Tad

this is what you should do man.

just grind out a little crater for each of the bolts,
so you can fit the nut on.

you do this on the turbo exhaust housing,
on the side where the end of the bolts protrude, and the nuts connect.

this way you wont have to worry AT ALL about sealing issues from grinding, and your nuts/bolts will hook up right

problem solved

MikeJ-2009

LOL. I did respond to my pm's, it just takes me a few days sometimes. Sorry about that.
I was thinking about decking the flange on the mounting side. As long as you deck it flat you shouldn't have any sealing probelms. GT's idea makes sense as well.

Tad

haha, all i was tryin to do,
you get full gredit though

street_kings

yeah i'm definitely going to have to grind it down. finally measured the turbo housing today, 1" thick ...i think i can afford to grind a flat spot about 1/4 inch...

WakeSpliter

what kind of T3 manifold is that?

superpilun

I don't understand why no one has said the obvious. You know any hardware store has nuts and bolts in a variety of pitch, diameter, and length. Even Pep Boys has hardware. Just get longer bolts.

You can also tap the holes in the turbo flange and just use bolts, if you don't want to use nuts.

Paperchase013

i dont understand why some one hans't READ the obvious, but if they did, they would know that the bolts are welded ito the flange as studs..



wow... look at that

superpilun

oops sorry i misunderstood , ok in that case you're screwed. i'm assuming you got the manifold and the turbo from different places since no one ever bothered to check if they would work together. i would try to drill out those bolts that are welded in there, but it's going to be very tough depending on the hardness of those bolts. You could bringing the turbo to a machinist to mill down the face that mates with the manifold. 1/2" is good enough.