Turbo Basics 102... Advice welcome!!

[shaunwil]

yep, had kit about a month now. Just dropped some modded bits off to be ceramic coated. Takes 2 weeks minimum. Looking forward to it running again.

Contemplating a trial fitting the manifold into the FB just to see if it fits :Giggle

Shaun

[Archbish]

Should be interesting...

[BlitzBoy]

shiney, what did you get in the end?

[Archbish]

T04R 64 trim .96 A/R  

It\'s a budget OBX one (£287 delivered).  I\'m not expecting Greddy or HKS quality, but then I\'m not planning to run it at those kind of pressures.  It\'s a sleeve bearing type, as for the money, I\'d rather have one that doesn\'t require such tight tolerances.  Will be interesting to see how it all hangs together...

So, wastegates.  Why is a tial one 5 times more expensive than, say, a bailey one?

[BlitzBoy]

cool be interesting to see if it is reliable, you wont lose much if it breaks.
didnt know bailey did wastegates only thought they did bovs.
Turbosmart wastegates are good value and reliable, dont go to cheap on wastegates as a failure will cost your engine sometimes

[antnicuk]

i ran a hks 50mm copy for 2 years with no problems,  only £90 quid.

[Archbish]

Cool - where would one consider purchasing such an item?  what does the original look like?





Dummy mounted, but it looks SWEET!!!  Any hints and tips on mounting it?
 - what kinda bolts should I use, or are normal machine bolts OK?
 - there are T04 gaskets - should I use one, or will that cause problems?
 - the oil feed & return holes seems to have a round hole on one side and a square on the other - does it matter which one is used as a feed and which as a return? (I\'m assuming it does...)
 - I need to turn the compressor housing around to face vertical - I assume I can just unbolt that housing, turn and retighten???

I thought I\'d have fewer queries after getting the turbo, not more...!!

Cheers

OJ

[sadgoth]

you can get the Turbo XS HKS copys on fleabay, I had one at RX Motors, but Tim found a Turbosmart one lying around and it fits onto the manifold without any messing around so we swapped

I know Chris Impey used to use the same one (the HKS copy 60mm jobbie) not sure if he still does ad had no problems with it

[BlitzBoy]

the square hole is the oil return, the round one the oil feed.
Yes just unbolt the housing and turn

[Archbish]

Cheers dude!

Also, is there somewhere locally I can get a 3.5" V-Band and steel flange, or 3.5" pipe with the flange on it?

Cheers

OJ