I have a manifold from a turbonetics kit and i was planning on using it with a precision gt30r turbo but i noticed that the flange on the manifold and the one on the turbine are different sizes. i took a picture with the gasket from the manifold over the turbine to show what i mean. My question is wether or not this will cause problems and if there is any way to make it work...
thanks





Modified by nick91civicsi at 2:02 AM 9/3/2006

 

I think a good welder could make that work without a problem.
jmo. Maybe ask the guys in the welding forum.

 

i dont see a problem

 

im just concerned with how much this will disturb the air flow but if its not a big problem than i ll just use it as is....

 

Ah, I see. I was looking the picture wrong (sorry I'm tired)
Well, there is going to be some turbulence there. I seriously don't think you will notice any performance issues.
I would recommend at least smoothing out the sharp edge. If it was mine, I'd grind the whole thing down to meet flush like a port and polish on an intake manifold.

 

Should be fine.

 

well i thought about grinding it down a bit but im worried about the metal shavings getting into the turbine and thats a whole other mess that i would not want to deal with... so is this a common thing or is it supposed to be the same size on both?

 

Take the exhaust housing off

 

well , since i dont have much experience with turbos im reluctant to take it apart at all but if it is a simple process that would be hard to mess up than i might go ahead and do it...

 

take off the housing and port it, my friend did this to his sc61, I say expletive it aint important

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nick91civicsi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well , since i dont have much experience with turbos im reluctant to take it apart at all but if it is a simple process that would be hard to mess up than i might go ahead and do it...</TD></TR></TABLE>It should be six bolts and your done. I took my housing off a couple months ago and it was a piece of cake.

 

housing comes off with ease, just a few bolts and it should slide off, your not actually taking apart, important parts are inside the bearing housing

 

unless its rusty.. but if its a new turbo, that wouldnt be the case. I had to use a hammer to drive my exh. housing out.

 

 

hmmm ok well that sounds simple enough so the question is, is it really going to make a diff enough to go through the trouble of doing all this?....