Manifold Flange Problem

[JDMPlaya]

Today I bolted my manifold to my turbo and with everything provided I bolted it all up..

After bolting it up from the turbo to the flange It covers the inlet area fairly well but there is about a 1 cm of like a circular lip that sticks out and is basically a hole in the inlet area.. Is there a certain adapter like flange I could purchase to fix this problem?

I will get pic later..

Thanks

 

[posol]

wow- that manifold sucks even more than i thought if this is the case.

are you sure you have a t3 mani for a t3 turbo?
or whatever combo you have?

 

[JDMPlaya]

Here is the problem I have..

 

[JDMPlaya]

Yea I'm pretty sure I have all the right stuff.

 

[posol]

im not sure i follow your drawing... is the turbo the round and the flange the square, or the other way around?

 

[JDMPlaya]

The flange is the square.. The little bit of circular round or whatever is what is not covered up and is basically two holes.. know what I mean?

 

[posol]

holes into the manifold, or into the turbo?

 

[JDMPlaya]

act if so I put the flange over the inlet part of the turbo, the circular parts are not covered up.. So basically they are holes

 

[posol]

i get that part....

but are the holes on the manifold flange or on the thurbo flange?

 

[JDMPlaya]

the holes revealing are from the actual turbo flange

 

[IDMaxGuy]

u need a new flange... www.turbochargers.com sells flanges and crap or find one on ebay... hell my freinds can make them as he works at a steel plant... but that doesnt help you

 

[JDMPlaya]

I'll get pics.. The only thing I could replace would be the gasket..

 

[JDMPlaya]

Here are the pics..

 

[JDMPlaya]

anyone have any ideas?

 

[driver1]

well i dunno much about turbos but if you cannot replace the flange on the turbo than id say youll have to cut the flange off your manifold and have a new one fabbed up to fit the turbo....then rewelded to your mani.....but from the looks of it you haver a ssautochrome mani and for that matter by the time you were done with all that you could have sold it on ebay and bought somrhtyin nicer

 

[posol]

wtf kinda of turbo is that? i've never seen a turbo like that before

 

[JDMPlaya]

It's a garret t3 .42/.48