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Old 03-31-2009, 09:32 AM
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I'm thinking external waste gate?
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get a hand mirror.

edit: oh wait the DP is still there...
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Soon as it's cool enough I will remove it. Self employment FTMFW.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
get a hand mirror.

edit: oh wait the DP is still there...

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Ill say it again, dump the internal wg and get an external welded onto the manifold and call it a day.
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are your turbines the same size? can you not fit this new turbo into the old exhaust housing?
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I just ordered the same turbo last night and already have an EWG that I was planning to use with my other one. I was actually thinking about this all last night cause I couldn't decide if I wanted to use the internal gate or not. I think you just made up my mind for me.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
are your turbines the same size? can you not fit this new turbo into the old exhaust housing?
2860 guts into a 2554 housing?
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i thought you had a 2854 before... and you should now refer to your turbo as a china 2871.
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Fixed it. The flapper door was loose in the shaft so it was binding. I put a c clip on the back side. Video up in a few.
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Originally Posted by levnubhin


I'm thinking external waste gate?
Thanks dude for doing this testing. I know a lot of us are watching to see how it goes. Perhaps the WG shaft just needs to be cleaned up.
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Actually Lev, if you want to stay IWG, I'd happy to switch exhaust housing with you if you want to see if that will help.

edit: NM, just saw new post. Glad it was something easy. Did you leave comething off from when you stripped it apart to measure?
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Are you keeping track of time spent and down time?
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Okay mine is doing the same thing. You said you just put a c-clip on the flapper itself to hold it?
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Originally Posted by Cpt_Slow
Actually Lev, if you want to stay IWG, I'd happy to switch exhaust housing with you if you want to see if that will help.

edit: NM, just saw new post. Glad it was something easy. Did you leave comething off from when you stripped it apart to measure?

If my fix dosent hold up then yeah, I really dont want to remove it again.
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Originally Posted by Turbo_4
Okay mine is doing the same thing. You said you just put a c-clip on the flapper itself to hold it?
Yes, video is processing. Once I post it you'll see what I mean.
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that was easy.
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Before the c clip.


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