dawson128

Hello all! I will soon (maybe this weekend) be installing my diy turbo kit but I've run into a possible issue. I have an ISR T25 and it come clocked with the compressor outlet pointed up. The issue is when I reclock it, the existing wastegate actuator bracket doesn't work. Does anyone run a turbo that points up and then does a 180 with charge piping back down? I think I can make it fit under the hood with some 2" piping but just wasn't sure if anyone had input. BEGi manifold by the way, not that it matters.

Thanks!!

Onyxyth

iTrader: (2)

Pictures would help. From the pictures on their website it actually looks like it would point the compressor outlet directly at the side of the head, so maybe yours is different. You may have to fabricate something if there's no holes to remount the bracket.

dawson128

For now I only have a photo I pulled from online, but when I get home I will upload a photo or 2. IIRC its pointed nearly 90 degrees from the manifold, maybe slightly towards the head but can't be by much.

thirdgen

iTrader: (26)

Is that a ball bearing t25? How much did it cost you?

dawson128

No it is a journal bearing I got for something like $350. Down the line I hope to rebuild a gt2560r and swap that in

Mech5700

What about an adjustable bracket like Garrett Adjustable Wastegate Bracket : atpturbo.com ?

dawson128

Ive seen those before but not sure if I would have any bolts I could use to attach it the way it would be clocked. I'd like to use the wastegate bracket I have and just run a 90 before it hits the hood but I just want confirmation that I'll have room to do this before I get halfway through bolting everything up and realizing it won't fit. Then again I could run without a hood for a bit

Mech5700

Ah, well I know some really old turbo kits have that setup, like this one: No Reserve: Original Owner 1991 Mazda Miata SE | Bring a Trailer

is that what you are trying to accomplish?

dawson128

Yes something like that! I dug up some other photos, so it looks like this would work except adapted for a FMIC

ericsbestshot

iTrader: (2)

Take a look at this thread I started using that same bracket linked above.

https://www.miataturbo.net/diy-turbo...0-turbo-89713/

dawson128

thanks for the link! I think I'm going to get one of those brackets down the line and drill and tap to make it work