alright some of you may have a t3 from a for thunderbird of svo mustang and wonder how to connect your charge pipes to the gay flange that they put on there. if you know what i'm talking about, you know you can't use a coupler like most turbo's

first off let's start with a pic of the gay flange on the turbo. after close inspection, i realized it's basically the same style as a 35 mm wg flange, i checked and it was, and it just so happened, i had an extra one laying around.



next, you need to figure out how to get from 1.5" hole to the desired size you need to connect to your charge pipe. i couldn't find a 1.5" to 2" adapter, so i had to use a 1.5" to 1.75", and then a 1.75" to 2.0". i had the extra flange, so it was kind of free, but the cost for the adapters was like 3 bucks for both.



next, i didn't want it to be that long, so i cut off both ends of the 1.5" to 1.75" to have just enough to weld to the flange and step up to 1.75"




i was going to cut down the 1.75" to 2.0" also, but my cutting wheel was almost decinigrated, so i just left it like it was. weld that to the adapter that's already welded to the flange. if you're a beginning welder like me, grind her down so she looks decent



now, you're all finished, all that's left to do is give her the ol' 'projekteg' paint job (low gloss black hight temp engine paint).



and here is the finished project, HMT style with a little class........

 

Beautiful! You're getting really good at this fabricating stuff.

 

thanks man, i love being able to make my own ---- and not having to worry about how it's going to get done or where i can buy it from. however, i bow down to your skillz

 

Your skills will be up there sooner than you think,from the pics i've seen.

 

Nice...

If you're lazy like me and had no welding skillz:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ayphotohosting

I bought mine for $10 shipped:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=42612

 

damn, not bad, you got lucky, i was looking for them, but only found the new ones on ebay for like 30-40 bucks, ---- that. good find

 

The guy was local to me too, but never returned my PM's so I had to pay $5 for shipping.

But yeah, I was just periodically searching for "svo" or "xr4ti" (+ turbo) and they come along used every so often.

 

Oh hell... I'm totally gonna hijack your thread.

What's up with that fitting on the inlet side (with two nipples)? I have a similar turbo that didn't come with the fitting and just wondered where two tubes would go?

 

not sure why it has two, but one is for internal wastegate from factory, that's where they hook them, i'v never seen one with two nipples either, i'm just gonna take it out and plug the hole up.

 

very nice! gotta love the black paint, that fixes errthang.