Amazing work, Paul, and congrats, the results are just as awesome! Can't wait to see what this beast does on the dyno, and more play videos.

95burgandyesi - something definitely isn't right, *especially* if you're using a bolt-on turbine housing.ezz-e - any diesel performance shops should be able to rebuild for you, htturbo.com, citydiesel.net, I'm lucky to have a local Holset specialist shop I guess, tepturbos.com - you may give...

Good info and nice setups everyone, hope to have my T3 HX35 setup back up and running this summer :(

I don't have pictures either so sorry, but I also ran OEM fans with my HX-35 setup, it was a very tight fit though, considering my T3 manifold put the turbo closer to the fans and away from the water pipe/block, but everything fit pretty much perfectly. OBX old style T3 manifold was used.

I ran mine from the head without issue, this was on a rebuilt 6-bolt without balance shafts and without a ported oil relief.

That is a massive turbine housing on that 1st one, I'd stick with the HX35W.

No because the ECU assumes you're at 5 degrees base timing regardless of what it actually is.

You shouldn't have to remove the hub, I never have and I don't think a 1g is all THAT different. Just tap it out with a hammer and rotate the hub around until it falls out.

I had a v-band flange from ATP that matched the downpipe welded right to the Holset v-band flange. I'm going to make what I have work for the time being, I'd really like to hit the dyno and track soon to see what it'll do aside from spinning 3rd gear, I threw in an ACT unsprung 6-puck like a...

Very nice!

I posted up some pics here, the downpipe is a universal 3" shorty from ATP Turbo. Everything clears for me, with this manifold, but thats only because I'm running only the downpipe right now, it'd take some fabrication to get it to clear my IC piping as well as the oil filter. I'm planning on...

I am :)

Even coatings turn to shit after a while from what I've seen, personally I'd rather just shine it back up with some sandpaper every so often.

Hit it with some sandpaper Flash ;) I think if you do this every once in a while, it will keep it from turning into ass like a lot of tubular manifolds I've seen. Only time will tell, I plan on trying with mine.

Very clean car, good luck with the swap!

My suggestion would be the pull the pan and rod caps, it really isn't that difficult or time consuming once you get the car up in the air and the exhaust off. I had a bearing go bad and it was pretty much exactly what you've described. Noise which sounded like it was in the head but really hard...

So wait, thats the .70a/r T3 housing on the right up there? I'll retract my statement, if so. I must have seen a picture of the wrong housing when looking previously, as it looked like the standard BEP housing on the left.

My housing is a twin scroll one, but it bolts to the center section. I like it a lot, I honestly would not go with a bolt-on housing with anything larger than a 16g(if considering a 20g, there are better Garrett alternatives IMO), they're just very restrictive, even the ".70" a/r BEP housings.

I don't even know *which* turbine housing I have, but its quite large compared to any bolt-on housing.

My manifold is a real OBX unit, so far so good ;) Granted I wouldn't run one of their turbos, the manifold is actually quite nice. I need to get a new PS rack and get this alternator relocation kit on and and my 272s in, ugh.

Here are some more pics of my T3/v-band setup, had to adjust the brightness in a few so sorry if they look washed out. And no, the DP isn't touching the alternator, theres a tiny bit of clearance, and yes, I DD it like this for now.

BTW nice link, there are some pictures of some 4g63 cousins in the second set of pictures(the Formula 3 cars/powerplants). OMG

Kansai Service has quite a bit to do with HKS, do some research.

Its just a sample picture, if it is made for ALL Evos(like most 'JDM' parts), including 1-3, then it will fit a DSM, but the runners will be 2g-sized.

It will depend on the turbine wheel as well as how the housing mates to the center section. Why not just use a stock T3 housing that the Holset comes with?

I'm a little late to the thread, my car looks a little different these days, but I have a lot in store for it :)

I have the same oil drain flanges, but socketless hose-type AN fittings, from ExtremePSI, and haven't had any issues with leaking, and I did not use any sealant on the threads. You sure you tightened them enough? And as asked, new gaskets?

