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Thats not a very fair comment. Some people actually enjoy working on cars and helping people out. Not just out there to get rich.

U don't trust a person but u trust Ebay gaskets lol

haha

hmmm..i do see your point...the gasket was from nitto though. They sell good stuff, dont they?.

i didnt say dont do it, I said only do it if you trust the guy, Ive seen some horror stories of the guy at the pub that said he would do it on the cheap..mostly i was trying to convince him to do it himself cause he thought he could

Getting is out is not that hard, getting the water banjos back on is a royal PITA.

Without a doubt, that is the hardest part!

Took me at least an hour to get the first one back on!! Then about half an hour for the next, and the last 2 were easy.

ive got a 3" dump. but when you run a small highflow (21U) around the track for 3 months the manifold and exhaust housing on the turbz don't last.

Mine is leaking atm (near blowing the gasket to shit) and will only do 1-2 more track days before it all needs to come out again.

ive got a 3" dump. but when you run a small highflow (21U) around the track for 3 months the manifold and exhaust housing on the turbz don't last.

Mine is leaking atm (near blowing the gasket to shit) and will only do 1-2 more track days before it all needs to come out again.

wow that bad huh , cant upgrade to an OP6.

So you just have to pull it out and replace housing and manifold or just gaskets?

You must be doin quite a few trackdays then, im pushing more power through the same housing but it doesnt get flogged anywhere near as hard as yours, well not consistently anyway :P be interesting to see how it lasts I guess my ebay gasket will no doubt give up before anything else , at least I hope it does

Trent fixed her up for me last week too,, come round and have a drive if you like sometime its running great. 430nm at 3500rpm See what ya think ;)

Really?

I thought (hoped) half way through ...

But anyhow, everybody has a first time at everything and I will get there (eventually)

:)

you have all the easy but fiddly bits done. all you have left is the hard and fiddly bits with a side order of swearing to go. lol. don't worry, you'll get there

>_<

Yes, you are right .. now it is hard and fiddly.

(unsure which part of the work I like better)

I was meaning to remove the turbo yesterday, but had to buy 2 axle jacks first (poor excuse)

But I removed further piping and also prepared the turbo by undoing the locking clamps.

I remember when I first removed the cylinder head of my motorcycle, it took 4 hours.

After some practise I was able to remove it and put it back on in one hour :)

Cheers from London ..

Alright,

The Turbo is out ..

Worst bit:

The Water-Return-Pipe banjo bolt.

Also the turbo to manifold bolts gave me much less trouble than expected, thankfully I had an ultra slim ring-spanner

in my toolbox ... and it was even 17mm! :) The spanner did fit right over the nut, so I was lucky.

I did not remove the dump-pipe from the turbo, it was not a problem getting the turbo out.

(Just removed the 3 nuts from the downpipe to dump-pipe connection.)

Would I do this again?

Yes, but only in a proper garage ... not in an underground parking space.

More later ... many thanks for the help .. :)

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nothing wrong within an underground carpark mate.

At least its out of the rain

This is my 'garage' and its been apart more than a few times before in it..

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This is actually an upgrade my last 'garage' was only half as big :D

Good point, yes .. I plugged every opening with a cloth ..

Especially the pipes to the inter-cooler which are now wide open .. don't want any clip ending there, and then being vacuumed

by the turbo ...

Becareful with the compressor outlet of the turbo or any other opening eg cooler piping etc. Cover them up with rags or similar, its very easy to drop something in them.

Haha ....

Yes, nothing wrong with it, but I got strange looks from fellow citizens ;)

I like your garage ... very airy and no prying looks!

Also close to the next fridge I suppose!

BTW:

Attached why I had to remove the turbo ..

nothing wrong within an underground carpark mate.

At least its out of the rain

This is my 'garage' and its been apart more than a few times before in it..

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This is actually an upgrade my last 'garage' was only half as big :D

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