Steve Loney

[Steve Loney]

I just fitted an f2f turbo to my ba. I had to loosen the bolts & spin the front to line up the intercooler hose & then the centre to line up the oil & water loses. Is this Normal? I thought it would all line up seeing both cars were standard. Also now it goes like a non turbo stock falcon. Anyone tell me what the problem Is?

[k31th]

 

A f2f turbo? What's that?

 

When you replace a turbo, changes like this is totally normal.

 

The speed problem could be anything, realistically.

[Steve Loney]

Don't know what happened (f2f turbo)

Supposed 2 say fg turbo. I thought they would have bolted straight up without turning it 3 different ways from an fg to a ba. R all the pipework & hoses different from 1 to the other? The oil & water hoses were 90 degrees out & the intercooler pipe was 180 out. The exhaust side is smaller as it should b (snail) & it all bolts straight up as it should except 4 having to loosen the bolts & having 2 face everything the correct way! I bought it second hand off a 2014 fg (standard) with 90,000 klms. Can anyone please tell me if everything faces differently or what?! I dont know & can't fathom it. Steve

[k31th]

Well, it doesn't bolt up simply. The rotation of the housings has to be bang on or it'll have minor alignment issues. The exhaust housing should be the same, the intercooler pipe is the same connection type and size and the air intake is the same etc. Just the oil and water lines are tough to get into position perfectly.

[Steve Loney]

 

Do u know if the 2 models differ in positioning the pipework? If theyre the same the the turbo has been played with. If theyre different then its original as its supposed 2b.

I replaced the original turbo because it had bad shaft play & the seal was leaking. (blowing blue smoke) It still went like a turbo xr6. Now it doesn't. The car is back together & seems 2 b running ok but it's as if the turbo isn't spooling. Also still blowing a bit of smoke. ( hopefully oil in the exhaust / manifold) Drives like a non turbo now. No boost maybe! Not sure about minor alignment & how 2 get that right. Any ideas on how 2 align it? 

[k31th]

The only difference is the compressor housing in the FG is pointing upwards for the hot side intercooler pipe connection and it's pointing downwards for the B-Series.

 

You probably have not reconnected the wastegate actuator and it's staying open or opening really easily and this is causing all of the pressure to bypass the turbo and you won't get any boost.

[Steve Loney]

Well that's good as far as that's the way it was facing b4 I flipped it
180. The oil / water was also wrong? Not sure about fine tuning the
rotation but it's all on & running now. Just no boost!?

 

I'll check that tomorrow. Thanks, Steve 

[Sacer_Turbo_Actuator]

does reconnect the wastegate actuator work?