I'll have some more pics other than whats in my gallery already as soon as I do some spring cleaning of the engine bay :)

I'm getting oil from the head with mine, without balance shafts, with squirters, and an unported relief hole, and no restrictor for the feed line. The oil inlet of my HX-35 itself tapers down pretty small, I saw no need for a restrictor, and I have not had any smoking, and spool-up is fine as well.

Well I'll go ahead and post what I have in my T3 setup :)Fresh rebuilt HX35 - $200 OBX(not SSautochrome OBX) T3 manifold - $175 Tial 38mm gate - $100 used ATP Turbo 3" SS tight-radius v-band downpipe w/ 2 o2 bungs and SS flex section - $175 Oil lines - ~$130 Misc. welding - $30 Total -...

Just curious for those of you running bolt-on housings and Holsets, what is your total investment so far for a Holset setup?(turbo, oil lines, exhaust work, wastegates, etc)

Haha it is so fun though :) Boost could very well be spiking to 28-29psi but I've been trying to watch the road when it 'hits' for safety :) The gauge and BoostEst were dead on at 20psi, I'm not sure why it would change with cranking up the boost other than a leak, I'll have to do a leak test...

I'll do some spool testing once I get a tune, but if I step on it at 3000rpms I hit 26psi before 4000rpms... Here are some logs at around 26psi with 2% fuel taken out. I'm on a stock rebuilt 6-bolt, stock rebuilt 1g head/cams/intake, and stock 2g MAS. I have some HKS 272s I'll be throwing in at...

I think this thread needs to be cleaned up, or split, a lot of this stuff has nothing to do with Holsets, although good information.On topic, my 8-blade HX35 with the stock twin-scroll T3 turbine housing, is doing 38lb/min @ ~20psi on a stock 2g MAS. As a side note, my manifold is undivided...

The turbos can be rebuilt, you don't need to buy a new CHRA unless yours is fubar'd.

Wret's article is meant as a guideline, not solid fact, as we all know every car(and tune) is different. You can surely make more than 400 with 850s, though. ~55lb/min of airflow should certainly make more than 400 crank horsepower on a dyno.

Resurrecting because I have the short runner unequal length version(seen here), though I only have maybe 5 miles on it as I'm still needing to fabricate the rest of the downpipe(all 3" v-band). There are 2 very minor fitment issues, the first is my turbine housing(stock Holset T3) didn't quite...

850s will be plenty for an HX35 assuming the car is tuned properly and your fuel pump can keep up.

It still has a Holset center section :)

Okay, new question: Anybody have a source for Holset 5-bolt/v-band flanges? The Garrett 5-bolts look similar but I don't think they are the same and I can't find verification anywhere that they are/aren't. I also don't personally know anybody local with a T3 5-bolt setup. I had planned on...

I don't think Garrett fittings are the same, maybe just the drain, but I would order the Holset specific ones from ExtremePSI and not have any worries, mine are on and fit perfect.

Your turbo is a true Garrett, it just has PTE housings on it. PTE does this because they can cast their own housings cheaper than they'd pay Garrett for the turbos with housings(also because Garrett does not sell turbos with DSM-specific turbine housings), so they only buy the CHRAs. Take a look...

I'm running a T3 Holset HX35 with the stock fans, barely though. The driver's side fan's frame needed some trimming. Did I mention I didn't have to dent the water pipe at all either :)

Cool, looks like we'll be running similar setups(stock motor/cams here too, though I have a 6-bolt w/ 8:1cr) aside from the turbine housings. I really need to order some flanges and get this exhaust done, ugh.

Any dyno data/DSMlink logs/track times? :)

I've read through most of the threads and didn't see anything, so I'm going to ask: has anyone run an 8-blade HX35 with the stock Holset divided T3 housing? I'll be running this setup soon, the car runs now but I need to finish the exhaust up, just curious if anyone already has any results.PS...

Nice little vid, and Coal Chamber, man, I loved that album.

I responded to your PM but post the fix here too if you want :):):)

A guy(spinz4) from Hawaii PM'd me and offered us a section on his forum if we'd like, and also hosting of a domain I believe, if there is enough interest. If you guys want to PM me or jump on dsmftw.com and register/post something, we can figure something out. Thanks to spinz4 for coming to the...

If this doesn't blow over, maybe someone can purchase a domain and I can most likely get it hosted for free. I'd already have bought one if I had the money.