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Russell Rohde Tinkerer Queensland Soarer 1JZ 2.5L TT (JZZ30)
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Saturday, July 05, 2008 - 03:41 pm, by: Russell Rohde(Ax0n)
Bear with me here... I have a little back history first...
My favourite band is Hilltop Hoods. Not that I'm a huge fan of aussie hip-hop, but I do think they do very well putting tracks together. So with this in mind, when their second latest album came out, I made sure to have the $30 sat aside to go and get it. On the day the album came out, I left work early (I was really keen to get a copy). By the time I got home from my local WoW Sight and Sound, I was carrying my beloved Hilltop Hoods - The Hard Road album, a Brand spankers new Xbox 360 with a spare controller, 2 headsets, 12months live subscription, and 4 games. A $30 CD turned out to be (if i recall correctly) a $1200 or so purchase. And to top it off, I went straight home, hooked up the 360, was sick from work for the next 3 days and forgot to even unwrap my hoodies cd.
This brings me to today...
driving home from work, and with a heavy foot, my car decided it had a LOT more throttle than normal till the PC decided it was not having any more of this and cut almost - if not all - power to the engine. So In the rain, I got out, inspected the engine. Yep, it was still there. I could hear a loud hissing noise. I found that the wastegate hose on my rear turbo (99% stock 91 1jz) had a crack. I drove to my local autobarn using the minimum of throttle. After going up the "Performance" counter for not more than maybe $15 worth of hose, I left with a manual boost controller, PSI guage, brass fittings and a bucket load of other shizzle for my turbos equating to around the $500 mark.
This leads me to the question, does anyone else have this same compulsive problem as myself?
I've done the same with home theatre, PC's, furniture, whitegoods, booze and women.
