Rb26 Turbozzzz

[AnDreeZy]

• Hello fellas,

Today i managed to reinstall my turbos on my r32 gtr after 5 months of it being off the car (lol)

was all going swell until i got up to the front turbo manifold; where it wouldn't align properly on the block and gasket and studs

i have a custom dump pipe that makes it impossible to put the turbo in if the manifold is on on front block.

and im fairly sure you cant put it in as one whole piece because its impossible to get to the lower

bottom bolts without sticking the wrench through the manifold and turbo.

so installing the turbo with lines then putting on manifold on top seems to be the only logical way?

or i could remove the turbo studs and somehow reinstall them after i align the manifold to the block?

there should be someone who has reinstalled the stock twins before!

how did you do this

I WANT TO FEEL GTR POWAAAAAAAAA

ohh and theres no space for my braided lines and they are bending in 90 degree shapes,

i feel like its bad for the lines but there is genuinely no other way i can fit a 90 degree fitting in

will this cause problems?

thanks fellas

[RosieR34]

• Hey man

sounds like a bum thing to happen

I'm no mechanic

but i'm sure there are a few handymen around here

who can assist with your problem

goodluck !

[luke gtr]

you sit the turbo in the car.

put the manifold on.

lift the turbo up.

then do all your lines.

are you sure you havnt got the dump pipes on the wrong tubos?

with some aftermarket, the do have a front and rear.

good luck.

[AnDreeZy]

Hello

Yes that's how I explained to be the only logical

Way in putting the front turbo in.

However; the turbo is sitting in there,

And there isn't enough room to move the manifold around enough to align the holes with the block studs,

It's fouling on the turbo studs

Ill try take lines out and push down further?

[AnDreeZy]

Btw I'm 100% sure I have the right dumps on the right way,

Because I have custom. 3 inch dumps with divided gate pipes which make it impossible to

Remove the turbo whilst installed.

They go to a shorter Y pipe. So front dump is longer than rear dump

[luke gtr]

take the lines out.

make sure the steady bracket/brace has been removed.

should sit lower than that.

worst case scenario, undo the nut on the passenger side engine mount to chassis, and jack up the motor a little.

should give you alot more room.

[AnDreeZy]

there is no brace/bracket thing that hold onto the dump/turbo on my dump pipes =/
so its sitting as low as possible and the lines are fouling on some cylindrical thing parallel to the engine and the power steering reservoir lines.

so i guess take off lines and drop it down really low pass the cylindircal thing, and pop it back up after aligning manifold? and then somehow get the oil drain hose back on? LOL

i guess the engine mount is the thing attached in the middle of the block via 4 bolts ?
where would i jack up the engine mount from?

[luke gtr]

will post tomorrow.

stay tuned

[AnDreeZy]

will post tomorrow.

stay tuned

I always read your comments in a happy way cause of your DP LOL.

Staying tuned will hopefully gather enough information by the weekend to tackle this job once and for all

[D.I.Y. Mik]

Maybe you need a tool you dont have, to get to the bolts another way.

Have you thought about if you had the right extension or ratcheting ring spanner you could get it?

I mean manifold then other bolts, i dont know GTRs so im only imagining how it works.

Oh...... just read the manual. its for GTR. pages EN 68-70

I dont know how to put it up here

You have a copy dont you?

[AnDreeZy]

yea i have the manual its like a million pages long.

its just 13mm bolts and in a really tight spot where you cant get it from the side without removing things and can only get
it from the front with an extension between the turbo and the manifold.

the trouble im having is not being able to drop it down low enough for the manifold to align straight while still having a gap to do the bottom manifold bolts up

aligning the manifold on then trying to slide the turbo in from the side is also impossible.

[luke gtr]

re:dp, yeah, ieverytime i see it, i smile.

its also my phone wall paper.

ok, now onto the gtr...

take the pipes off the turbos.

leave the dumps connected.

with the car on jack stands, look at the alloy engine mount.

follow it to where it connects to the chassis.

you will need a 12"/300mm extension.

there are a series of holes that line up so you can get to the 14mm nut.

put a block of wood on a trolley jack, and slightly jack up the engine.

this should raise it just enough to allow the turbo to sit there, low enough, and put the manifold on.

the brace i was talking about earlier, is a metal bracket that attaches to the turbo and block.

it supports the weight of the turbo.

there should be one for each.

cheers.

[AnDreeZy]

re:dp, yeah, ieverytime i see it, i smile.

its also my phone wall paper.

ok, now onto the gtr...

take the pipes off the turbos.

leave the dumps connected.

with the car on jack stands, look at the alloy engine mount.

follow it to where it connects to the chassis.

you will need a 12"/300mm extension.

there are a series of holes that line up so you can get to the 14mm nut.

put a block of wood on a trolley jack, and slightly jack up the engine.

this should raise it just enough to allow the turbo to sit there, low enough, and put the manifold on.

the brace i was talking about earlier, is a metal bracket that attaches to the turbo and block.

it supports the weight of the turbo.

there should be one for each.

cheers.

Pipes as in oil/water lines ?

So i undo the engine mount connected to the chassis whilst i have a jack underneath it.

then after bolts are out i jack it up more?

Fark i think ill jsut try push it down further, cause thats how i got the turbo out in the first place hahah

and is it bad tohave braided lines do U turns? LOL.

the line is too long and it has to loop around

its like the kando dynamics kit, so i cant cut it

[luke gtr]

sorry, yes, pipe as in oil and water lines.

and dont undo the bolts at the block end.

there is 1 nut holding it the cahssis end.

then you can jack it up slightly.

and braided lines arnt necessarily a bad thing.

[luke gtr]

howd you go?

[AnDreeZy]

howd you go?

Got the Baby in sitting nicely now

i did it a completely different way though,

maneuvering 20kg+ majestically is more difficult that it sounds when your a small fella

Ended up just putting the manifold onto the turbo and the "long as fk" dump in first and slowly twisting it to make way

for the manifold as the dump went lower into the engine.

then after the turbo and manifold sat in the engine, i dropped the turbo down and did the bottom manifold bolts

now im stuck on doing up the lower intake snout allen bolt up cause there is about 3mm clearence from the front dump pipe to the rear intake snout lol.

Any tips?