2019GT budget twin turbo build

[TGGT]

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.

I may try that. I too noticed that with the hellion kit their adapter makes an immediate 45 degree bend to the flange

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[gimmie11s]

Mine are T4’s too...

 

[TGGT]

Mine are T4’s too...

Also good to know. I’m going to mess with it some more on Friday or Saturday. Hopefully it goes well. Still waiting on a s197 driver manifold though

 

[TGGT]

Just picked up a set of these I’m going to try coming right off the manifold with these. I think that may work out

 

[imrex613]

Just picked up a set of these I’m going to try coming right off the manifold with these. I think that may work out

I don't think there is enough room to have the turbo mounted at that angle unless you are adding a 45 after where you cut the flange the welding that to it.

 

[TGGT]

I don't think there is enough room to have the turbo mounted at that angle unless you are adding a 45 after where you cut the flange the welding that to it.

Yeah that’s the plan. A short 45 and a vband flange. We’ll see I’ll have to look at all when I get the car back on the rack

 

[TGGT]

Made some good progress today. Basically had to re do everything I had done so far. I ended up using a threaded t4 flange for the driver side and the 90 degree vband adapter on the passenger side. The passenger side turbo sits 1/2 an inch below the frame, but it’s a dramatic improvement from what it was. I’m super pleased with how the driver side turned out.

 

[gimmie11s]

Looks great!

 

[TGGT]

Going to try to tackle the I/c and cold side piping next weekend. It’s going to be tight which ever way I route it , but I’m sure I’ll find room some where.

 

[sigintel]

Congrats! Hella progress.
Every time I get under the car and look at the available space my head spins. Not a ton of room to work.
Thought about 4 small turbos each side. Lol, then put the car back on the ground.

 

[RoyalCrimson_TT_5.0]

Nice work man!

 

[TGGT]

Thanks. I’ve got a lot left to do. It’s been tough with having only weekends to work on it. Tomorrow I’m hoping to get the I/C plumbing done and hopefully Sunday I can get the exhaust done. That would leave me with the oil return system. And the fuel system upgrades. Probably still a few weeks out at this point.

 

[kent0464]

Awesome! Love to see people taking the plunge and doing their own thing!!!!
My friends and I have experimented with the EBay turbos from Rev9, Speedaddy, etc and have found that they are just as good as the big name turbos “IF” you rebuild the internals with a quality rebuild kit from Garrett etc., the Tial fake wastegates will work as good as the real ones if you replace the diaphragm with a genuine Tial diaphragm and use real Tial springs. Some folks will give you shit about using ripped-off tech, but not everyone has deep pockets.
If you run into difficulty with the IC piping take a look at at “Silicone Intakes” website.

 

[TGGT]

Didn’t make nearly as much progress as I had hoped for today. I spent a couple of hours further modifying the driver side manifold to allow clocking the compressor cover the way I wanted. After weighing my options for routing the I/C plumbing I decided to run individual charge pipes to the front of the car where I will merge the two into one before entering the passenger side of the intercooler. I plan on running the driver side charge pipe under the intercooler and then hopefully merging it with the passenger charge pipe before entering the I/C. Hopefully I’ll make a little more progress tomorrow though I think I’m going to be short on tubing. Anywho here’s some pics from today. As always question and comments are welcome.

 

[TGGT]

Not a whole lot of progress today, but at least now I have a clear idea of how to route the I/C plumbing. My welds don’t look all that fantastic, but I am kind of proud of the piece I made to merge the two charge pipes.

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