T3/t04e
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T3/t04e
Ok so I want this Garret T3/T04E on my 280zx-T engine. I want to go with a 50 trim comp and A/R of 63. I will go with Internally wastegated and wanted to see if needing a spacer was true. I read that the turbo will touch the exhaust manifold and heat up really bad. Will anything else need to be changed using the stock exhaust housing? I plan to change the downpipe as well. Please let me know all the things needed to do this setup correctly. If anyone knows a site and the right spacer as well please reply.
Externally Wastegated
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 1,220
From: San Diego
You don't have to use a spacer, but the turbo will really close to the heat shield. Mine is about 1/4" or less of clearance which isn't much. A spacer would give you more clearance and you won't run the possibility of heat soaking the manifold. The only thing I had to change with the new turbo was the intake pipe, you'll have to enlarge it to fit onto the compressor.
John 82ZXT
John 82ZXT
