Blue Ceffy, Blown Turbo

Canada Nissan Automotive
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I’m sure most members on here remember the blue autech cefiro that Christian sold to a young guy by the name of Dan. Anyways, after a few months months of … being driven by a 17yr old, the turbo crapped out.
I wonder if it was the fact that its a 16 year old car, or that it was doing in excess of 200 on the highway for an extended period of time when the turbo blew :nono (from what I’ve heard).

Anyway, he picked up a used turbo from autodream and I replaced it for him. Check out his old turbine wheel, or lack of…

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For those that care about the well-being of this car, I sold him a 300zx for the winter so the Cefiro is now parked for the winter, safe and sound.

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There is definenty a lack of turbine there…Weird.

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o_O Where did the parts of the turbine go?

B-Wurm :smiley:

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Stock turbo’s are ceramic wheeled so they have a tendancy to go shooting out the exhuast.

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It probably didn’t help either that he drove it with a blown turbine wheel for about 2 weeks :hit

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It probably didn’t help either that he drove it with a blown turbine wheel for about 2 weeks :hit[/quote]

once its gone though its really gone…

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damn that isnt good to hear …but I am loving cefiros lately so good luck with that new turbo and glad you kept him from driving it throguh the winter so something worse didnt happen

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That car needs some work yet IMO. I sure as hell wouldn’t have driven it in its current condition. One of the rear brake rotors is cracked from the previous owner.

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Didnt he get a new caliper from the previous owner to replace it rather than driving on a seized caliper and ruining a rotor ?

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That ceffy needs a bigger turbo:) you replace it with RB20 turbo or RB25?

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^^^skyline gt-s turbo. Compressor housing looked larger on the cefiro turbo. Did the autech have a larger turbo?

No, he bought it with the siezed caliper and cracked rotor, but he didn’t know at the time. I think he should have tried to get money to fix it but he didn’t.

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No, he bought it with the siezed caliper and cracked rotor, but he didn’t know at the time. I think he should have tried to get money to fix it but he didn’t.

I gave him a spare used Cefiro caliper to replace it with. He drove that car alot right after he bought it, I suspect he never replaced the caliper and overheated the rotors. It would’ve failed OOP if the rotor was cracked.

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As far as I know he eventually did replace it, but now the replacement leaks brake fluid pretty bad. I think he is going to buy all new rotors and calipers soon, but i don’t know. I rarely talk to the kid.

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ahh i loved that car

but that has to be my worst nightmare, seeing how i have already gone through everything else. just driving and the exhaust wheel goes ting tin ting down you exhaust and shots out the back

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All the Nissan and Toyota ceramic wheeled turbos suck for high boost. The wheel will delaminate and fall off.

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get a mitsu turbo instead of a garrett