Originally posted by GreenNuggs:
...One more question, I was on the fordcontour.org forums and I inquired about a future turbo. Dom, the moderator and real knowledgable guy, exclaimed that people who have experimented with turbos on the duratec were blowing their lower engine bearings because they're weak. He said a fix is to take new ones of the 3 liter, different composition I think. Any thoughts on this?
-Nuggs
Umm... That's news to me. I know of someone experimenting with a turbo on a Duratec, and has also lost a main bearing, but it was not because of the turbo. It was because of the UDP wasn't doing a good enough job as a harmonic balancer.
You just need to keep the bearings oiled and use a proper harmonic balancer. They should be fine.
Hang out here for a little while and see what's going on. We have knowledgable people here, too.
