T3 Discharge Flange With Internal Wastegate And V-band

[sonofsam 5]

Hi Folks,

 

Yes more Turbo talk im afraid.

After receiving my T3 this morning, have already started to think about fitting, lol

 

Having looked at numerous flanges! I managed to find one that kept the internal wastegate, can't see me stretching to the price of an external one really.

 

So does this seem like a good solution.

 

It's off american ebay and works out to be about £40 delivered.

Its made from cast iron too. Im guessing that the 2.5" V band allows a stainless steel flange to be joined

via a clamp, then you weld the downpipe to the flange? As I know, it's not easy welding cast to stainless.

 

Is this a good option as opposed to trying to source a complete RST flange and elbow, wich may not be the right orientation.

 

Sam.

[Sam 4]

That's a pretty cheap setup for the solution you need. Vband is getting more and more popular.

[inferno 1]

t3 elbow from an rst turbo will not fit so go for it. i dont have room for a actuator so thats why im going external...

[tom_m 0]

looks like an outstanding solution mate, good find!

[sonofsam 5]

Excellent, cheers Guys, just what I wanted to hear

[Hilgie 16 2 Cars]

looks good, but I'd go external and fit a nice screamer pipe

[inferno 1]

get one of these if you want to go external... cheepest ive found so far is 29£ from OZ!t3/4 flange with dump hole

Edited February 22, 2007 by inferno

[sonofsam 5]

Ta, seen those too.

 

Awe booger I knew this would happen, just bought that flange and know you guys are trying to talk me into

an external wastegate

 

Screamer pipes are cool, but only in the right element I feel and if you beleive everything you read on the net, could be spitting flames, killing old ladies with a drive by and getting pawned by the babylon, although my exhaust is a bit on the quiet side at the moment

 

I like the idea of having a quick release DP though with the v-band system, can get red of those bloody annoying bolts that are a complete pain to get too on my car!

[inferno 1]

as i said im going external for space issues alone, vband sounds intresting though, might look into makeing it up with those too.

[sonofsam 5]

I know mate, just me being silly

 

Am I going to need a gasket with this little beauty?

[tom_m 0]

funny you should mention this i found some on ebay the other day, 3in only tho i'm afraid.

 

in theory thay are needed because the faces should be flush and to my knowelege no one manufactures them (bar the ones on ebay that is) but if you're worried you could always throw some locktite 5920 in there when you assemble it, that should see you right

 

edit: doh! ignore the above i'm talking about v-bands up there ^^^

 

yes you should be able to get a t3 discharge flange gasket, i'd certainly use one of then between this and the turbo, just find a car the t3 came on and find the cheapest supplier

Edited February 25, 2007 by tom_m

[phatgti 0]

excuse my ignorance as i'm not up to date on current fads but what is a screamer pipe?

 

Sounds like the latest boy racer craze - does it improve bhp/torque or anything worthwhile?

 

Saw that recent skyline screamer pipe vid on youtube that was posted on here and it just sounded like a skyline to me.

 

I must be getting old

[tom_m 0]

excuse my ignorance as i'm not up to date on current fads but what is a screamer pipe?

 

Sounds like the latest boy racer craze - does it improve bhp/torque or anything worthwhile?

 

Saw that recent skyline screamer pipe vid on youtube that was posted on here and it just sounded like a skyline to me.

 

I must be getting old

 

sam's solution is just an easier way to get the exhaust pipe to fit to the turbo, and nothing to do with screamer pipes.

 

divorced wastegate flow/external wastegates do improve performance, but its not really necessary unless you're going for the last 1/100th really and neither necessitate screamer pipes, they are rice fad afaik

[pugrallye 0]

screamer pipes are donkeys years old, although only becoming 'faddish' now, cars like F40 had them fitted as std, instead of wastegate diverting into exhaust system it runs a dedicated pipe to the atmosphere, no real power benefit unless you have a stupidly large turbo and then its more of a lag reduction thing

 

And.. you can buy gaskets for bothh vband and flange ends, both normally made out of thin brass if they are decent ones, search manufacturers such as VW or subaru since that looks similar to an IHI flange pattern (like TD golf)

Edited February 28, 2007 by pugrallye

[sonofsam 5]

Thanks for the info Gents.

 

Can make those Vband gaskets myself hopefully then! Not much luck with the other ones, but I'll keep on looking and update this thread in time.