View Single Post
Old 12-30-2009, 07:56 PM   #15
vex
RCC Loves Me Not You
 
vex's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Influx.
Posts: 2,113
Rep Power: 19
vex will become famous soon enough
Now that you've "gutted" your engine bay you have room to work. (I'm assuming you've already rebuilt your engine, and ported it for whatever you want and have re-installed it).

I adjusted the location of the oil cooler and made new oil cooler lines so allow more direct cooling of the oil and free up space towards the front of the engine bay (this is not necessary, but may be something to think about)

Oil cooler lines

New Oil Cooler Location



By this time I imagine you've also selected and bought your turbo:

The use of adapters I have fitted my 60-1 turbo with a v-band connection. I highly recommend V-bands as they are extremely easy if you ever need to do anything with the turbo.

Next you'll need to mount the upper intake with the actuators (if you're going to keep them), and find the ideal spot to mount the turbo. Here is a mock-up of what I intended to do:

Last edited by vex; 04-16-2010 at 11:23 PM.
vex is offline   Reply With Quote