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Postby gmacrae » Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:39 am

That turbo is off a cruise liner, see that gasket pop on the 3rd pull - guarantee with egt's that high it took a piston or 2 with it.
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Postby CozmoNz » Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:00 pm

gmacrae wrote:That turbo is off a cruise liner, see that gasket pop on the 3rd pull - guarantee with egt's that high it took a piston or 2 with it.


who told you that bollocks....
ship engines are MASSIVE, (like the 58,000kw engine i think was posted on here a while back)

and have BIG turbochargers

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Postby soopachargen » Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:19 am

cozmo have you heard of hyperbole?? I'm sure he wasnt serious saying it was off cruise liner :roll:
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