Here are a few pictures of the turbo kit as supplied by Jabba sport:
The turbine side of the exhaust. You can see the turbine and also the wastegate.
This is a pic of the whole kit as supplied. Consists of (from left to right, top to bottom):
The inlet side of the turbo. A view of the inlet, outlet, actuator.
I've done the install...finished it on friday. All i can say is that it was MUCH harder than i thought it would be. Really is not a straight swap! The OE turbo and manifold .etc came out within 3 hours... really was a piece of p1ss to do and had no problems with seized bolts or anything so i was lucky there.
The fun came when installing the new one!
First problem i came accoss was getting the turbo into the car! it JUST fit in! really was a tight fit to get it behind the engine! Once in, there is plenty of room to work so its not a problem there.
After getting the turbo in, i then bolted up the manifold to the head which was a bit awkward as the bolts are in really tight spots, but wasnt really a huge problem, juast a bit irritating when it takes 20 minutes to do up one bolt!
After doing this, i start to connect up the oil feed pipe. This proves to be the hardest part of the install! Basically, it wont fit! ITs impossible. When you put it on the turbo, then try and fit the turbo onto the manifold, the turbo sits about 5-6mm away from where it needs to be which causes a big problem! After trying to bend the oil line and generally ;1ssing about with it for 2 hours i get annoyes and give up! Went round to a hydraulic specialist locally and got him to make up a flexible oil line for me with the correct banjo ends... cos an extra £20 but solved my problem! So i get home and go to install the line. I had left the OE one attached to the turbo so i go to unscrew the banjo bolt with the wrench, but after a 1/4 turn of the wrench it goes all loose...reach down and pull the bolt up and to my horror, the bolt had snapped and left the thread in the turbo /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I was NOT happy! I had to remove the manifold, remove the turbo take it to an engineering firm locally adn get them to remove the remaining thread whilst making sure not to leave any remains of metal in the hole! Luckily it came out ok as it wasnt tight in (VERY LUCKY INDEED!). Once i got home again it was too late to do anything so i gave up for the day! Being in such a bad mood, its probably a good thing i didnt continue!
So friday was a very productive day! managed to refit the manifold, connect up all the fluid line, mount the turbo on the manifold, finish connecting up the intercooler. All that remains for me to do is connect the TT intake pipe, with all the hoses that come off of that, reconnect up the intercooler pipework, finish off the bumper and refit it, drop it off the axle stands and give it a clean, ready to go to AmD next week for the remap and exhaust downpipe fabrication. By next thursday, it will be ready to roll and be one quick car! Oh i SOOO cant wait! a whole 9 days is going to be agony!
Will report back with more pics in a few days when i get myself together!
Cheers
Rich
The turbine side of the exhaust. You can see the turbine and also the wastegate.
This is a pic of the whole kit as supplied. Consists of (from left to right, top to bottom):
- intercooler boost pipe
- Coolant feed pipe
- Jabbasport cast exhaust manifold
- Coolant return pipe
- VF-34 Roller bearing type turbo (as used on Scooby WRX STI)
- Cast exhaust housing
The inlet side of the turbo. A view of the inlet, outlet, actuator.
I've done the install...finished it on friday. All i can say is that it was MUCH harder than i thought it would be. Really is not a straight swap! The OE turbo and manifold .etc came out within 3 hours... really was a piece of p1ss to do and had no problems with seized bolts or anything so i was lucky there.
The fun came when installing the new one!
First problem i came accoss was getting the turbo into the car! it JUST fit in! really was a tight fit to get it behind the engine! Once in, there is plenty of room to work so its not a problem there.
After getting the turbo in, i then bolted up the manifold to the head which was a bit awkward as the bolts are in really tight spots, but wasnt really a huge problem, juast a bit irritating when it takes 20 minutes to do up one bolt!
After doing this, i start to connect up the oil feed pipe. This proves to be the hardest part of the install! Basically, it wont fit! ITs impossible. When you put it on the turbo, then try and fit the turbo onto the manifold, the turbo sits about 5-6mm away from where it needs to be which causes a big problem! After trying to bend the oil line and generally ;1ssing about with it for 2 hours i get annoyes and give up! Went round to a hydraulic specialist locally and got him to make up a flexible oil line for me with the correct banjo ends... cos an extra £20 but solved my problem! So i get home and go to install the line. I had left the OE one attached to the turbo so i go to unscrew the banjo bolt with the wrench, but after a 1/4 turn of the wrench it goes all loose...reach down and pull the bolt up and to my horror, the bolt had snapped and left the thread in the turbo /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I was NOT happy! I had to remove the manifold, remove the turbo take it to an engineering firm locally adn get them to remove the remaining thread whilst making sure not to leave any remains of metal in the hole! Luckily it came out ok as it wasnt tight in (VERY LUCKY INDEED!). Once i got home again it was too late to do anything so i gave up for the day! Being in such a bad mood, its probably a good thing i didnt continue!
So friday was a very productive day! managed to refit the manifold, connect up all the fluid line, mount the turbo on the manifold, finish connecting up the intercooler. All that remains for me to do is connect the TT intake pipe, with all the hoses that come off of that, reconnect up the intercooler pipework, finish off the bumper and refit it, drop it off the axle stands and give it a clean, ready to go to AmD next week for the remap and exhaust downpipe fabrication. By next thursday, it will be ready to roll and be one quick car! Oh i SOOO cant wait! a whole 9 days is going to be agony!
Will report back with more pics in a few days when i get myself together!
Cheers
Rich
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