Turbo swap question...
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Turbo swap question...
Well I got my hands on a 04 turbo....
Well I believe my seal is bad in mine since I found oil in my down pipe...
My questions is...I know it wont fit into the bracket my turbo is in now....
could I take the exhaust side of he 04 turbo off. and put the exhaust side of the turbo from my 06 turbo and put it on the 04 turbo?
because if I did that then I could fit the turbo into the mounting bracket?
Or will I run into problems?
Well I believe my seal is bad in mine since I found oil in my down pipe...
My questions is...I know it wont fit into the bracket my turbo is in now....
could I take the exhaust side of he 04 turbo off. and put the exhaust side of the turbo from my 06 turbo and put it on the 04 turbo?
because if I did that then I could fit the turbo into the mounting bracket?
Or will I run into problems?
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Well the turbo came out of a truck from the company I work for....
Its on a f-450 rack body....the truck has 50K on it a guy comes back and says the truck has no power...I figure Ill check out the turbo....
Took it out pulled it apart and the exhaust side fins were all chewed up....
So I would have to take that part out of my turbo and sawp it into the 04 turbo..Also the vaines were chewed up pretty badly...I will post some pics of it up
Its on a f-450 rack body....the truck has 50K on it a guy comes back and says the truck has no power...I figure Ill check out the turbo....
Took it out pulled it apart and the exhaust side fins were all chewed up....
So I would have to take that part out of my turbo and sawp it into the 04 turbo..Also the vaines were chewed up pretty badly...I will post some pics of it up
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lol yeah thats a good idea...since he is going to spend 1600$ on a new turbo anyways...i doubt he will go for it...
but yes..i want to change the internals...(just the exhaust fin part) and the exhaust housing so it will mount in my ped
but yes..i want to change the internals...(just the exhaust fin part) and the exhaust housing so it will mount in my ped
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changing internals is harder than it seems. seriouly just sell him your turbo and get a powermax. cheaper on both parties
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Tyler just buy a reconditioning kit and rebuild it . I don't think its to much harder than cleaning just a few more steps. I think Bismic has detailed instructions for it.
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Why not??? 04,5,6,7 turbo's all use the same pedastal. Bolt it up and be done.
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