Adapter plate I made
 

So I welded this ghetto fucker up the other day so I could use my subaru RHB5 on an HF manifold I got. It's made of 2 pieces of 1/4 steel with some cut bolts welded in to the 3 bolt side.

Gotta give credit where it's due. I got the idea from mike's adapter plate in the turbo project section.

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It's not finished yet, I still need to cut some excess from the HF piece so it fits better, and I need to grind some relief for the nuts, and cut the studs back a bit so they clear the downpipe. I probably won't be using this turbo for very long, just to start getting boosted, while I wait for my thunderbird RHB5 to get rebuild by BLAAST :).

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VERY NICE ;D

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Haha, you care enough to get the turbo rebuilt but make that ghetto plate... i love it

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well It's two different turbos. The plate is for a subaru one which I'm not rebuilding. The one being rebuilt is a bigger T-bird RHB5. The housings and wheels are bigger on that one and should work perfectly on a D-series.

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HF mani and adapter plate, old skool O0

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well it's a pile o ----, but it'll get ya boosted

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thats still a tiny turbo buddy, even on a d

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lol I won't argue with you there. haha

Yeah it is small but since I'm not upgrading the engine, I figure if it worked good on a shitty-flowing 2.3L then it should work decent on a well-flowing 1.6L

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Should of just welded the flange onto the HF mani. Or hell just welded that damn rhb5 to the manifold.

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scooby flange :D

i've been daily driving my y7/y8 with a wrx turbo for 2 years now and i love the instant spool high torque :y its great for a DD

-Luke

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Well, itll work, but i suggest getting some better studs. Those look like they will snap the first time you try and take the turbo off. Thats just an opinion though, have fun boosting.

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Thats OE HMT :6

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I'm w/ him^^

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Maybe you guys didnt read the whole hes not using this turbo for long part

I like the ------rig in this adapter plate

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yeah they were just some bolts i had that i cut the head off of and welded into the hole :1 lol

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Good job! Original hmt style, god I miss those days :'( Looks nicer than half of the abortion adapter's I made when I first started out lol.