Right, imagine the torment of logging on this morning and finding out my ban didn't expire until 9:47 tonight, just before I go to bed! Well I thought I should stay up since it's a special occasion. Originally this was to be a Garrett GT2056S project but GT2056S's seem damn near impossible to comeby, as well as a GT2052S coming up at a rediculously low price (£65), but it may need a rebuild. I have asked some questions about the turbo itself in this thread, but I want to keep the project thread for fitting it all together.
Right, some items have been gathered and arrived for this project, which will be pictured below:
850 Watt drill:
Steel plate (ZX_Volcane said not to buy it on eBay, but at £7.50 a pop it is cheaper than driving around looking for a metal smith to beg for offcuts!)
EGT Sensor:
And it wouldn't be a project without the unit itself:
As it happens, this unit had the triangular exit so I don't need an adapter plate. The second one can be a spare for if I need to fit a new unit that does require an adapter plate.
The first thing I need to do is drill the manifold and thread the holes to bolt the turbocharger on. I need to know how to line up the turbo hole with the manifold hole, anyone got any ideas?
Also I need to know the diameter of the manifold bolt holes, I thought it was 12mm but that was a couple mm too big, does anyone know for certain? Or can you suggest a way to find their widest point and for me to measure it? Once I have them drilled I can then tap them for the bolts.
I also need to sort the exhaust elbow, I was thinking of doing it like this:
And then drawing around the studs, but the problem is the studs are different lengths, so how can I approach this? Obviously once that was done a hole would be cut and a suitably large elbow welded to the steel plate.
As for the EGT gauge, I have an 8.5mm drill bit to drill a hole for the 1/8th NPT fitting, is this okay? Don't forget I will have to tap it as well.
Well that's it for now, I'll post updates as and when. I must say, I am really out of my depth here, I have never used power tools before (I'm only 23) so I will have to take it a bit at a time. But some guys on here were very encouraging so I decided to give it a go!
Right, some items have been gathered and arrived for this project, which will be pictured below:
850 Watt drill:
Steel plate (ZX_Volcane said not to buy it on eBay, but at £7.50 a pop it is cheaper than driving around looking for a metal smith to beg for offcuts!)
EGT Sensor:
And it wouldn't be a project without the unit itself:
As it happens, this unit had the triangular exit so I don't need an adapter plate. The second one can be a spare for if I need to fit a new unit that does require an adapter plate.
The first thing I need to do is drill the manifold and thread the holes to bolt the turbocharger on. I need to know how to line up the turbo hole with the manifold hole, anyone got any ideas?
Also I need to know the diameter of the manifold bolt holes, I thought it was 12mm but that was a couple mm too big, does anyone know for certain? Or can you suggest a way to find their widest point and for me to measure it? Once I have them drilled I can then tap them for the bolts.
I also need to sort the exhaust elbow, I was thinking of doing it like this:
And then drawing around the studs, but the problem is the studs are different lengths, so how can I approach this? Obviously once that was done a hole would be cut and a suitably large elbow welded to the steel plate.
As for the EGT gauge, I have an 8.5mm drill bit to drill a hole for the 1/8th NPT fitting, is this okay? Don't forget I will have to tap it as well.
Well that's it for now, I'll post updates as and when. I must say, I am really out of my depth here, I have never used power tools before (I'm only 23) so I will have to take it a bit at a time. But some guys on here were very encouraging so I decided to give it a go!