FINALLY! turbo manifold arrived.

[E30godz]

Holy christ. 5 weeks later and i get the manifold...but i think it was worth the wait...looks like it had a rough trip across the pond eh?





and here she is





now i can finally install this and fix my damn engine mounts!

[Clay'87IS]

Wow, that box is beat to hell.

[diegom6]

Wow, that box is beat to hell.

ditto!

Congrats man! luck it arrived! do you have pics of your turbo? what turbo will be used?

[Jand3rson]

God damn, that is one FUCKED UP box. I would contact the shipping company,
not to get anything out of them, but what if that had been something more fragile?

[E30godz]

yea no shit ; ). Good thing the manifold is solid....steel, or maybe stainless steel?

the turbo im going to be using is a T3 60 trim, .48 exhaust A/R with a stage 3 turbine..im hopinh the stage 3 turbine will offset the fact that the .48 exhaust housing is slightly small for the application.

[grk325]

if you dont mind mr asking how much was that sucker?

[E30godz]

it was 295 shipped...used to be lower but since the US dollar is going to the shits..prices have changed....i think its actually even more than 295 now.

[Erick]

The real question is: "so is that damn turbo going to work now?" :P

[E30godz]

i hope so ; )

i just got done doing my trans and motor mounts, so my engine is actually sitting where its supposed to.

im about to go bolt up the new manifold etc etc, ill keep it updated

[swartz]

i found out the hard the the only way to fit that adapter is to take both ur stock manis off. bolt them all toghter outside the car and then put them in. also dont forget to modify that oil cooler line good luck

[Rob]

beer tech turbo install ian? :twisted:

[E30godz]

yea i had the oil cooler modified for the last manifold, but it seems it will need even MORE modification for the new manifold...i really need a 325e oil filter assembly.

[Jand3rson]

Are you still going to be able to pass emissions?

[Tuff240]

I was curious if you priced their full tube header when you bought that manifold adapter piece? Been curious to know exactly how much it is, but no funds yet to actually bother them about it.

Also, is that a new/rebuilt turbo or something you bought used?
You'll have better low end (spool up) with the .48 exhaust side vs the .63 exhaust side. Slightly less peak hp and a little worse gas mileage as well.

[E30godz]

Im not sure of the price of the full tube manifold, though i checked way back once and it was something like 500 dollars.

Swartz, i wonder if you could tell me how you tightened the bolt on the front 3 cylinder's manifold where it connects to the turbo manifold. The bolt in question is the one that is kinda wedged in there close to the other cylinder's exhaust tube...i cant seem to get a tool on it!