I know theres tons of q's out there, and i searched, but most i found where all from late last yr.
i will hopefully be installing turbo on thursday and wondered if the directions that r up on greddy.com tech pg are better than they use to be or the same where others were complaining about the detail. They looked good to me, but i know nothing.
Any thoughts/comments/concerns on the kit? i saw some complaining about the heat shield, and heat wrap. anything else, or can someone elaborate more on those.

whatever other help anyone can offer would be great, since its crunchtime.
thank u

 

it should come with direction in there

 

The directions are fine, but they assume you know some things... I watched the shop that installed mine. I hope you have the proper tools and know-how, otherwise you might have problems.

Keep in mind a few things:
1) You need to weld the oil return onto your oil pan
2) You need an ALUMINUM Welder and aluminum flange if you're putting on a BOV.
3) You need to solder the injectors - they're not plug & play.

 

1 and 2, im taking those pieces to a shop to get done.
3, that shouldnt be a problem

thanks for the help, anything else?

 

Check out "Rabid Lemming's" post https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...t=greddy+turbo it should be very helpful.

 

WATCH where you put the ONE WAY VALVE its listed in the parts list but not in the instructions and make sure there is a boost guage in the car make sure you done overboost!! other then that and the stuff already mentioned you should be fine.

 

thanks, i saw that post and thats y i posted cuz its kinda old.

 

#1 thing to check is the wastegate. Make sure it opens and closes with no problems. Make sure that the wastegate actuator (the gold thing on turbo) isn't bent or damaged in anyway. Those were the two big things that seemed to make people over boost and blow their engine.

 

also be careful with the oil fitting that goes in the turbo. You can cross thread it pretty easy if you use the wrong one. That was holding me up in finishing the install of the turbo kit in one day. Not an easy part to find because it's a metric fitting, can't go to your local hardware store to get it.

 

thank u all. i got it delivered today, and after molesting the turbo for a while, i put it back in the box til dday (thursday)
any other words of advice would be great. and if u care, ill post some pics of me punching the wall when i cant get somethign to work :D

 

goin to bed, just seein if anyone else has any last minute words of advice, thank u all, hope all goes well

 

k, got most of the way on this yesterday finishing up on saturday, just want to say thank u to the sehicago members that helped me out, great guys.

question...
the heat wrap? is there some magical word i need for it to stick? :-D
or how is it suppose to stay on?

 

What are you going to heat wrap?

 

let me kno how it all works out for you alex.

you got my support all the way from here in the big VA!

 

Check out my car domain it has pics (zipties). http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2078847/2

I'll take some better pics and post tonight so you can see where they put it all on mine.

 

Zip ties are your friend to hold the heat wrap around the hoses. Make sure you wrap up your a/c and oil return lines.

 

wont the zip ties be affected by the heat?

 

u know it buddy. i hope to have pics of the turbo and body work mid week. :D

 

and im replyin for the 3rd time in a row, sorry.

forgot to mention thats what im planning on heat wrapping, the oil and ac lines, just worried about using zip ties, but ok

THANK U ALL for ur help

 

Zip ties are indestructable! LOL, yea, they'll work fine. I have a bunch of my stuff HW with zipties. Can't wait to see it all done!! What are you tuning your car with, the emangae?