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Old 01-20-2010, 10:20 PM
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not gonna read a million pages to find out. how did you get ahold of him? where is he and do you know his address where he is? he still running a shop? ROAD TRIP!
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Old 01-20-2010, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by all4degame
oh man, that is terrible. Atleast you have 1/4th of a turbo. that counts for something right?
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Not even. That's not even the right one. That has a vband exit and my dpipe is a 4 bolt
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Old 01-20-2010, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by m6ar2cel6oTC
not gonna read a million pages to find out. how did you get ahold of him? where is he and do you know his address where he is? he still running a shop? ROAD TRIP!
He just randomly texted me. I'm not sure where he is he just said that he moved from az cause his wife was relocated due to her job. Shop has been closed for a while now. It's not even worth it. Karma will have it's way with him.
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Old 01-20-2010, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by m6ar2cel6oTC
not gonna read a million pages to find out. how did you get ahold of him? where is he and do you know his address where he is? he still running a shop? ROAD TRIP!
I think he just randomly sent the package. And last I heard, Todd and his wife filed complete bankrupcy, which included their personal assets and that of TurboToyotas.
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Old 01-21-2010, 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Cwatz5219
Not even. That's not even the right one. That has a vband exit and my dpipe is a 4 bolt
V-Band to 4 bolt adapter.. CXRacing sells them for like 40 bucks.

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He just randomly texted me. I'm not sure where he is he just said that he moved from az cause his wife was relocated due to her job. Shop has been closed for a while now. It's not even worth it. Karma will have it's way with him.
I think already did.
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that sucks but like kyle said they do make a 4bolt to v-band adapter..even atpturbo.com has em
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Old 01-21-2010, 01:10 AM
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you can use or sell that exhaust housing, vband exit is always better.. get the 4 bolt to vband adapter or if you want a cheaper route I can send you a vband flange and just change that 4bolt in your dp
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or that..lol
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Old 01-21-2010, 02:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Ace83
you can use or sell that exhaust housing, vband exit is always better.. get the 4 bolt to vband adapter or if you want a cheaper route I can send you a vband flange and just change that 4bolt in your dp
Yeah but I will still need another tial wastegate to make it work with my divided manifold plus the compressor housing and internals if I can't get it to work with chris's old turbo. F it I'm just going to sell all that useless crap and save myself the headache. I have everything except an exhaust right now to make chris's old kit work so imma stick with that. I'll take my lost of 7k and deal with it
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Old 01-21-2010, 03:26 AM
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you may wanna keep it for now, you might need it later down the road.. boosting can be addictive sometimes.. but all you need for now is to get you started
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Old 01-21-2010, 03:34 AM
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^i have a minty manifold and downpipe from a TT simple kit for sale, lol

just throwing it out there!

LOL@Todd.............
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Old 01-30-2010, 05:31 AM
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Hey guys is it required to have a gasket between the turbo and downpipe?
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Old 01-30-2010, 05:36 AM
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its nice to have one but there are some tricks that work fairly well...you can either use just a little rtv on there or even grease. yep i said grease...lol Carlos tried that and it worked, idk why it worked but it did. Maybe he can chime in and tell ya. Me i found a gasket online someplace.
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Old 01-30-2010, 05:46 AM
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yeah i'm looking now and they're pretty cheap. I think i'm just going to pick one up
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Old 01-30-2010, 05:49 AM
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hey chris the exit on your turbo is that a 3" or 2.5"
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Old 01-30-2010, 06:03 AM
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2.5" i think
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Old 01-30-2010, 06:11 AM
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Looks about right. Just wanted to make sure
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Old 01-30-2010, 06:34 AM
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The turbine inlet is a T3 right?
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Old 01-30-2010, 06:50 AM
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yep...t3 foot
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Old 01-30-2010, 07:15 AM
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One more question. I see that they make vband gaskets but are they really needed?
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