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Removing Stock R33 Turbo.

NYTSKY

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MANWHORE Grand Master

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honestly all u need is a little bit of common sense and bout 2-3 hours of time to remove stock turbo, i done it by myself 2 weeks ago and im no mechanic

just make sure u label any bolts and nuts u take off and ur set

2-3 hours to remove a stock turbo is decent time. You probably won't come into problems removing the turbo.

The thing is, nothing EVER goes according to plan. I always plan for the worst. If you break bolts, if things don't line up etc, if you do something stupid and blow your motor. You're bound to need to buy stuff during the install that you didn't know that you needed.

Things that are planned to take 2 weeks can end up taking more.

I took my turbo out about a month ago expecting to receive the highflow the following week and install it. It's been about a month now, and my battery almost went flat twice. I had to plug a charger on.

I simply believe that if a car is your only car, firstly, you shouldn't mod it. Even if you take it to a workshop, they can run into complications, but they're generally better equipped to handle them. They have more spare parts, and also, they want to get your car out of there, so they work efficiently. Having said that, Sometimes, I have had to go home and get my car the next day because they need parts.

Trying to do something yourself is even worse. Especially if you've never done it before. If you're going to need the car to go to work on monday, I simply believe that it's not a good idea to start an install on saturday thinking that you can finish it by monday. If you need a part or break something, who's actually open on the weekend?

Worse thing is, if you get stuck, you can no longer take it to the workshop

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Terminal Grand Master

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I have a question. I'm half way through pulling mine off my Stagea, and I have no idea how to get the damn studs out on the ehaust side. I undo the nut, and it jams up against my dump pipe. I can't get the bolt, which turns out is 100% threaded, to turn at all. The nut just undoes over it. Does anyone have any secrets in how to get these bolts out of the turbo housing?

MANWHORE Grand Master

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chris, (it's chris here :( ) when it's time for you to do it, i'll recommend you someone good :cheers:

I do the oil, just so that the turbo has the best chance of surviving. No old seady oil. I find doing the oil is easier. I have to jack my car up and put it on stands to do the oil (it's low). Since i've got it jacked up for the turbo, doing the oil makes no difference.

Doing the oil and fitler wiht the turbo saves me an hour of time muckign around jacking up.

SECURITY Grand Master

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do the oil change before you do the turbo swap so you arent running the turbo without oil pressure for too long. it takes time to fill up the oil filter which means it'll take longer to build up oil pressure before you can start it up.

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