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Technical => Engine Tech => Topic started by: bryan163 on April 02, 2012, 10:58:20 PM

Title: 5.0 turbo manifold
Post by: bryan163 on April 02, 2012, 10:58:20 PM
Has anyone else purchased a Tuning Pros turbo manifold and had this problem?
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The waste-gate is occupying the space where the down-pipe needs to go. I gonna have to cut this  thing up and reconfigure it.
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Title: 5.0 turbo manifold
Post by: Shadow on April 02, 2012, 11:05:01 PM
wow.. that's awfully stupid.. don't know why they would do that and let it leave the building with such a design flaw.. thank god i build my own turbo headers.. lol
Title: 5.0 turbo manifold
Post by: bryan163 on April 02, 2012, 11:07:42 PM
I usually build my own too. I thought this would be easier. lol.  I have lots of turbos at the shop and none of them fit. I can fix this pretty easily, but WTF?
Title: 5.0 turbo manifold
Post by: Shadow on April 02, 2012, 11:15:28 PM
have you contacted them about it? they should definitely refund you some money for such a screw up
Title: 5.0 turbo manifold
Post by: bryan163 on April 02, 2012, 11:21:11 PM
Nah, I bought this like 4 years ago. I can fix it faster than it would take to deal with them.
Title: 5.0 turbo manifold
Post by: SR71blackbird on April 05, 2012, 04:51:02 PM
Bahahaha wow. A monkey made that thing.... i wouldnt trust that header just by seeing how stupid the people are that made it! YIKES!!!!
Title: 5.0 turbo manifold
Post by: Bruce M on April 05, 2012, 04:56:34 PM
Do you have room to notch it and bend it away from the downpipe and reweld it? If there's room, it would be an ez fix.
Title: 5.0 turbo manifold
Post by: bryan163 on April 05, 2012, 06:36:22 PM
I could move the wastegate pretty easily, but I think im gonna end up moving the turbo instead because it looks like it wants to sit right where the alternator is.
Title: 5.0 turbo manifold
Post by: turbotrav on April 11, 2012, 07:54:51 PM
If your AC doesnt work.  Morosso I believe makes a driver side relocation bracket for the alt.  Which would be great to keep the heat off it.

Travis