morkable

The darn turbos dont fit... obviously the truck that they came out of was alot different...... now,, I am in trouble.. this is stuff that is out of my realm unfortunately. I am not a good enough welder/fabricator for this...

madhat

That stinks... time to break out the hammer...

mikmaze

what do they hit? hood? firewall? fenderwell? battery ? you scared me for a minute, thought you were going to say you scratched the paint on the motor !

morkable

lol,, no the paint is fine,, the bottom turbo mount is about an inch low... so my game plan after a night of thinking is this,, going to get a block made for the mount to lift it an inch,, then I will measure up the hot pipe and get it cut and remove the ammount needed,,, and then figure out what is going to be needed for the cold pipe

dodgediesel

Mike, Kevin needs you!!!

Mike Holmen

I would just build new stuff. Probably easier that way than working with the used stuff. Put the big turbo up where the alternator used to be. I would also dump the bottom wastegate and build a new exhaust manifold, designed with the a 50mm external gate. I just found out I have to build a motor and the oil pan doesn't fit.

Just a thought, you could run a single for the first race. The S480 is sized right, should be ok with the spray. Build/install twins later. Run a softer tune at Mission. Easier to debug the truck that way. Run on kill mode for Calgary.

dvst8r

Post some pictures, there might be a straight forward solution.

Tate

How is the bottom turbo supported? Off the oil drain, like Source's twins? Get a spacer made for that with long bolts, and then get a spacer between the manifold and the secondary and clock everything until it lines up.

morkable

hey,, never thought about the spacer for the top one,,,, but that will change the pipe accross the top??

Dr. Evil

What did your wife say?


Youll get it figured out.

morkable

well after thinking about it, and talking with Tate, and asking lots of other questions,, I think I will notch out the frame a little to make it fit

kennyblatz

if thats what its hitting big time hack the frame just weld in a small gusset to make up for it on the back side maybe

morkable

Well after I posted that,, i went outside and did some measuring,, not going to be able to notch the frame, it is hitting right where the motor mount is

Mike Holmen

Could always run a smaller primary turbo

dvst8r

When you say it would be where the motor mount is, just the edge of the mount, or would the notch replace the mount?

Could you do a quick ruff ms paint, of the area that you think would have to be removed?