Tial 44Mm Waste Gate V Band

[asps91]

Hi guys, my mate and i attempted to mount a tial 44mm waste gate onto my manifold today and ran into a few dramas. I bought the gate without the v-band clamps so went down to gcg turbos to get a vband. It fits on the waste gate inlet and the manifold individually but will not clamp when the surfaces are mated. It seems as if the clamp is too narrow to get around both flanges. Are there specific v-bands that suit the tial 44mm gates? Thanks

[GTR_JOEY]

May sound like a stupid question but are you pushing the two mating surfaces together hard enough to over come the spring pressure in the gate?

[asps91]

Hahaha that's not a stupid question. Any help or suggestions are much appreciated (especially when im so close to getting this thing on the road). It feels pretty solid though so I'm not sure if that would work. It feels like there is a gap between the two flanges becuase of tge valve seat ring.

[scotty nm35]

So remove the spring and test it without the seat pressure, that will tell you.

[asps91]

Your both right, the pressure i had to apply to mate the surfaces was extreme. Im not able to do the clamp up and keep it compresed. Is there a trick to doing this?

[GTR_JOEY]

From memory I needed to use an extra set of hands and a set of multi grip..

I had 17psi springs in mine so if yours are higher then it will be harder

[asps91]

Damn... Shame there is shit all room down there. Should of mounted it while he manifold was off

[GTR_JOEY]

What manifold do you have?

[GTR_JOEY]

I'm also assuming that your exhaust isn't plumbed up for the gate either?

If so don't worry about it, leave it to the exhaust shop

[scotty nm35]

Try it with the new Turbosmart HP range, 45psi of spring would be a bitch.

Can you get in there with a lever? I sometimes have to put a block of wood on top of the gate and lever it with something to keep pressure on it, while someone else does up the bolt.

[asps91]

What manifold do you have?

Not 100% sure, it came with the kit i purchased. Seems quality before and the gate was fitted to it without a drama on an r32 gtr (i have an r33 gtr)

[asps91]

I'm also assuming that your exhaust isn't plumbed up for the gate either?

If so don't worry about it, leave it to the exhaust shop

Not plumbing the gate in either.

[asps91]

Try it with the new Turbosmart HP range, 45psi of spring would be a bitch.

Can you get in there with a lever? I sometimes have to put a block of wood on top of the gate and lever it with something to keep pressure on it, while someone else does up the bolt.

I might actually be able to lever it with a pry bar off the sway bar.

[asps91]

Just a thought, if i pump some pressure into the vac line through my compressor wont the valve open up and the valve seat go with it?

[scotty nm35]

Correct.

[asps91]

fark, well thats a hole lot easier than wrestling the thing on and trying to squeeze some extra hands in there to do the vband clamp! thanks

[PN-Mad]

Yeah, I can confirm they are a prick to do up. I've got a 44mm too, and took me an age to get the vband aligned just right.