Well they bent the pipe, but not enough, so I ended up stripping a nut and stud trying to force it down. I contacted the seller again he contacted the manufacturer because there obviously is something wrong here. Oh, and I have a friend with a gtech that I can borrow.

 

My experiance is that brute force always ends up in a stripped something. If you are using alot of force chances are there is a problem.

 

do you have a picture of how close it is now? because if its close enough you could probably heat it ever so slightly just to bend it a little bit because you wont have to put on as much heat. you will apply more pressure, but since its closer it wouldnt be as hard.

 

Well, even if I could do that, it wouldn't help because I just found out that the flange got bent when the bent the pipe. [:@][:@][:@][:@] So now I'm waiting to hear back from Turbonetics. I'm actually thinking that maybe they sent me the wrong turbo because I had to trim the radiator fan housing, and pull back/bend the a/c compressor hose to get it to fit in there. Also if I turn the compressor housing so the outlet is straight down, the housing it actually touching the block. But if I turn it a little bit towards the block, theres like a couple mm of clearance.

 

sounds like you are having some troubles with this kit

 

sounds like they sent you the wrong kit.

 

1st off, thats not aluminum. exhaust never flows through aluminum tubing. 2nd, you cant use a rubber hose on it cause it gets really hot. its an exhaust tube. you could just cut a section out of the bend, bend it a little farther and weld it back together. i doubt a muffler shop will be able to get it right if the car isnt at the shop too

 

I'd cut and weld it myself, but I have no way of doing this, seeing as I don't have a cutter or welder. And when I did go to the exhaust shop, I took the entire turbo/manifold/downpipe assembly, so they were able to get pretty close. I have a feeling I have either the wrong turbo or the wrong manifold.

 

wow, somehow i missed the 2nd page. anyway, did you get this kit off of ebay or something. it just sounds like a poorly assembled kit. just keep going, all the the work will be worth it in he end. boost is nice, i dont know how i lived w/o it for so long

 

No, the sad thing is, it's a brand spanking new Turbonetics kit that I paid full price for. I expected it to fit perfectly, but I'm finding the most of the stuff barely fits.