Jesse888 Forged/stroker turbo ek9


Yeah man, I had like a 4 hour endurance battle to get the turbo off(which has seen better days) then after all that the manifold don't fit lol
Bad times.
 
Want to go play rugby? Nah me neither lol. Whats autoworks saying to pikeyworks?
 
He thinks it's the difference between my 5bolt housing and the gt30 4bolt housing he sets the manifolds up for. He says it must be pulling the turbo out towards the rad too much.
By that theory a gt30 would fit and work, I'm 99% sure it won't. If it would work I'd go buy a GT30 now as its perfect excuse to upgrade...
Here's the rad and the end of the manifold


Personally I think there's been a cock up on one or both of the flanges and it sits at the wrong angle.
Options so far are
Send it back for refund.
Swap it for an A/C compatible Ramhorn mani(upgrade basically)
Or if a new turbo would solve the problem then I'll do that.
Always fancied a gtx28...
 
A gt30 is massive mate, Thats what i'm running, the exhaust housing isn't so big but the compressor housing would never fit in the gap without fouling the radiator. I'm 100% certain of that. GTX28 sounds good but I would hate to think that if you buy another turbo then find out it's still not going to work your back to square one with a new turbo and no manifold?
 
What a kick in the bollox that is , I'm also gutted for ye pal ,
I'd say someone made a boo boo with that ram horn !
Hope you come up with a solution soon
 
I could always run the gtx28 on my cast manifold but I want that gone tbh.
Yeah I'm pretty sure a new turbo isn't going to fix it aswell but we'll see what go-autoworks can do.
Hoping they can get a mani too me by the 20th Feb but that's not looking likely tbh
 
Just checked the bearings on my turbo, had it....
The compressor wheel is scoring the housing, so defo need atleast new bearings in that.
 
I was gonna say can your exhaust guy not mod the manifold to make it better but thinking about it thats ball ache for you and no guarantee you wont end up with a chopped up manifold you can't send back and still doesnt fit.

Getting rid of the cast was the whole point tho? No point going backwards bud. But as for autoworks turning round a manifold and shipping in two weeks.... canny see it mate.
 
Nothing worse than getting a miss sold product ,
Would a custom mad rad fix your problem?
 
Could u not move the rad forward or get a smaller one? or relocate it like some of the rally lads do once theres cold air getting to it and water it will work :)
 
Would be massively moved forward under the slam panel, even a stock rad wouldn't fit with this manifold.
Plus my oil and intercooler then get in the way.
I may be able to get @Beetlejuice to make a manifold while he is there but I'm having issues making contact with him ATM.
Running out of time is the problem, if I had time then it's not such an issue, just another 6-8weeks wait for go autoworks to turn another mani out, needing a new turbo doesn't help matters.
 
That's a shame, another option would be a good quality tucked radiator like mentioned. I have just fitted a speedfactory dual pass 3" tucked radiator an the quality is excellent from my 1st impressions

It's a full width radiator but it's not as tall as the OEM rad so I fitted it to get cold air ducted straight to the ITB's. You could put your oil cooler on top of this rad behind the top grill
 
SPek9 said:
That's a shame, another option would be a good quality tucked radiator like mentioned. I have just fitted a speedfactory dual pass 3" tucked radiator an the quality is excellent from my 1st impressions

It's a full width radiator but it's not as tall as the OEM rad so I fitted it to get cold air ducted straight to the ITB's. You could put your oil cooler on top of this rad behind the top grill
Click to expand...

Any pictures?
It's an option but my oil cooler is 25row so it's pretty large.
Even then I think it would be close tbh
 
jesse888 said:
Any pictures?
It's an option but my oil cooler is 25row so it's pretty large.
Even then I think it would be close tbh
Click to expand...

You could always move the oil cooler to the left or right side behind the bumper and add a cold air duct, I did that and used the DC2 bumper side vent to supply the cold air flow to the cooler

image_5.jpeg

image_6.jpeg



You can see in this pic where the original radiator lower brackets are and where this rad sits forward in relation to them, you could move it further forward if you wanted.

Is your oil cooler sandwiched between the rad and intercooler? I couldn't see it working the best there
 
Sorry to hear about your manifold probs dude. Sounds frustrating, hope you get something sorted out. You could get your turbo referbed?
 
SPek9 said:
You could always move the oil cooler to the left or right side behind the bumper and add a cold air duct, I did that and used the DC2 bumper side vent to supply the cold air flow to the cooler

image_5.jpeg

image_6.jpeg



You can see in this pic where the original radiator lower brackets are and where this rad sits forward in relation to them, you could move it further forward if you wanted.

Is your oil cooler sandwiched between the rad and intercooler? I couldn't see it working the best there
Click to expand...

This would do me perfect! What do you do about rad cap etc?
Go autoworks have found that swapping to a 4bolt turbine housing over my 5bolt pulls the turbo back 3/4".
It's a lot but I'm not sure it's enough with my rad tbh.
With your rad it would fit easy!
 
B16Swt said:
Sorry to hear about your manifold probs dude. Sounds frustrating, hope you get something sorted out. You could get your turbo referbed?
Click to expand...

Why refurb when you can upgrade and run more power? lol
 
Is the manifold sold as fitting with a stock radiator?
Yous with your large Ek chassis cars have it easy with space for turbos.........
 
Murray said:
Is the manifold sold as fitting with a stock radiator?
Yous with your large Ek chassis cars have it easy with space for turbos.........
Click to expand...

Yeah it's sold as fitting with aircon....
He didn't realise the 4bolt housing made such a difference.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top