Side Mount To Top!

[Shmee33]

hey guys is there anyone out there who has gone from side mount to top mount? if so how hard was it and what did you have to change? i know that ill have to change my manifold and prolly turbo plus also a wastegate while im at it...

dump pipe changes? i think so plus tune if im getting all that.

are there any link where i can learn from to

thanks alex

[GeeTR]

hey guys is there anyone out there who has gone from side mount to top mount?

Top mount, as in a IC mounted on top of the motor, being fed by a bonnet scoop? (ala WRX)

If you mean front mount, then there are many sub $700 kits that should fit your need. You wont need to change your turbo or dump. Theres a few threads atm on fitting them.

... if you did mean top mount, im pretty interested in why your going that way, given the work required to get air into and out of the core in a Skyline engine bay.

[Shmee33]

sorry i ment my turbo and manifold, i wanted to keep it side but you can get more easyer custom shit for it wen its at top cos nothing in the way

[dmr]

you would need a bonnet scoop for it to be useful, which are illegal and defectable. it's not efficient and the engine bay in most skylines are packed like a can of sardines.

front mounted intercoolers are perfectly efficient and easy to bolt on without much or any modification.

Edited July 6, 2008 by dmr

[madbung]

Vicpol don't like high mount turbos....sets lights and sirens off in their tiny tiny brains.

[Shmee33]

no no no i have got a fmic im talking about my turbo set up

[madbung]

^^^ you might have to say it a few more times...I've found 5 times generally gets the job done

Yeah you're pretty much right with what you'll need, there should be a thread or 20 of people that have done it already.

Front mount and an aftermarket turbo = defect

Not to mention as soon as they lift the bonnet it'll be smiling and waving at them.

[TTT]

for future reference:

stock turbo and manifold = Low mount.

turbo sitting up the top on tubular manifold = highmount.

stock skyline intercooler setup = side mount

Stock GTR intercooler setup = Frun moun

Stock WRX or GTiR intercooler setup = top mount

your mum, on her knees, face pressed in to carpet with me on her back = dog mount

[Shmee33]

so from low mount turbo to high mount what needs to be changed?

ill be going external wastegate with a t3t4 turbo.

are the high mount manifolds on ebay any good?

if i go high mount, i see people run there airpod straight to the front of the turbo. what do i do with the afm?

sorry im kinda new and need some good help.

[TTT]

To have a turbo mounted up in the look at me area, you need a manifold that is made to high mount a turbo.

almost ALL after market manifolds are like this.

To be honest with you, I have NEVER bought anything from Ebay. and the numbr of people with cracked manifolds from ebay goes to show the quality.

some people have had them working fine "AFTER" they've made a few mods to the manifolds like adding more welds to the joins, adding brackets to keep the weight off it etc.

Check the traders for sale section of this forum for manifolds.

also search "6boost" for what some people consider to be the BEST manifolds around.

ofcourse his prices start around 4 times what you pay for ebay junk. but come with a lifetime warranty or something.

Most of these manifolds have provision for an external gate.

Those people who have the pod mounted directly to the turbo have done one of 2 things.

1.) got an aftermarket ecu which uses MAP sensor (Mass Air Pressure) to get air measurements instead of the MAF (Mass air flow - An air flow meter)

or

2.) they have modified their intercooler piping to include the AFM on to the intercooler piping tract somewhere (this is common with the VL Turbo commodore DOSEing crowd - search the Calaisturbo.com forums for that if you don't know what DOSE is)

[bombtrack]

Are you doing this because you have a turbo that won't fit low mounted or are you after the bling bling HKS snail in full view?

It's already been said, but the bling bling option is a real issue for Police. At least down here in Melb.

[2BNVS]

if u want the bling and high mount it then, new manifold ( dont get ebay shit), turbo, turbo lines, dump pipe, intercooler pipe coming off turbo, then dont forget injectors, ecu, fuel pump, z32 afm,

if u want stealth go the low mount set up

[FATAZZ]

for future reference:

stock turbo and manifold = Low mount.

turbo sitting up the top on tubular manifold = highmount.

stock skyline intercooler setup = side mount

Stock GTR intercooler setup = Frun moun

Stock WRX or GTiR intercooler setup = top mount

your mum, on her knees, face pressed in to carpet with me on her back = dog mount

Does she dose?

[TTT]

not in the dog mount position.

only during the nutsdeepinthroat position will she make a sound close to Dose.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

is it school holidays again... already?

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

just go down to your local maccas and the boys with the hoods up will have all the info you need

[Shmee33]

na i wanna do this so i can learn, plus it will be a hp boost.

policce are not an issue where im from its all good i never get pulled over but i hear in melb its crazy for getting pulled over.

only time i go to melbourne i drink and so i dont drive.

[nitestalkr]

not in the dog mount position.

only during the nutsdeepinthroat position will she make a sound close to Dose.

Thats what happens when air reverberates in a sealed intake pipe..

[race_snooze]

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Edited July 11, 2008 by race_snooze