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Originally Posted by vwnate1
I meant to ask : what happened to the impeller ?
I too was nervous about overhauling a T3 turbo but it was pretty simple in the end and yielded impressive gains in fuel economy, power and elimination of that bothersome blue smoke .
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I wish I knew what happened to those compressor wheels. Both of the donors were trashed. Maybe they were ingesting rocks or small boulders? I strongly suspect someone was running with no air cleaner, missing the breather hose, or running those stupid K&N's that don't filter anything.
I was never nervous about rebuilding the turbo. If it didn't work out, I'd send it off to a rebuild shop and have them do it. My main goal was to get rid of that annoying blue smoke! Turbo rebuild + IP tuning = ZERO smoke. I never thought I'd achieve that with this car.