2019GT budget twin turbo build

[TGGT]

Looking good man, what is the car lowered with? The reason I ask is mine sits about 1.8 inches lowered on Tein springs and I clear everything but large speed bumps but it is LOW. Yours seem to sit a little lower than mine but if the car is not lowered I don't think you will have an issue. If you have a 1.5 inch drop or more I'd recommend moving them up some, from personal experience. If I had to redo mine I would go with a 45* instead of the 90 to keep the turbos a little higher.

Sorry for excessive use of the word low, lol

Car is stock height and I have no plans to lower it. They might be ok, but it’s eating at me a bit. I have to work all week so it will be next weekend before I have time to mess with it again. It will give me time to think about it .

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[imrex613]

Car is stock height and I have no plans to lower it. They might be ok, but it’s eating at me a bit. I have to work all week so it will be next weekend before I have time to mess with it again. It will give me time to think about it .

Yep, I went through the exact same thing and it's actually scary how close my piping is to the ground. If you want I can measure my lowest point so you can compare with yours when the cars on the ground

 

[TGGT]

Yep, I went through the exact same thing and it's actually scary how close my piping is to the ground. If you want I can measure my lowest point so you can compare with yours when the cars on the ground

I was looking at your thread and your turbos are definitely tucked up into the engine bay more. I think where I may have gone wrong was welding a short bend to the manifold to try to make the turbos more parallel to the ground. I was concerned that with to much of a rake oil would pool in the center section and perhaps be more prone to smoking. I see with yours that you welded the flange directly to the manifold. I may try to go this route to see if I can get more clearance. Let me know what you think. I’m definitely open to suggestions at this point

 

[imrex613]

I was looking at your thread and your turbos are definitely tucked up into the engine bay more. I think where I may have gone wrong was welding a short bend to the manifold to try to make the turbos more parallel to the ground. I was concerned that with to much of a rake oil would pool in the center section and perhaps be more prone to smoking. I see with yours that you welded the flange directly to the manifold. I may try to go this route to see if I can get more clearance. Let me know what you think. I’m definitely open to suggestions at this point

Yep if I did it over I would keep the flang welded directly to the manifold and angle it up more, doing so you can keep them almost flat and have plenty of clearance on all sides. I will eventually do this to mine once I pull it all apart again as I have a slight smoking issue on startup other than that its fine.

 

[TGGT]

Yep if I did it over I would keep the flang welded directly to the manifold and angle it up more, doing so you can keep them almost flat and have plenty of clearance on all sides. I will eventually do this to mine once I pull it all apart again as I have a slight smoking issue on startup other than that its fine.

Good to know. I really appreciate your input. I’m also really thinking that at least the driver side s550 manifold is not going to work out so I guess I’m in the market for s197 manifolds or some sort of shorty header for an s197

 

[imrex613]

Good to know. I really appreciate your input. I’m also really thinking that at least the driver side s550 manifold is not going to work out so I guess I’m in the market for s197 manifolds or some sort of shorty header for an s197

is that the s550 manifold on the driver side? I was wondering why it was so much smaller than the vband that might explain why, when I used the 11-14 manifold it was just slightly smaller than the 3 inch vband.

 

[TGGT]

is that the s550 manifold on the driver side? I was wondering why it was so much smaller than the vband that might explain why, when I used the 11-14 manifold it was just slightly smaller than the 3 inch vband.

Yeah. I think also due to the design of the s550 driver side manifold it’s not possible to put the turbo any further up into the engine bay. I may just pull the trigger on a set of eBay shortys for an s197 and build off of those

 

[gimmie11s]

11-14 drivers manifold is cheap also... around $100 if I remember right

 

[TGGT]

11-14 drivers manifold is cheap also... around $100 if I remember right

I haven’t had any luck finding one. I like the manifolds you have, but it doesn’t look like cx will sell just the manifolds

 

[imrex613]

I haven’t had any luck finding one. I like the manifolds you have, but it doesn’t look like cx will sell just the manifolds

Trying giving LKQ a call they found one in Canada for me it was like $125

 

[TGGT]

Trying giving LKQ a call they found one in Canada for me it was like $125

I may have found one but if not I’ll hit them up. Thanks

 

[TGGT]

Looking at all the photos of hellion kits and some of the other kits has led me to believe that most of them are using a t3 hot side. Now I’m just hoping I can make these t4’s fit

 

[kcc0521]

Hellion sleeper kit is a t4 flange.

 

[TGGT]

Hellion sleeper kit is a t4 flange.

Good to know. Thanks

 

[imrex613]

Looking at all the photos of hellion kits and some of the other kits has led me to believe that most of them are using a t3 hot side. Now I’m just hoping I can make these t4’s fit

There is plenty of room to make them fit but you will have to remove that elbow you added or bring it up higher. If I did it again I'd not use the 90 cast elbows but use a 45 bend and weld flanges to that, just like how the helliom sleeper kit is.

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