To_slow

Can someone tell me if my turbo is siting to close to my intake manifold?

Thanks

To_slow

one more pic.

To_slow

The manifold is not done yet i stil have to weld the wastegate on.

94touring

No, looks fine to me. Is it touching the manifold? Cause unless its gona be rubbing it badly, then there really is no problem, though everything should be moving together so that wouldn't really be an issue either I wouldn't think. Mine sits in a similar position, in fact I only have about a 1/4 inch clearence beside the manifold. Looks good though, what kind of turbo did you say that was?

To_slow

O ya the turbo is a t70 .

94touring

Oh yeah thats right, I remember seeing it now. Make sure when you weld the wastegate on you have it so it clears the firewall and everthing, but i'm sure you know that already. I had some issues with my downpipe when doing my turbo kit, had to hack it up and re-weld it some so it would clear the firewall and match the midpipe. Are you doing most of the dimensioning with the engine and turbo in the engine bay or going off another diagram or plan?

1Revvin7

Yeah that should be fine, a lot of hybrid turbos on Fcs are directly touching the manifold. Mine is I plan on getting some of that heat shield matterial and wrapping the LIM.

qwester007

I think that using some kind of heat shield material is a good idea. The clearance looks ok to me.

dac

I think it is too close and the fuel line also.



On the fuel line: You might have trouble with vapor lock on hot days.



I would say the Turbo is too close. It's still going to run, but you will be heating up the air in that passes through that aluminum intake manifold and thus increasing the air temp, reducing or removing any effect your intercooler is doing.

1Revvin7

Yea I would try moving your regulator over to the driverside more than have the fitting go straight down and then another striaght to the fuel rail.