Visual Examples of Turbo Hangers/Braces on Honda Engines
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Visual Examples of Turbo Hangers/Braces on Honda Engines
I'm having a hard time finding a good place to mount these hangers on B series engines, specifically with bottom mount manifolds.
Other examples also welcome as it may help others (top mount manifolds, side winders/forward facing, K/H/F engines, whatever).
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Other examples also welcome as it may help others (top mount manifolds, side winders/forward facing, K/H/F engines, whatever).
Random examples:
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Re: Visual Examples of Turbo Hangers/Braces on Honda Engines
Those are a great idea. I’m not running a brace off my turbo, but I did make a brace that comes off my dp and bolts to the back of the block. I actually stole/copied the idea from lightningteg lol. I’ll see if I can dig up a pic.
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Re: Visual Examples of Turbo Hangers/Braces on Honda Engines
Not it sure if it actually takes any stress off the manifold, but it’s gotta be better then nothing right.
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Thanks for sharing, boosted
Top mount locations seem pretty easy to figure out, but I can't decide where or how to suspend a bottom mount turbo using either the block or head as an anchor point.
Top mount locations seem pretty easy to figure out, but I can't decide where or how to suspend a bottom mount turbo using either the block or head as an anchor point.
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Re: Visual Examples of Turbo Hangers/Braces on Honda Engines
Add a bracket to your traction bar "tube" and link it to a nut on the back of the compressor housing if possible. Alternatively you can also pick up the bolt holes where the big A/C bracket bolts on at the bottom of the block. In order to use that you may need to triangulate as it will most likely run diagonally.
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We ran a single vertical rod with heim joints to a bracket on the traction bar on both our street and drag cars. Hard mounting the turbo and even intercooler makes working on the cars so much simpler and also helped to reduce cracking on the stainless steel manifolds.
Add a bracket to your traction bar "tube" and link it to a nut on the back of the compressor housing if possible. Alternatively you can also pick up the bolt holes where the big A/C bracket bolts on at the bottom of the block. In order to use that you may need to triangulate as it will most likely run diagonally.
Add a bracket to your traction bar "tube" and link it to a nut on the back of the compressor housing if possible. Alternatively you can also pick up the bolt holes where the big A/C bracket bolts on at the bottom of the block. In order to use that you may need to triangulate as it will most likely run diagonally.
I hadn't thought about using a non-engine point to anchor the joint to. Anchoring the turbo to the traction bar or even somewhere along the subframe seems like it may be non-ideal though, as the engine vibrations and torquing would be separate from the location the turbo is anchored to?
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Re: Visual Examples of Turbo Hangers/Braces on Honda Engines
I didn't bother with the bracing. I just used ARP Extended Manifold studs (400-8023 or 400-8022 in M8x1.25x45mm) to fit the exhaust manifold. I didn't want to have to try and search or get my friend to fab more equipment up. They've been used for about 8 years, and I'll use them again for my new mini-me EQ manifold that's being made. I guess I just don't want to waste precious room. Otherwise, I'd have made on made as Tony The Tiger did.
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I also have arp stainless extended studs on my exhaust side, But I will be running a go-autoworks miniram. It worries me to have so much weight just hanging there, I went with a GTW3684R so its bigger then the old GT series of turbos. I was thinking of fashioning up something that held the turbo from where the turbine meets the manifold then bracing it to the block underneath.
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I always use ARP extended hardware on the exhaust side, along with locking washers to avoid bolts backing out (Nordlocks if I'm feeling fancy). I'm not sure what that has to do with relieving any weight of the turbo off of the manifold though?
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I use an engine "stiffy" for the rest of any engine movement..
Now you see my point?
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I also have arp stainless extended studs on my exhaust side, But I will be running a go-autoworks miniram. It worries me to have so much weight just hanging there, I went with a GTW3684R so its bigger then the old GT series of turbos. I was thinking of fashioning up something that held the turbo from where the turbine meets the manifold then bracing it to the block underneath.
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really? i was under the impression that the gtw was based on a T04 turbo with a much larger chra. My worry was never the studs, but the stress on the manifold in itself. I was thinking the heat cycles and the weight of the turbo overtime may fatigue the manifold and cause stress cracks. But, If you think i am looking too far into it, Then I will just slap it on the engine.
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Re: Visual Examples of Turbo Hangers/Braces on Honda Engines
really? i was under the impression that the gtw was based on a T04 turbo with a much larger chra. My worry was never the studs, but the stress on the manifold in itself. I was thinking the heat cycles and the weight of the turbo overtime may fatigue the manifold and cause stress cracks. But, If you think i am looking too far into it, Then I will just slap it on the engine.
Quality of the manifold itself is what dictates if it can have a stress crack or not. The brace would simply be supplementary for certain types of racing.
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Thanks Pepe, do you have a picture of the front side?
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