Where are you guys connecting braces onto the damn turbo? Both sides are vbands. I was thinking about welding tabs to the housings but maybe ask you guys first and see if you guys have an easier solution.

thanks

 

Make some brackets to loop around the moutning bolts from the turbo to the manifold if you want wanna weld anything to the turbo itself.

 

You could TIG a bracket to the exhaust housing pretty easily

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by k24em2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You could TIG a bracket to the exhaust housing pretty easily</TD></TR></TABLE>

that was my original idea and that will probably be what I end up doing.

 

for smaller turbos with tighter housing bolt patterns people have used the 034 brace flanges

http://www.034motorsport.com/p...d=704

shown here.

 

Just use a FR top mount and you don't need a brace.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EdsGTI &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">for smaller turbos with tighter housing bolt patterns people have used the 034 brace flanges

http://www.034motorsport.com/p...d=704

shown here.

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that wouldn't work on the turbo's mentioned. they both have vband connections, no bolts.

 

I'm not baller status enough to run F-R stuff though

I was contemplating not running a brace but that sucker is 42 pounds. That's a lot of weight compared to a t04S sized turbo.

 

deff need to be a baller tho to buya 42R

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Crab-Cakes &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">deff need to be a baller tho to buya 42R </TD></TR></TABLE>

very true, that's why I have an S372 instead, because I'm not ballin enough to afford a gt42r

 

theres a sequential gt42r kit for duramax's that use the oil drain bolt holes to mount the brace. i can't remembe if the drain and the brace were one though.

 

you could try to make a mount for the turbo using another t4 flange.

 

thanks for the idea Tom

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by paulzy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I'm not baller status enough to run F-R stuff though

I was contemplating not running a brace but that sucker is 42 pounds. That's a lot of weight compared to a t04S sized turbo. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Should have purchased an HKS T51R turbo so you don't need a brace The T51R and 42R are similar, but the HKS unit weighs 20 lbs

 

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Should have purchased an HKS T51R turbo so you don't need a brace The T51R and 42R are similar, but the HKS unit weighs 20 lbs </TD></TR></TABLE>

hmmmm

 

too bad the 372 that he has will destroy both.....

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .CUBISH. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">too bad the 372 that he has will destroy both..... </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

why that face?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by .CUBISH. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">too bad the 372 that he has will destroy both..... </TD></TR></TABLE>

Dyno charts or ban

 

maybe Tony1 will chime in on his experiences from switching from the 42 to a s372...

picked up around 100hp... and 6+mph in the quarter

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by k24em2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Dyno charts or ban</TD></TR></TABLE>

How about proven with trap speeds.

 

I know tony picked up a lot of power but I believe he's race compressor housing on his borg warner as well. I'm running a standard cover.

 

Well, the 372 is a 72mm turbo compared to the 42 which is only a 70mm, of course it is going to make more power. The 372 with the standard 9" compressor cover flows 94lbs/min, almost 10lbs more than the 42.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tony1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Just use a FR top mount and you don't need a brace. </TD></TR></TABLE>
JAJA same here

 

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you may need a new hood like me tho' hahaha


(not with the s371 and divided T4 manifold you wont) had to throw this in there