Turbo Positioning
 

Normaly the turbo is placed level, I mean the cold side faces the left fender and the hot faces the right fender.
What I wont to do is face the cold up to the hood and the hot to the ground. Will this effect the turbo performance? Hope you understand what I mean.

Larry

Re:Turbo Positioning
 

Well your going to have to make a custom manifold for the turbo to fit, and you may have problems with it hitting the block etc. What engine and turbo are you planning on doing this to?

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i have a T3 turbo out of a saab and a drag manifold and my exhaust side is going to face the right side... i have a backwards turbo!!

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I'm doing a custom turbo kit on a chevy s-10.
All I wont to know is will it effect the turbo performance?

Larry

Re:Turbo Positioning
 

Performance wise you may have a problem getting the oil to drain out of the turbo. Normally the oil return is facing down to gravity feed to the oil pan. If the turbo is on it's side like you want to put it, the oil may build up in the center section possible causing it to leak past the turbo seals and burn oil. Other than that, I don't really see any problems with it.

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I over exaggerated when I said stait up and down it will be less than 45 degrees. So as long as the turbo bearings/seals are tite it sould be ok?

Larry

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why dont you just turn the turbo around?

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Ok with out showing you pics withch I have but dont know how to put them on here it it very hard to explain.
My truck is a 95 s10 2.2L 4 cyl rwd the motor sits opposite to a fwd, and there is not a lot of room but if I angle the turbo I can mke it fit. I'm a welder so I can make any kind a manifold, I just dont know if it will work.

One more question on a turbo there are 4 holes 2 for oil and 2 for water. If I cange the mount of the turbo and have it mount on the side of the manifold insted of the bottem I would then have to rotate the exhaut hausing so the oil lines would be pointing up and down?
What I trying to say is the oil lines mustalways be pointing up and down?

Larry

Re:Turbo Positioning
 

yes. you need a pretty direct path to the oil pan, from the oil return flange of the turbo. up and down, or even the oil return cocked toward the block is best. depending on what kinda turbo it is, you can spin the housings on the centre section by unbolting or clamps, etc. you may have to make new holes for the internal wastegate to line back up, if it has one, after you rotate it.