Turbo to manifold gasket blow out. Car wont run!!!!

[dsmmaniac12787]

Ok I have a 95 gst with a 6 bolt swap. I had just hooked up my boost gauge and took it out to see what it read. Made a couple runs just below 10 psi. It was running fine, then I pushed the pedal about 3/4 of the way down and there was this loud noise followed by a lot of black smoke out the exhaust. It started sputteting and would not let me rev up any faster. The gasket where the turbo bolts to the manifold was thrashed. I pulled the manifold and the gasket was 70 percent missing!!! I put some of that Ultra Copper on it to seal it up. let it dry, and tried cranking it. It did the same thing and it sounded like there were metal shards rattling around. My guess is that they got blown into the turbo maybe? How could it have blown out like that?

 

[dsmmaniac12787]

It runs about 10psi. I do not have a MAFT. Trying to save up for one. I have been meaning to recirculate it but the way the BOV is positioned would make it a pain in the ass. Is it really a big deal to recirculate it? My first gst was, but my gsx and this gst are not. (gsx had a MAFT though)

 

[blownturbotsi]

Yes you should recirculate. When I had my 91, I had a blown e316g and I would get oil spit out by the bov as well. That may be your problem.

 

[dsmmaniac12787]

Yeah I have a t3/t4 turbo but dont know what else I need to uprade in order to run it.