Will be supplying a dummy engine PLUS the whole car to the fabricator ........... so he will have no excuses !

Your turbo looks it sits quite a bit higher than what I'm planning .

It sits a bit higher than yours in that pic, but I had to clear the frame rail with the hot side inlet. it is very close. That plate was just a reminder. I wouldn't think you'd put that on a complete engine.

I had tucked my hot side as close to the engine as possible and I had to move the mounting flange to make it fit once I installed it in the engine.

I'll get a pic or 2 of what I mean

This looks promising. Just a gut feeling though.

Best of luck!

My gawd :crazy:

And I though my GReddy was a PITA to squeeze in there...


Can't wait to see this in action

The compressor housing isn't any bigger than the Greddy one ....

Here you can see where I barely managed to squeeze it in front of the transmission.
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...76a059da7c.jpg

Here is my wastegate sitting just above the crossmember that ties the frame to the engine cradle.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...b78138a2f3.jpg

here is where the turbo meets manifold. It is about 1/4" clearance from the engine cradle. I wanted to pull it further back and lower but I had to move it forward, due to the trans and up to clear the cradle. then I had to turn the hot side away from the engine and tuck in the cold side to theinlet was pointing forward and I did not have to weld on a funky bend like turblown does.


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...49fa40ec4d.jpg


https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...955a38ea5e.jpg

here's the best view of the turbo on manifold without everything in the bay for referance on the distance from engine required.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...926f568996.jpg

hard to make out what's what there but i think I see . My manifold tubes will end up pretty much level with the bottom of the sump i think

Made up a bracket to hold turbo in place .... other than that no progress . Waiting on others sucks !


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...624218ea2e.jpg

well well well
big things going on over here

:D:oh yeah!!! about to lay the big T down on the renny. once you go BIG T you never go back.

400+ whp reliable ........... 16psi by 3500rpm . Those are my goals with this build :)

Maybe you need to start a Turbo 111 thread?

Will do .... as soon as the manifold is underway .

Holy shit Brettus, that thing is huge! ;)

Reliable 400whp+?! I am excited to see the rest of it.

Haha . The early spoolup is the thing I'm most excited about achieving TBH..... the 400 shouldn't be a problem :)

Peripheral port?

Stock Renesis

Looking forward to it :)

I'll definitely be following this. Can't wait to see it when it is all put together.

doing it with your current engine?

The plan at this stage is to use my current engine and take it to the limit ... then depending on how things go ..... refresh the engine and make any improvements to the design at that might be necessary.