Turbo Down Pipe ??

[m-dtech]

what did you guys use for the down pipe on the turbo ??

or....

does anyone have a flange that will fit the t3/4 turbo ??

a bit like...............

[Turbo-Brown]

Why on God's green Earth would you wanna start an exhaust system off in aluminium of all materials?!

When I did mine, I had the turbine exducer flanges laser cut along with various other odds and sods.

[m-dtech]

well, personaly i dont want an ally one, steel would be nice.

[e30_Turbo]

My downpipes a handmade 3 inch special, V band flange made it quiet easy tbh.

I'll find a pic...

[Turbo-Brown]

Ooh, where'd ya get the V-band from Mark?

Been thinking about how to make one for mine (long way off though)

[fuzzy]

custom job mikey,any decent engineering place should be able to knock you up that.

[e30_Turbo]

Ooh, where'd ya get the V-band from Mark?

Been thinking about how to make one for mine (long way off though)

It came attached to the downpipe from the truck it came from!

welded it into the downpipe and off I went!

[Turbo-Brown]

Bums. I've got some material to make the bit I'd weld onto the downpipe, but no clamp

Ho well.

[e30_Turbo]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Super-3-V-Band-Ki ... dZViewItem

Why not just cheat a little?

[Turbo-Brown]

Hmmmmmm, gonna stick that on my "list of things to look into the cost of making"

It's an ever growing list of bits of metal I need to contact my supplier about. I really should stop having thoughts along the lines of

How much?! I could make one of those!

[blingsta]

how does the above work then?? ive gotta re-do my downpipe/flange to make it fit onto my new turbo, would the above help me?

[WillG]

these V band flanges dont really fit that well, they are a different profile then on the turbo and also slightly different diameter, also the if you do order one of these flanges then measure the flange on the turbo from the inside not the outside. I sent Ant one I had spare, ones on my turbo are a few mm out but the clamps still pull togther ok. My flange on my turbo is 4" but I ordered the 3.5 and its still a little bit big. Might be worth seing how much the exhaust section costs from cummings and just chop the flange off

[gcorky]

i just pulled in a favour and replicated the turbine flange ,ordered an original clamp from cummins ...but a decent turbo specialist would supply these clamps..

i will hunt it down tommorrow for a part number or measurement....this will do you Alex as youve got same housing

[gcorky]

how does the above work then?? ive gotta re-do my downpipe/flange to make it fit onto my new turbo, would the above help me?

hello again spiderman...lol ,what turbo have you got ya self now

[blingsta]

a slightly bigger t3 with .63 exahaust housing and super 60 trim blade!

[gcorky]

a slightly bigger t3 with .63 exahaust housing and super 60 trim blade!

wont have a v-band then m8....external or internal wastegate...?

[e30_Turbo]

a slightly bigger t3 with .63 exahaust housing and super 60 trim blade!

wont have a v-band then m8....external or internal wastegate...?

Erels T3 is a internal gate with the std 3 bolt garrett fixing.

Erel, you got any pics of what you have now?

[blingsta]

Erm, yep but will have to mail to you fozz and if you can post on here for me, would be great !!

[e30_Turbo]

Erm, yep but will have to mail to you fozz and if you can post on here for me, would be great !!

Send them over dude!

Here's the new one:

[blingsta]

... told ya im no good with computers!! cheers Mark..

[e30_Turbo]

... told ya im no good with computers!! cheers Mark..

We need pics of the 'old' setup now

[blingsta]

looking at the pictures, theres not much of a noticeable difference between them, but the zaust housing on new 1 looks meaty!

[Turbo-Brown]

Someone bolted the WG shut?

[gcorky]

yeah fozz i sold blingsta the old which used same exhaust?wont it fit straight on Erel?

[blingsta]

no mate, the studs are closer together... its been booked in for next week at my zaust centre, they have the same size flange for it, they also need to chop a bit off the downpipe as new turbo is longer in length..