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*EDIT* Have the old turbo off and already in my car :(, got the new manifold on with new gasket, got the turbo on the manifold and now to play the waiting game for some more pipe.

ran into a minor issue with the powersteering resivour hitting the turbo but i moved it around the strut and its all good ill keep u updated

hey guys basically i wanna know wat im getting myself into, if i put a highmounted T04e on my mates car i can have his old turbo for nothing !

WAT DO I NEED TO DO and pictures please

Hes got already

T04e

Highmount Manifold

aftermarket 3inch dump

zaust

injectors

gtr fmic

braided longer oil lines

Thanks quigga

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if your askin the question maybe your the wrong man for the job

:(

my opinion its a piece of pie if you know your way around an rb, UNLESS the ex mani studs snap then its probably not worth the time you will be spending on it for a measly 2hunj dola turbo.

also is the dump gona line up with the new height?? more f*k around

yeh "IF" everything goes to plan (which with cars it doesnt) then it would be a very simple task to just put it all on.

but if the dump doesnt line up with the front pipe = slight problem

if the cooler piping needs to be modified/moved/lenghtend = slight problem

as mentioned, if you snap studs... = slight problem

have you got all the turbo's coolant/oil lines?

really it wouldnt be to hard, but with all the little problems that "CAN" arise, a 1day job can turn into a few days...

have you got a ECU that will suit? or are you using the standard one? gotta also get it tuned...

lots of "IF" situations. but if you got the time, and a little extra money in the bank (just incase lol) then yeh go ahead and do it, you'l learn alot.

CJ

If you need to ask the question of "how to do it" then your probably not the best person to do it.

Things aren't always as straight forward as they sound or seem.

Have you ever done any work similar to that before?

Just make sure you know what your getting yourself in to..

With cars, you ALWAYS run into extra bits and pieces to do. If I were you I'd still do it just for the experience as you will learn alot about how the car works along with gain more confidence mechanically (if that makes sense).

It isnt a small job, but it is definetly doable even if you dont know too much about it, just call friends, ask questions on forums and talk to tuners when you hit an obstacle. Give it a go I say

Without a ECU its going to be very average, even with a tune... it wont be the best in response stakes.

Will make more power than stock, ye. But the way it will ramp up onto boost (poorly) will make it a hard task to drive it faster than with the stock turbo ;)

I had a t04e on a RB25 4-5 years ago... certainly was a cheap setup, and the results backed that up.

If the turbo isn't a gtrs or better bolt on, then tell him to go to a work shop.

You could easily spend an entire weekend installing all those bits and still be a long way short of finished when you realise you can't get custom lines for the turbo on a sunday arvo, or bits of pipe for the custom intake piping, or you split an oring installing the new injectors, or you snap some studs off in the head and then snap the easy out off in there.

No mention of a dump pipe so i assume there isn't one

And you haven't mentioned a wastegate either or that matter.

Seriously, If you snap 3 studs on the manifold (likely) and you are a first timer, you will spend all day trying to get them out.

ok enough with the i dont think u can do it crap its flat out :D

im more than capable of doing it after doing 2 rb silvia conversions, a 13bt into a mazda 626 82, a bpt into a lazer and a 20v 4agze into a ae81.......

just was looking for anythign that i might run into, i shoulda stated that i already assumed that the cooler piping has to be modded (no worries) assumed the dump had to be changed, its wheather i need a wastegate setup, longer oil/cooler lines ect

btw it is worth it because im gettin a gt35/40,

Yes it will be getting engine managment in the near future but thats his problem i am just doing this turbo install, ive asked these questions because i HAVENT SEEN IT BEFORE! i havent even seen his stuff have to wait till weekend so back to orginal post

PICTURES worth a thousand words, and any problelms u guys have run into?

sorry about the rant but i need some advice before i do the job so i dont do things the hard way not people to tell me im wasting my time......

hope to hear responses

Quigga

o well since your quite capable of doing this, then sorry about my posts mate, i just wasnt sure if you were a beginner :D

soz but i havnt done that sort of work to my car so im no help to you now lol :)

good luck with it.

CJ

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