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UK turbos with ceramic turbine impellers??


Chris Wilson

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I go to Berlin for a few days and what do I find upon my return :)

 

Well I never.....I bought the car off a Toyota Dealership in early 2002 and it was bone stock, not even an air freshener. The car was originally sold at this dealership and had been maintained all it's life 81K miles their also.

 

Isn't yours an Octagon UJH like mine? What year is yours? I don't suppose there's any way of checking shorting of pulling the lot apart...

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Could the turbos have been replaced/recon'd after the accident?

 

 

No, I have multi-invoices from Mr T of this event.

 

What they claimed on their insurance

What they paid for in addition to the above

What I asked them to carry out in addition to the above

 

It totals well over £20k and that's with the HUGE discount they get for trade prices on their own parts ;)

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What type of metal Chris? Steel? What would titanium cost? Would they be light like the ceramic, yet strong like the steel? Just curious what something like that would cost if I were to send you just the turbos.

 

Ti isn't as strong as steel. It's a halfway house between aluminium alloy and steel. The good thing about ti is that it generally has a high ultimate tensile strength for its weight. Basically it'll bend but it won't break.

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