turbo exhaust plumbing

[matt1967]

I'm waiting on parts right now, so I'm kinda brainstorming everything for the turbo, me and my auto teacher are working on that. I tried to clock the turbo so that I could better fit it into a " J " pipe still keeping the oil return vertical, can't pull it apart, some of the bolts bind up on the center section. so the outlet has to be horizontal, so I'll run kind of a U bend to it. I'll raise the turbo up so I can have room for cold side piping, and the air cleaner. I'm going to use a high heat coating on both the exhaust manifold, and the U pipe. there are also a couple unused assessory bolt holes near the exhaust ports I noticed on my cracked later head ( D8 casting ) ( DVAP is sending me a new 1 free of charge, and I get to keep the old 1, and all it's parts ), I can make a bracket to attach to actuator mount holes on the turbo, so I can support the turbo somewhat. I'll post pics on what I make.

 

[Anonymous]

so the outlet has to be horizontal,

You don't mean the oil outlet will be horizontal, do you?
It MUST be straight down, or oil will pool up and gives you lots of smoke out the exhaust.

I think you mean the exhaust going INTO the turbo (turbine inlet) will be horizontal and at the top of the turbo....just like the old carb'd T-types used to run them:

That a lot of extra work. You might be better off finding a HY35 off of a Cummins Dodge (they are reasonable price) than to try to cobble together what you have now.

 

[matt1967]

so the outlet has to be horizontal,

You don't mean the oil outlet will be horizontal, do you?
It MUST be straight down, or oil will pool up and gives you lots of smoke out the exhaust.

I think you mean the exhaust going INTO the turbo (turbine inlet) will be horizontal and at the top of the turbo....just like the old carb'd T-types used to run them:

That a lot of extra work. You might be better off finding a HY35 off of a Cummins Dodge (they are reasonable price) than to try to cobble together what you have now.

yep, that's what I meant, don't know what I was thinking when I wrote that.