Turbo builds

[Mspir3d]

I drilled and tapped the oil pan on the car. I packed the tap with grease to catch a lot of the filings. Then spent a while making sure I got any out of the oil pan. Then used some pipe thread sealant on the fitting to prevent leaks.

[nextelbuddy]

The charge pipe is 2.5" O.D. Here are some pics of the wastegate setup.

awesome thank you so much for that. every bit helps me figure out placement etc....

did you tap your oil pan still on the car or did you remove the oil pan and have a fitting welded in place?

im dreading tapping the pan. its drained now and i just dont want to risk getting shavings in the pan

[Mspir3d]

The charge pipe is 2.5" O.D. Here are some pics of the wastegate setup.

[nextelbuddy]

Thank for the pics, it was hard to tell the charge pipe routing with those but I made do.

My last issue I'm trying to figure out now is the wastegate placement.

I have a tial 44mm wg, spa turbo manifold when no wg port and the borg Warner twin scroll turbo


Initially I was going to weld the wg into the turbo housing but there's just no room. The wg would hang down past the skid plate and be close to the ground.


Since your have a maximum PSI kit with the spa manifold, how is your wg setup?

[Nicholas1996]

I have mig and tig in my garage. You’re around Pittsburgh right?

Sure am.

[GAM3_OVR]

Cant wait to feel boost again, but a different motor i had will be taking the S54's place (high-revving 3.4l 2jzgte) Nice buiids you guys got going 👍

[PITTM3RR]

I really want to run a BW turbo. I have no one to weld the wastegate housing though.

I have mig and tig in my garage. You’re around Pittsburgh right?

[Mspir3d]

[nextelbuddy]

Ok I see what you're asking. I have a maximum psi kit that came with everything. There is a AN fitting and a long braided stainless steel line that I looped around the back of the head away from the manifold.

Hate to bug you again, do you happen to have any pictures or details of your charge piping coming from the compressor housing to the intercooler? Like what size pipe was used?

Since I have a similar turbo and same manifold... I would hate to reinvent the wheel on charge piping if you have a. Setup that is proven.

[nextelbuddy]

Ok I see what you're asking. I have a maximum psi kit that came with everything. There is a AN fitting and a long braided stainless steel line that I looped around the back of the head away from the manifold.

wonderful looks like i have some more work to do then to adapt the valve cover line to an AN Steel braided setup but it answers my questions.

thanks for the help and info!

ill get to work on enlarging the SPA manifold holes as well for better fitment

[Mspir3d]

Yes sir I understand that. the SPA manifold would not fit onto the head with that line in place. I had to unbolt the line from the valve cover to get the manifold on the head but now obviously the line does not fit around the manifold while bolted to the head.

are you saying that you had 0 issues with that line and didnt have to move it at all and your SPA manifold bolted to your cylinder head fine with that line in place? If so then i guess i'm headed back to the drawing board lol

Ok I see what you're asking. I have a maximum psi kit that came with everything. There is a AN fitting and a long braided stainless steel line that I looped around the back of the head away from the manifold.

[nextelbuddy]

The oil line goes from the side of the valve cover down into the oil pan.

Yes sir I understand that. the SPA manifold would not fit onto the head with that line in place. I had to unbolt the line from the valve cover to get the manifold on the head but now obviously the line does not fit around the manifold while bolted to the head.

are you saying that you had 0 issues with that line and didnt have to move it at all and your SPA manifold bolted to your cylinder head fine with that line in place? If so then i guess i'm headed back to the drawing board lol

[Mspir3d]

okay thank you very much that confirms what I thought I would have had to do with the stud holes on the manifold. But I'm also curious about the oil line that comes from the valve cover and goes down to the oil pan did you just get rid of that line completely?

The oil line goes from the side of the valve cover down into the oil pan.

[Nek0]

If anyone would be interested I’m selling my turbo kit hpf kit pro Efi ecu Saad racing fuel lines full flex fuel close to 900 on a built motor with a 6766

[nextelbuddy]

I took a drill and slightly enlarged the holes for the studs on the manifold to start. Just a little enlarging was enough to get it on the studs. My head has the longer e36 m3 head studs. Then I had to push the manifold partially onto the studs and put the nuts on. The nuts wouldn't fit on the studs if the manifold was flush with the head...lastly I took an 11 mm wrench and ground down the sides of it to get around the nuts towards the back of the cylinder head. Installing it on your back under the car is a bit of a nightmare.

okay thank you very much that confirms what I thought I would have had to do with the stud holes on the manifold. But I'm also curious about the oil line that comes from the valve cover and goes down to the oil pan did you just get rid of that line completely?