Thats the one i am looking at, but I dont know if even that one will allow me to keep my a/c. Then you will have to look at if you need oil feed lines, I would assume most turbos have them but you never know. Then depending on the turbo depends if you need a 4 or 5 bolt down pipe. Ultimately you still have to verify if the bolt pattern of the turbo manifold will bolt up to your engine, example being me getting that f22 manifold and putting it on my f23

 

heres the thing.....having the manifold, turbo, and downpipe bolt up right out of the box is great. but then you are stuck with whatever placement they have chosen for you...which kinda diminishes the custom part of it to start with, and more importantly fitment issues like keeping the a/c, or your fans etc. all it takes to bolt ANY turbo to any header, is a flange..(within reason) so lets say you have a t3 manifold and some other turbo maybe one part has 5 bolts and the other has 4. just fit, mark and measure exactly where you want that turbo to be (and which direction) and just have a flange made at any muffler shop or machine shop. cause maybe you want to rotate the turbo just a little, because that tiny bit of clearance can make or break you having a/c. i wouldnt really worry too much about fitment.....just trying to get a turbo manifold for your car is hard enough.

 

isnt saying "i wouldnt worry about fitment" and saying "just trying to get a turbo manifold for your car is hard enough" sort of a contradiction? But I have a good idea of the size of that 500 dollar manifold, so i am going to get the placement as close as possible, and its not the downpipe im worried about, its the a/c line that runs right in front of my fans. I just dont want to deal with having to redirect that line lol.

 

Now that I think about it, after I saw that line is when I said "see you later" to my a/c...

hell, I never even used it.

 

I never use it either, but the thing is...... people sit in my car that complain about the windows being down..... *rolls eyes*

 

the turbo will sit lower than that line. its the compressor that will get in the way. why im saying dont worry about the fitment, is because you want to be able to choose the location/direction of the turbo and then have a custom flange made.

 

okay because i'd really like to keep my a/c. i don't use it to often but im preety sure it would help god forbid in the event that i would have to sell it.[:'(][:@][&o]

 

now that it is finally warm here in kansas i have realized that my ac only blows as cold as the temp outside[:@] and i believe its out of freeon or the thermostat is stuck. if it's not one of those to than i'm not shellin out the big bucks to get it fixed so i guess i'll be rollin' with the windows down for a while anyways..... still looking around for parts and pieces of the system and have a question...
Since i payed so much money to get my cold air intake and now i'm looking to get a turbo set up is it posible to modify it to use with the turbo or should i just sell it off and add that to the bank?? the only problem with it is when i wrecked the car the battery exploded so the intake got acid all over it. it still works and sounds the same but since it's chrome it looks pretty beat up and that wil effect the price that i could get it for so what do you guys/gals think??

 

I ended up sawing my AEM v2 intake into pieces to relocate the air filter (which would have been right off the turbo) away from the engine. So you could do that.

As far as selling it, no one will want to pay a whole lot for a cosmetically damaged one, even if it works fine. True, performance probably isn't effected, but don't expect to get much for it if it looks bad. Maybe you're better off saving it and hack sawing it, heh.

 

hmmm manual swap anyone?