project snail is nearing completion

[Jon K]

Waiting on final part... pulley from germany, anyone ever ship via UPS from germany? How long should it take?

[Brian C.]

...That thing got a Hemi in it???




From the looks of that blower, I'd say you're going to sound like an A10 making a low level pass! No Tornado-air thingee there, huh! What are the procedures as far as start-up/shut-down on the turbo? My PT Cruiser has a small turbo, but I have been told by a few folks "in the know" that I don't need to really worry about warm-up/cool-down periods.

Brian C.

Waiting on final part... pulley from germany, anyone ever ship via UPS from germany? How long should it take?

[Jon K]

Brian C:

I think your turbo is both oil fed and coolant cooled, and most OEM manufacturers, knowing how pathetically naive their customers are, have an aux coolant pump that runs for a few mins after the car shuts off to keep the coolant cool to prevent the oil from just baking onto the turbine. Realistically, you're fine. Idle the car for maybe 20 - 30 seconds before shutdown; it won't really help cool the turbo, as much as it will keep the oil to a minimum (idle pressure) and thus cool-down will be as clean as possible. You could invest like $100 into a turbo timer, though you really really don't have to worry. It's warrantied anyway.

[bahnstormer]

did u ship air or boat?
boat prolly 2-3 weeks
air about 1-2 weeks from what i heard (as i researched shipping an alpina front bumper to my house from hamburg germany)

is that a gold wheel in teh back? bbs? style 5? =] i can drem right =]

what is the psi is the pulley set for ?

and u think she'll be ready by aug 20tH?

[bmwoohoo]

Jon..

I received my Hella rear lights from Germany in about 6 days.

[sdwhitney]

I got my M5T sways in 7 days from Germany....

The set up looks nice!

[Jon K]

did u ship air or boat?
boat prolly 2-3 weeks
air about 1-2 weeks from what i heard (as i researched shipping an alpina front bumper to my house from hamburg germany)

is that a gold wheel in teh back? bbs? style 5? =] i can drem right =]

what is the psi is the pulley set for ?

and u think she'll be ready by aug 20tH?

I am not sure, "Dirk" from ASA told me "UPS to United States $110 Euro" so it'd better be by facking air for that price.

The wheel in the back is the outter rim of a BBS RS 3 piece 16x11" for the Porsche. All BBS 2 and 3 piece rims have gold buckets on the inside, but silver painted on the outside (visible side). BBS RS is very similar to Style 5 but has a stepped vs. flat dish.

[genphreak]

I am not sure, "Dirk" from ASA told me "UPS to United States $110 Euro" so it'd better be by facking air for that price.

I can;t wait to see this installed. I'm thinking of adapting a Jap (Toyota Crown) supercharger to get some low boost at a low price.. (and to just see how it goes) as it is measured in hundreds not thousands. But this turn Jon's ol M30 into a Messuschmidt without wings. I don't think it'll need em either...

[Interceptor]

I got my M5T sways in 7 days from Germany....

Where did you order them and are you satisfied with the handling? Is it worth the money/effort?

[Jeff N.]

What's the mounting bracket plan? Purchase or fabricate?