Re: New Turbo
Just to keep things clear and eliminate any misunderstanding we are no longer using the same style turbo WYOSyclone mentioned in his post. To make a long story short the manufacture does not have them readily available, and was leaning towards discontinuing them. Therefore it meant more work for us, and more cost to the customer.
Our new turbos use a standard T3 5 bolt turbine housing (which is available in 2 different A/R trims unlike the previous ones), and a 35mm swing valve wastegate assembly with ported turbine housing and heavy duty wastegate actuator.. Here is the new adaptor flange:
We have installed several of these at the shop in the last month, and each one went really smooth. The downpipe must be pushed back 1/2"-3/4" into the catalytic converter then re-tightened. The compressor housing can be re-positioned in any direction, and the actuator mount now has an adjustable bracket to allow the wastegate to be mounted in various positions when re-clocking the compressor housing for different intercooler piping. No welding, special fabrication or tools should be required. The requirements are a 3" air inlet (cobra elbow, etc) and the installation of the new braided steel oil drain line. The water cooled center section is also eliminated for most turbos which means plugging the front of the intake manifold and the block down by the starter.
