Ok, it was just a thought.

I've deicded to do the job myself, I do have some additional questions though:

To make sure I don't break anything else, is there a special way to deal with the non-backing bolts that attatche the turbine housing to the turbo manifold when taking them out and putting them back in?

Can I get the turbo off the manifold without having to detatch the manifold from the engine? I'm worried that I won't be able to reach all 4 bolts from under the car with the manifold still attatched. (INLINE PRO MANIFOLD USERS)

 

 

what size turbo?

the bolts you are talking about have a snap ring type clip that prevents the bolts to turn, they come off pretty easy if you can reach them,
you should be able to get to 2 of the turbo mount bolts from below,
but, you might have to remove the compressor wheel of the cold side to get to the other 2 bolts, then the turbo can be removed from below - i would not do this unless it is on a lift! this is not a easy task sometimes you only get 1/16 turn on a bolt, we even have to use modified wrench to make it faster (bent and shapped to get to the bolts) good luck - if you can not get it i know we can 2nrwerks.com

 

gt3076r

Is there anything special about having to take the compressor cover off? I.E. oil lines or special torque specs, etc. ?

Its all good that you guys in tampa can do it, but my car is in my garage in gainesville, and can't run without a new coolant line, so you being in tampa doesn't do me any good.

 

cmon, I know someone has to have taken their compressor housing off before or removed their bottom mounted turbo from their manifold...

 

i have an UR manifold, which is very similar to the IP manifold, at least in location. I can take off the manifold, with turbo on it, in about 2 hours, why dont you just do the same... It is impossible, at least for me with my 60-1 to get at all the bolts from underneith the car...

Did you install the turbo kit yourself?

 

I have taken the compressor housing off many many times. And i can tell you that it's not a 123 job. You need some time and patience.
I actually cut hand wrenches down to hald and use those to take the bolts off.
Let me tell you that once you take the compressor housing off, might as well take the manifold off the head. Taking the manifold off the head is so much easier than taking the compressor off, however you do have to take the compressor off to remove the mani from the head. So might as well do it all rather than fight w/ the turbo to mani bolts at the location they are at. You'll be able to get the 2 in the back, but the ones in the front closer to the compressor side aren't as friendly.
Besides, having the turbo out allows you to torque the bolts tigher as opposed to tryng to torque the bolts while the turbo is insalled w/ a small wrench.

 

Well, lucky for me, I didn't need to mess with either (manifold or comp. housing).

I somehow wedged my hand up into the cartridge space and after a couple hours of grunting and pushing and sweating...I got the new coolant line onto the port on the turbo. I will add coolant tomorrow and check for leaks.

Wish me luck in this endeavor, if I didn't get it, that means I ****ed something up badly.

 

I just finished the install, after a couple dozen cuts on the hands and a coolant bleed/refil. *knock on wood* I have no longer have my coolant leak and my coolant temps are pretty chill now and only hit 220 after making a few WOT pulls in back to back gears (i.e. 3rd wot redline 4th wot redline) and then comming to a complete stop for a few minutes. Then it quickly cools back down to 212ish and then to 203

I am a happy camper, and Godwilling, I'll be able to make it to Jax tuesday to get rid of this stupid coupler-manifold issue I've been having and get a final tune so I can finally sell this car to a deserving S2K enthusiast and close this chapter in my car-history book.

 

Oh yeah, thanks to Ya and John from IP for answering my questions and hooking me up with the special lines.