27-06-2013, 05:09 PM
I drew around the flange onto cardboard, cut it out, lined it up with the flange then poked the holes through the cardboard. Also put some paint on the flange (brush on, don't spray on as it will end up everywhere and inside the housing) then pressed the cardboard onto it to give you a rough idea as to what angle to bolt it onto the manifold. Then you also have to take into consideration the angle of the turbo for the exhaust, and also the compressor outlet, especially if your using the original tmic manifold, get the angle wrong and the boost pipe will not fit through it, its a tight fit as standard.
I did it will a spare turbo on an old manifold to get the rough angles right, and the clocking right. You also will probably need to either modify the actuator bracket because clocking it will move the original mountings, I modified and used a TD04 actuator. And have you sorted out what you are going to do for a downpipe? The gt2052 is a very midrange focused turbo, use a crap stock elbow and downpipe and it will most probably be rubbish.
I did it will a spare turbo on an old manifold to get the rough angles right, and the clocking right. You also will probably need to either modify the actuator bracket because clocking it will move the original mountings, I modified and used a TD04 actuator. And have you sorted out what you are going to do for a downpipe? The gt2052 is a very midrange focused turbo, use a crap stock elbow and downpipe and it will most probably be rubbish.