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by mitchelperkins
Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:55 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Ben's Maserati Biturbo Spyder
Replies: 118
Views: 296101

Re: Ben's Maserati Biturbo Spyder

Nice! Hope you were able to pull the turbo without pulling the engine. You can get that one out that way for sure.

I was hoping no one would ever see that note!
Yep, got it out without removing much at all actually. The replacement turbos have a slightly different design on the exhaust side, the ...
by mitchelperkins
Mon Aug 06, 2018 1:53 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Ben's Maserati Biturbo Spyder
Replies: 118
Views: 296101

Re: Ben's Maserati Biturbo Spyder

Driver side turbo is removed, like the note “last seen 9-21-17” written inside, this turbo is definitely bad! The compressor wheel has been wearing on the inner housing leaving a nice set of pretty deep grooves in it, i am assuming this is the source of the “shrieking” noise i was hearing that went ...
by mitchelperkins
Mon Jul 30, 2018 5:01 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Ben's Maserati Biturbo Spyder
Replies: 118
Views: 296101

Re: Ben's Maserati Biturbo Spyder

Hi Mitchel! Glad to see you found this thread

I gave you a rebuild kit for the turbos right? I bought one when I thought that was the source of the smoking early on and never used it

Sorry to hear the fusebox got that much worse. I wonder if that was the root of the problem we saw when we jumped ...
by mitchelperkins
Sat Jul 28, 2018 7:08 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Ben's Maserati Biturbo Spyder
Replies: 118
Views: 296101

Re: Ben's Maserati Biturbo Spyder

Just for a quick update, I actually am the new owner of this car. I purchased it from Ben a few months ago and have enjoyed driving such a unique car around.

Sadly for this Biturbo its’ Italian reputation lives on and its down again - passenger side turbo is blown and the infamous fuse box ...