1st Turbo Swap.

[my98GST]

I've been looking around and asking a few people but I cannot come up with a complete list of parts that I need to do my swap. I would like you guys to take a look at this list and tell me if there is anything else that I'm missing to do a complete swap..



New exhaust mani gasket
New o2 housing gasket
New downpipe to o2 housing gasket (cannot find on sbr??)
New oil feed line (unsure which one to get on sbr, its a 20g using a Garrett Airesearch comp. housing)
New turbo bolts with washers......Are the turbo bolts the exhaust mani bolts?


Can you guys think of anything else? Please let me know. My t-25 has officially blown and I can not afford to have my car down

 

[MrBoxx]

You'll need new water lines, unless you want to try to bend the stock lines to fit your application.

For a 20g (that's what you're putting in, right?) any oil feed/drain combo that works for a 16g should work for a 20g. They're both TDO5's, unless it's a TDO6 20G. Either way, the oil feed/drain lines should work.

There are four manifold-to-turbo bolts. Technically, one's a stud, but you'll want to get rid of that and just use four new bolts with new washers. Make sure you use a little anti-seize on these for your next turbo job. Use anti-seize on all the exhaust bolts. Any gaskets can be ordered from the dealership.

If you haven't already taken the old turbo off, penetrating lubricant is your friend. Use lots of it on the turbo bolts, the exhaust bolts, etc.

Don't forget a J-pipe and L-pipe to mate to your stock sidemount.

Torque specs for bolts:
Mani-turbo bolts- 40-45 ft/lbs using the cup-washers (dots facing out for each pair)
Front water line- 22 ft/lbs
Oil feed- 19 ft/lbs
Oil drain- 14 ft/lbs

If these numbers sound off to anyone, please feel free to correct them. They're what was reccommended to me for my 14b install by Kevin Jewer.

 

[my98GST]

well it is a td06h but its in a garrett compressor housing... It included an oil drain line.

So where can i find the water lines? What are they under at slowboy?

And its in a down firing comp. housing

Is there a "turbo" gasket that i need?

 

[MrBoxx]

Water lines can be found under "Mitsubishi OEM"---> "Cooling". I believe for your turbo, you'll want the 1g lines. A little bending may be necessary, but as long as you're careful, it's not a problem.
Edit: A note about the water lines: Once you get them and start putting them up to the car and turbo, you'll figure out how they need to be arranged. If you need to, you can always run longer rubber hose to make ends meet better.

When you listed a manifold gasket in your original post, I thought you meant the manifold-to-turbo gasket. For your turbo, you'll probably want a 7cm gasket. Look in "Turbos">"Installation Accessories">"Mitsubishi Parts", scroll down and you'll find one for about $20. The O2 sensor housing gasket is in the same spot, at the bottom of the page.

For a down-firing compressor housing, you'll need a 90* bend welded on to mate with your stock intercooler piping or you'll need to buy some new hard piping. Dejon makes one that will work for your set-up, and it's available at SBR in the "Intercoolers" section under "Pipes">"Dejontool". Look for the fourth one down.

 

[my98GST]

Mr. Boxx, you kick ass!

 

[my98GST]

I would also need to know what oil feed line i would need to use. they have like 3 different ones????

So far I have this on my list.
exhaust mani gasket
7cm gasket
oil return gasket
o2 gasket
4 turbo bolts with washers
exhaust mani stud kit
oil feed line...


Now for the water lines, i just pretty much use an OEM 1g water line kit?

 

[MrBoxx]

If you want your oil feed to come from the stock oil cooler location, you'll probably want the following SS oil feed line. This one. It even comes with new copper crush washers. Then you'll need a banjo bolt to fit into the turbo, which it looks like is a special order type thing from Slowboy. I found the link to it for you: Banjo Bolt for TD06
With this line, you'll need to get the female banjo fittings, too, since it looks like the line comes with one that's too small for the larger banjo bolt. So, the special banjo bolt is a 12mm bolt, so you'll need one 12mm female banjo fitting and that is located here. Don't forget to order a 12mm copper crush washer for it too. Crush washers.

It might be possible for you to contact SBR and see if they'll subsitute that 12mm banjo fitting and 12mm bolt with the line so you don't have to piece it all together and then get left with a regular banjo bolt and fitting that you can't use.

Are you replacing your engine-to-exh. manifold gasket and studs as well?

Since the TD05 and TD06 center sections are similar, I'm assuming the 1g water lines will work, so unless someone chimes in with advice otherwise you can get away with them. Like I said, they can be easily bent to fit and you can extend the rubber hose between the ends to match up without problems.

2 oil drain gaskets: One for the pan and one for the turbo (if i remember correctly..)

I think that should be it. Follow the vfaq for the 16g installation. It should be very similar and you shouldn't have any problems. It points out a few things that you have to watch out for and walks through the whole process. Don't forget IC pipes.

Hope this all helps a bit. If anyone notices anything I'm missing or some facts that are a bit off (especially regarding the oil feed bolts and such), please let me know.

 

[my98GST]

Thanks a lot boxx.

 

[wingzgsx]

Remember to pick up a can of PB blaster, anti-seized (gold from NAPA), and gold gasket spray. Thirty minutes before starting the job, PB blast all rusty over-tightened manifold/turbo/o2 studs and nuts. This will reduce the chances of breaking a stud or stripping a nut. Apply the anti-seized to studs, bolts, and/or nuts during the install reduce future headaches if you have to pull exhaust related components off again

As for the gasket spray, I would spray your manifold gasket ~10-15 minutes prior to installing to eliminate any minor exhaust leaks.

This is how I would do on my car so just a recommendation.

Good luck.

 

[my98GST]

Thanks for the heads up, Glad there are some people who actually help and not just post smartass comments

 

[my98GST]

Is there anywhere I can pick up a 2" inlet then going to a 2.25" 90º sillicon coupler? All that i've found are 2" all around or 2-2.5

 

[wingzgsx]

Try Samco silicon hoses. They seem to have a good selection.

http://www.samcosport.com/us/reducelbow.asp

 

[my98GST]

Thanks guys, I've got all the parts on the way!

 

[MrBoxx]

It was a relatively nice day in Michigan today, so I cleaned the snow off my car and took a few pictures of the oil feed line where it connects to the oil cooler housing, in response to a PM asking about it. The vfaq's don't even have good pictures of it for some reason, so here's a decent pic for everyone's future reference. This picture is using the SS line from RRE, and I'm not sure if other vendors use similar connectors or not, but it should look more or less like this (please don't mind the rust and oil build-up):

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[my98GST]

does the o2 housing have torque specs?

 

[my98GST]

Torque specs for bolts:
Mani-turbo bolts- 40-45 ft/lbs using the cup-washers (dots facing out for each pair)
Front water line- 22 ft/lbs
Oil feed- 19 ft/lbs
Oil drain- 14 ft/lbs

The Mani-Turbo bolts, you are refering to those as the turbo bolts that come in from the top of the mani to the turbo correct?
Also does the Mani nuts have a specific torque spec to them?