<VV> Re: Turbo Alignment

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Jim,
    Maybe we need to put a level tool across the top of  the vertical pipe 
mount BEFORE installing the turbo assembly (with carb &  cleaner) and BEFORE 
tightening the connection between this vertical pipe and the  crossover exhaust 
piping.  But is the top SUPPOSED to be level?   Assuming the existing 
installation is correct, how about if we unbolt the entire  turbo assembly and remove 
it from the old vertical inlet pipe mount and THEN  measure how level the top 
is both side-to-side and front-to-back BEFORE  replacing the old piping or 
manifolds below.  At least that way we would  have a goal to "shoot for" with the 
new parts on that particular car in  that particular location.
    I guess I've just been lucky in the past that the  new manifolds, new 
crossover and new vertical piping have all fit together to  enable the turbo 
assembly to mount correctly.
    Frank "on the level" Burkhard 
 
In a message dated 7/15/2007 9:21:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
simpsonj at bellatlantic.net writes:

I've put  two pipes 
side by side -- one that misaligned the inlet path so the air  cleaner 
was a couple inches low and one that was essentially perfect --  and I 
really couldn't tell them apart.  There might have been a  slight 
difference in the welding of the pipe to the flange, but that could  
easily be due to the difference in manufacturer.  (One was a Clark's  
repro, the other an old OEM pipe.)

The bottom line is that you  might have to try a couple pipes to get 
one that is right.

Jim  Simpson
'66 Corsa turbo
Group Corvair







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