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Turning a turbo
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:24 pm
by dazza85
Hi ya all,
the postion of the outlet on the air side of the turbo on my 89 bighorn needs to move 1/6 of a turn to fit the intercooler.
there are 3 bolts on clamp type washers and 3 bolts through the waste gate control mount.
Some of them are blocked by oil and water tubes.
Is there an easy way to do this or do I have to strip it all off to turn it around ??
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:45 pm
by Steve_t647
strip it pull it there is no easy way there is also a couple of brass dowels locating the centre area still.
Good luck
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:17 pm
by dazza85
Thanks Steve, I had a feeling that would be the case
But I was hoping
Thanks for the comment about the dowels, I did not know they were there.
Oh well ... I guess I know what I am doing tomorrow night
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:21 pm
by Jezza
I didn't know you could turn the isuzu turbo's, or is it just the crappy 3.1 you can't?
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:38 pm
by mud_slinger
pretty sure you can
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:43 pm
by Steve_t647
You should be able to turn any of them, but you will have to redrill holes for the internal dowels.
It has been a while since I had one apart but they are pretty much all the same internally that is why you can change impellers and housings between brands.
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:21 pm
by gotmu
dont think you can turn the 3.1s i turned mine on my 2.8mu without taking the turbo off but it was a mission
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:15 pm
by dazza85
gotmu wrote: don't think you can turn the 3.1s i turned mine on my 2.8mu without taking the turbo off but it was a mission
Did yours have dowels ??
I will have to take photos when I do it.
It wont be tonight as I have an early start tomorrow
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 3:22 pm
by gotmu