can you put a 3rd gen turbo on a 12 valve truck? it should work shouildnt it? I just got a 66 off a 3rd gen, and i want to put it on my 12 valve.

 

not to hi-jack, but im interested in this myself

 

im pretty sure youd have to reclock the trubo so the exhuast housing and the boot outlet are in the right position for a 12v motor. i think. dont quote me on this

 

im pretty suer all i have to do is spin the charger to where whe intake and exhuast will be in the right spot.

 

you can. im currently doing this to my 12 valve now.

 

like i said haveing the exhast and outlet in the right spots. i have seen it done, but with like 4 silicon boots attached, can you say boost leak?

 

BigBlue has one on his 2nd GEN. You can find a great writeup by him in the 3rd GEN Performance section.

 

If you are putting a 3rd gen S300 on, you should be able to reclock the compressor housing to where the outlet faces in the right direction. But the discharge isn't as far away from the inlet as it is on the second gen, since we use the clamp on elbow. The stock 3rd gen turbos have the wastegate actuator attached to the compressor housing (like the later model HX/HY turbos), so thats why you would need to add extra piping to connect it, since it can't be easily reclocked.

 

Third gen turbos have a different compressor cover that like Tate said locates the cold pipe farther forward in the engine bay. The outlet does not drop down as far as the second gen turbo with clamped cast elbow so no matter what you do, you need like 2 45* silicone 3" elbows and short piece of 3" pipe.

 

ok, this will make sense once I start doing it. Im gonna start putting it on this friday.

 

I got the turbo on and the intake ran. it was hard but I got it. I used the stock 3inch down pipe elbow for the inlet on the intake for the intercooler. it looks good, the only problem im having now is for the oil feed line fittings.