[s-cars] GT2871 installation

[Mark Strangways]

mine lined up spot on.
If it's a KKK exhaust housing, then you should not have any issues what so 
ever.

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Theodore Chen" <tedebearp at yahoo.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 5:23 PM
Subject: [s-cars] GT2871 installation


> 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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