FPHTA88 killed by faulty intake filter...

[vaboys2ndgen]

I'm kind of looking for some advice here.

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Now the aftermath

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small little triangle looking piece is part of my turbine wheel

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what we know happened

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the destruction

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Intake filter came apart, and since i was running a GM maft setup there was nothing to block the piece of metal from going through the pipe into the turbo inlet. Causing all the scaring and damage done to the compressor wheel.

Now would it be cheaper to send the turbo back for rebuild or ?!

BTW DO NOT BUY AN APC FILTER PERIOD........


***please keep all negative comments to yourself or you will be reported***

 

[aero_sallee]

Damn, that sucks.

I would think sending it in would be the cheapest thing.

 

[vaboys2ndgen]

Yes but obviously FP wouldnt cover the 'warranty' if any on it due to the fact a faulty intake filter from APC caused the turbo to be tornapart.

FP- what other turbo would bolt up to my current setup (talking cheap fix, if the HTA88 is done)

3" FP custom o2 housing
44mm wastegate vband w/ o2 dumptube
Fp race manifold

I was running 25psi on this HTA88 also...

 

[turbo addict]

just send it in and get a new compressor wheel. everything else should be ok.

 

[vaboys2ndgen]

I need to find out how much thats going to cost me.

 

[HIGHPSI4]

I would second the send it back for a new wheel. These high flowing turbos really pull a lot of air.

 

[dsmmatt28]

Damn that sucks man. Tell you what I know amber from Fp Im going out to IFO today i know she will be out there as well as Forced Performance I will maybe get a ball park figure for you. Im sure they are going to say you need to send it in for them to really check it out. In the future you should run this filter. Forced Performance Turbochargers: K&N Cone Filter

 

[360glitch]

Hopefully that compressor wheel its all you need. Out of curiosity, did your GM MAF still have the screen on it or was it removed?

 

[banishedmunk]

you know apc stands for "A Piece of Crap". contact the A Piece of Crap company and tell them there piece of junk took out your 1800 dollar baby blender

 

[92awddsm]

Hopefully that compressor wheel its all you need. Out of curiosity, did your GM MAF still have the screen on it or was it removed?

He has my gm mas and it does have the screen. Without pulling the compressor housing and inspecting, it looked as if the only damage done was to the wheel and inlet of the compressor housing. I looked at it last night but now Im 100 miles away so I cant just go out and look at it closer in the daylight.

 

[turboglenn]

Man, i cna't tell you how many times i've seent his happen with those crap-ass filters. I've seen it in person twice here in omaha, one being a good friend of mine and the other just some kid i knew from the import scene telling me why his 240 isn't on the road anymore.. Also seen a lot of reports like this on the 'net too.. stay away from "acrappy-product-company"

 

[->PrOjEcTGS<-]

1800 dollar baby blender

That's funny.

 

[andy4g63]

Shit man , that sucks. I hope you you'll get it fixed soon. Good luck.

 

[vaboys2ndgen]

Thanks matt, keith and everyone for their input.

I do plan on talking with amber also, she is usually who i deal with from FP anyway. I have posted a few WTT(want to trade ads) on various other dsm forums for FP style turbo that will bolt up to my current setup, everyone wants my set of volks though. Weighing options at this point, i would love to keep the turbo and eventually be able to repair it or get the same one when money is there (but its nowhere near there at this point in time)

 

[Detective Coating]

Damn that is soooo shitty! I'd call up APC and at least bi*** and see if you can get anything out of it, even though its probably unlikely that you will. You should still run a screen on your turbo even with a filter to be safe. I'm sure you learned that this time though.

 

[sleestack]

The turbo obviously needs a new compressor wheel. We need to get the turbo in hand and measure the run-out on the shaft. There is a 50/50 chance the shaft is tweaked slightly from the incident, if so the repair could be costly. However you might find it settling that if all it needs is a new wheel, balance, and to dress the cover your only looking at $200-$300.

 

[vaboys2ndgen]

The turbo obviously needs a new compressor wheel. We need to get the turbo in hand and measure the run-out on the shaft. There is a 50/50 chance the shaft is tweaked slightly from the incident, if so the repair could be costly. However you might find it settling that if all it needs is a new wheel, balance, and to dress the cover your only looking at $200-$300.

Thanks for the info. PM sent to you.

 

[z24frank]

I hope they can fix it for you at a reasonable price sorry about the bad luck.

 

[Slippi84]

Someone asked if his Gm had a screen that wouldn't matter as I take it he had it setup like everyone else so he could vent his bov which means it was post turbo. This deff sucks and like everyone said hopefully it's just the compressor wheel. I have never seen a filter just break like that and I have used some suspect filters but this will def show me that it's not worth it as I'm running a hx52 now with billet wheel and would SOL if that happend to mine.

 

[Boosted98gsx]

you know apc stands for "A Piece of Crap". contact the A Piece of Crap company and tell them there piece of junk took out your 1800 dollar baby blender

Agreed, make them aware of the fact that their filter came apart under normal driving conditions, and threaten legal action and/or BBB if they don't pay for repairs.

Take it as lesson learned, don't use cheapo filters, K&N brand only.

 

[LandoAWD]

yipes!

I just installed the FP 4" joint and had to pick up a rice-filter as locally I can't find any of the 4" K&N models. Guess what I'm ordering from Amazon tonight after seeing this?

 

[Slippi84]

Only thing is that my cheap filter I have doesn't have that center cap at the top it comes to a point and draws air from the top as well so nothing really to break off and get sucked in. I think if you can find this type that you would be ok but it's just scarry seeing that as I know APC won't do jack and FP now has seen this thread so your beat on that end too

 

[vaboys2ndgen]

Well it had nothing to do with FPs turbo they are great! and so is their product turbo, i love it! no ####.

They are working with me to get it fixed so thats awesome.

 

[DoyoFCT]

I would cry.... if that happened to me...

Also I suggest an AEM air filter, Doesnt get as dirty, and messy as the k&n's and there's no screen on the filter so you don't have to worry about it rubbing against stuff or getting chewed up and going into the intake as small debris..

 

[CanadianTSi]

I would check your IC/piping to see where the rest of the compressor wheel ended up...