Bob Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Recieved these in the post today (ebay ). Hoping the adapter will be turning up seperately from the seller on ebay though . . . There's no 'in-and-out' play at all, but there is a slight bit of play 'side-to-side', probably only about 0.5mm - is that OK (never had a turbo engine before! )??? Also, there seems some very slight 'grazing' to the intake (I presume) side - see piccies below. Any comments gratefully recieved! Cheers, Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 I keep thinking you're Jake - you've got his old avatar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted September 2, 2005 Author Share Posted September 2, 2005 avatar now changed to avoid confusion Any opinion regarding the turbos? Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Bob, A small amount of side to side movement is perfectly fine. In-out movement is very bad, or so I'm told by the experts. I'm not sure what you mean about grazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted September 2, 2005 Author Share Posted September 2, 2005 Cheers Jake. By grazing, I mean the very ends of the 'fins' (can you tell I'm new to FI? lol ) look like they've been rubbed-down slightly by some kind of friction. Stands to reason, I suppose, if it's the intake side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted September 2, 2005 Author Share Posted September 2, 2005 Just a thought, can anyone recommend some checks / bits to clean / etc. before the turbos go in? Should just be a straight swap with the correct adapter, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Cheers Jake. By grazing, I mean the very ends of the 'fins' (can you tell I'm new to FI? lol ) look like they've been rubbed-down slightly by some kind of friction. Stands to reason, I suppose, if it's the intake side. All along the leading edge of the blades? Pretty normal on used turbos I should imagine. I can't see that being a problem unless the blades have been significantly eroded by dust/dirt particles. Your ones look OK to me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyefi Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 swap with the correct adapter are you fitting uk turbos to a jap car? i think you have to change at least the manifold and downpipe (1st cat pipe) to be able to do this. why do you want uk turbos? btw i've got some jspec turbos for sale if you want some proper turbos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 ...the very ends of the 'fins' (can you tell I'm new to FI? lol ) look like they've been rubbed-down slightly by some kind of friction. tell-tale sign of a 'performance' airfilter I'm afraid. You don't get this when using the standard paper filters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted September 3, 2005 Author Share Posted September 3, 2005 are you fitting uk turbos to a jap car? i think you have to change at least the manifold and downpipe (1st cat pipe) to be able to do this. why do you want uk turbos? btw i've got some jspec turbos for sale if you want some proper turbos Hoping to get the downpipe from 'crankkiller', the original seller. My jspec turbos have about 80k miles on them now - there's no way I would trust them if I cranked up the boost (which is the plan, until I can afford single). Didn't know about changing the manifold too, though. Is it just a switch to a UK manifold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyefi Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 yeah, have a search to verify but im sure the jspec manifold to turbo bolt pattern is different, the manifold to head is the same. you'll also need a quite expansive gasket set. enjoy getting them buggers off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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