[s-cars] GT2871 installation

[brian bilotti]

Ted,

Ah HA! Finally someone who's fessing up. I posted a
while back and asked for anyone who had a 3071 and a
Stromung/Stock DP. No one answered. My 3071 had the
same issue only more like an inch toward the firewall
and over toward the fender. I ended up having to take
the car and get the wastegate tube butchered so it
would work.

I'm surprised no one else had this issue...

bb

--- Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:

> i'm installing a GT2871 hybrid in my car.  it has
> not been a plug-and-play
> project.  i'll summarize later, but right now i have
> a problem and would
> like to see if other people with GT2871 or GT3071
> (or other garrett hybrids)
> have run into this.
> 
> i am replacing a stock turbo.  the GT2871 is now
> bolted to the stock 
> downpipe and RS2 exhaust manifold.  when i place the
> wastegate and corrugated
> flex pipe on the exhaust manifold, the other end is
> about a half inch away 
> from the corresponding flange on the downpipe.  it
> is also misaligned (side 
> to side) by a half inch.  i have tried to force them
> to line up, without 
> success.  the bellows doesn't seem to have enough
> compliance.  i've been 
> advised to use longer bolts and force the flanges to
> line up.  i'm not sure 
> if i can do this without damaging the flex pipe.
> 
> has anybody dealt with this issue?  i measured
> between the centerline of
> the turbo-exhaust manifold flange and the face of
> the turbo-downpipe flange.
> on the stock turbo, it's about 1.1".  on the GT2871,
> it's about 1.5-1.6".
> that extra half inch causes the downpipe to sit
> further back, and that's
> about the size of the gap i'm seeing at the flex
> pipe to downpipe connection.
> 
> a lister told me that he's installed a number of
> garrett hybrids, and
> they've always lined up with the wastegate and flex
> pipe.
> 
> -teddy
> 
> 
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