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Old Jul 4, 2005 | 12:38 PM
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Default well the procharger just exploded last night!

Yep street racing hit 3rd loud noise lost power let off and sounded horrible. I thought it might of been the motor but when i poped the hood i saw oil everywhere under the blower. Cut the belt started it back up and the motor sounds fine. Now i see the head units are like 2k + , thats just insane.
Anyone know if the D1 can be bored and a D1R fan can be installed?
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Old Jul 4, 2005 | 12:41 PM
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damn that sucks good luck with that.it almost sounds cheaper to just get a D1R instead of swapping and boring.
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Old Jul 4, 2005 | 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by ddnspider
damn that sucks good luck with that.it almost sounds cheaper to just get a D1R instead of swapping and boring.
D1R is how much ? 2500? a new fan and bore job, bearings and seals will run 2500?
I dunno i'm very dissapointed with procharger.
but i might have to get a new head unit since the old one might be cracked i dunno whats wrong with it yet.
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Old Jul 4, 2005 | 01:16 PM
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Send it back to Procharger They've alway's taken care of me in the past.
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Old Jul 4, 2005 | 01:22 PM
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Just have it repaired, unless it totally trashed it will be cheaper to get it fixed. What was you pulley combo/RPM? Any chance something got sucked in the intake? Dont see many explode, you do see a lot of oil leaks and noise.
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Old Jul 4, 2005 | 01:37 PM
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Just have it repaired, unless it totally trashed it will be cheaper to get it fixed. What was you pulley combo/RPM? Any chance something got sucked in the intake? Dont see many explode, you do see a lot of oil leaks and noise.
it was maxed out at 64890 rpm 7.65 lower 3.2 upper
yes i think i sucked something through, i might of. It defanatly sounds trashed. Oil leaking out of it everywhere.
D1R here i come
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you get a chance to take it off and see for sure if you sucked something in or how extensive the damage is?
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Old Jul 4, 2005 | 02:03 PM
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yeah man send it back to procharger my friends mustang has a progharger and when he first put it on the damn thing was leaking oil.
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Did u run the blower without a filter when u were racing?
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Old Jul 5, 2005 | 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by LSs1Power
Did u run the blower without a filter when u were racing?
yes i have been running it like that for over half a year now.
The atis on lt1s dont point towards the front of the car, they face backwards towards the firewall. I dont see how i could suck something up, because they sit higher too.
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Old Jul 5, 2005 | 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by ddnspider
you get a chance to take it off and see for sure if you sucked something in or how extensive the damage is?
now havent had a chance to get the car towed to my shop yet, still sitting on the trailer about 35 miles away. I should know something by tomorow.
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Old Jul 5, 2005 | 08:29 AM
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now's a good time to upgrade to a F1.
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Old Jul 5, 2005 | 03:32 PM
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well procharger wants way too much money for a D1R, i dont know what i'm going to do right now
this is littleredz btw, on my friends sn
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Old Jul 5, 2005 | 03:57 PM
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That sucks man! Keep us posted! I would def. run this by procharger if you cannot determine what could have went wrong.. They stand by their products, hopefully they will work with you!
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Old Jul 5, 2005 | 06:04 PM
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That sucks man! Keep us posted! I would def. run this by procharger if you cannot determine what could have went wrong.. They stand by their products, hopefully they will work with you!
i freaking sure hope so, didnt sound like they wanted to though
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They might get stingy with the warranty if they realize you were running it without a filter of any kind. Just a heads up.
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Old Jul 6, 2005 | 10:23 AM
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How high do you spin the engine?
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How high do you spin the engine?

Doing the calculations, it looks like he's spinning it around 6,100 rpm.
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Old Jul 6, 2005 | 02:17 PM
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When you spin it by hand, does it feel smooth?

Oh, you can’t just bore ATI, the scroll and impeller are matched.

Mike
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Old Jul 6, 2005 | 02:52 PM
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that sucks dude keep us posted hope it works out
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