turbo install question

[mr2turbo]

all right, a friend of mine is installing a 50-trim on his 1g, the way the wastegate is set-up it doesn't clear the fan. my question, would it be okay to pull out the fan (his only one) and run without them or will this just cause overheating problems?

 

[hewhoisknot]

Which fan are you talking about? You need at least one fan or you will overheat. Sometimes triming the fan shrouds will help things clear or buy slim fans. That's what I had to do for my 20g.

BUN

 

[v2ner]

You'll need the fan that blows onto the tranny. You don't need the A/C fan which is the one that blows onto the exhaust manifold. There are also hundreds of options for fans now.

 

[mr2turbo]

I would have to trim a 1/4 of material of each fan blade, would that work?

 

[v2ner]

If you have to trim the fan blade itself, something's weird. The most you should have to do is trim the fan's housing (the black plastic).

 

[95blackGsTurbo]

What turbo/wastegate setup did he go with that he has this problem? Sounds like a problem they have with the eBay manifolds. You can run one fan but I recommend getting a Slim-line fan or something that will pull a lot of CFM.

 

[mr2turbo]

it's a custom 50-trim with a t04b compressor housing and a evo 3 manifold

 

[cotsi95]

can you get any pics?

 

[mr2turbo]

not at the moment

 

[HustlerTalon]

No fans=constant overheating

get a slim fan and mount it on the passenger side of the radiator and you won't have any problems

the other option is to take off the a/c condenser and install a slim fan in front of the radiator in case you still have clearance problems inside the engine bay. Remember, those slim fans are both push or pull fans so hook it up correctly depending on where u put it

 

[mr2turbo]

If I install it on the passenger side of the radiator should it be push or pull?