a few people said about it and I regretted it really quickly. Could never get my idle dialed in. One minute it'd be 13.9-14.7 at idle, then it would go full rich 10:1. Every adjustment I would make would throw something else...

Here's some more carnage for you guys. Finally got the engine and trans out. The clutch friction material is in astoundingly good condition for a DSM with 162K on the clock, and I wasn't nice to that poor clutch either. As you'll see in the pictures, the failure occurred at cylinder #3. An oil...

What about inside the CHRA itself?

After almost a year and a half of her sitting on jackstands, and person after person flaking out on selling me an engine, a big leap forward was made on Saturday morning. I now have a freshly bored .020 over block, nice cross hatching on the walls. The shortblock came with Manley H Beam Rods and...

That is fantastic news, imo. The whole thing to me is stupid. His turbos aren't featured on the site, they aren't 'as seen on' either. I can't even find a thread about anyone ever using/testing or even buying one of these turbos. The other ebay turbo threads haven't exactly been flattering.

I reported 4 and they were all taken down. FTG claims that 'As seen on.." Is not the same as an endorsement which we all know is a load of shit. He said that if he finds out we have posted about this on our forum that he will seek legal action. I don't think he has a leg to stand on though...

The problem persists. I just ran across another ad worded exactly the same. I know eBay has a privacy policy, but its kinda bullshit that they don't tell you what action they took.

I have not had the time yet to read all 14 pages but I have a question/idea. What if using your second alternator idea, you create a small secondary electric system and have a custom regulator made for the alternator to output 24v or higher? That would significantly reduce the amperage draw for...

I'm glad action is being taken because of my discovery. I think that being associated with knockoff parts would give the board and community a bad reputation. I mean anyone that has ever done a search on the board here about ebay turbos should have seen JusMXs thread about ebay turbo testing...

I was on ebay looking at LEGIT DSM parts when I came across a turbo. At first I thought it was legit and the price was way cheap so I clicked it to see what the deal was. As soon as I saw the adjustable wastegate actuator I knew what it was. For some reason something caught my eye and I read the...

Do the 2G's have a ignition transistor / igniter? I don't know if that's the correct term as it's been a long time since it happened but that's what was going bad on my 1G when it did the random dying stuff. It turned out that it was getting hot and would shut the car off, but it never died...

My ideas. Fuel pump is on its way out. Injectors are gunked up from the e85. You could also disconnect the catback and take it for a spin to see if it remedies your issue. That would at least give an idea of how to proceed.

I have a turbo labs 20G as well that managed to survive full engine oil starvation/ oil pump failure. This 20G has a generic 3 inch intake. Was a badass turbo for the 300 miles I got to put on it before the oil pump seized up. Spool up sounded like a semi truck on that thing.

As some may know, my previous engine exploded and caught on fire. So since I have gotten a new and better paying job I am looking into short block and long block options. I've gone thru several of the supporting vendors on here looking through their offerings, but I keep finding myself...