Clocking turbo
 

Hi all,

Trying to rotate my compressor round but i'm not sure if it'll work. It looks like the compressor is attached to the middle bit by 4 bolts, is it them that i loosen because there's 6 on the compressor but they don't seem to do anything?

http://community.webshots.com/s/imag...6teMPki_ph.jpg

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...78303726teMPki if pic don't work

Also what do i do about the wastegate?

I only want to turn it because it would make charge piping easier, but not sure if its worth the hassle

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yeah, it's the six bolts on the compressor, just loosen them some and it should turn fairly easily, you may need to tap it a bit. as far as your wastegate actuator, you may have to drill a hole in the compressor to mount it to, or if you can get it to line up with a different hole when you rotate it. btw, that manifold is going to crack.

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just loosen the bolts and hit it with a hammer. then weld some braces on the ssautoass manifold.

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Yeh i'm gonna get some braces for it, and use flexi pipe in the downpipe so it should be ok.

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Where is the wastegate actuator is it the gold thing? If so, i won't need to mount it anywhere else because it can stay there right? And i just extend the vacuum lines?

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yeah, you can just extend the vacuum lines, i didn't look at the pic at first, that's a strange wg actuator, they're usually mounted to the compressor with an arm that reaches to the exhaust housing. do you know what that turbo came off of?

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Yeh its apparently off a Volvo 740 turbo, t3 size .48 on the compressor.

So its quite easy for me then, just rotate and extend the lines...right?

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yeah

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https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...threadid=13035

how to clock center section, to rotate the compressor you just loosen the 6 bolts on teh backside.

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Well i've done it ;D And it wasn't too hard! Post pics tomorrow

One thing is, i got a lil curious and took off the whole compressor housing, was pretty clean inside except for a big blotch of thick oil, which i wiped off. That's ok isn't it?

Also, with the vacuum lines do i need to put them as they were originally or can i swap the holes if you get me? Does the direction of air flow matter!?

Oh yeh when i took the vacuum lines off, there was a bit of thick oil in there as well, is this normal?