Turbo Bracing Question:

[slowHonduh]

What could i use to support my turbo?? And where would be a common place to brace it too. And obviously it would need to be able to flex.....

My turbo is pretty decent sized. And with my SFP mani being mild steel and prone to cracking on much smaller turbos, i would like to brace the turbo if i could.

Any help and ideas would be appreciated.

Oh yea this is for my Honduh.

[santa]

I would have to say look to brace possibly on the downpipe if its at all possible, because it is easier to get at and you get the plus of not having to break off the turbo from what ever your bracing it to.

[Raptor]

You could probably fabricate a mount to attatch to one of the tapped holes for the waterline that goes from the water pipe to the oil cooler. There are a couple holes there that could work well.

[TheBlizzard]

One problem that you are going to run into is whatever you put on for a brace will be subject to breaking as well. You would have to design someting that would withstand motor vibration and flexing. Its a good idea but I don't think it would be very easy to make it functional as well as durable.

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[john]

Bracing the turbo to the motor would limit vibration. All you would have to worry about is having a strong piece of steel. I am not sure how that turbo is setup, but on my 50 and 60 trims I would make a mount where it would bolt to the compressor or exhaust housing. Get longer bolts and have the brace as a "spacer." LMK if you do not understand. I am having trouble coming up with the correct words. I am talking about the roughly 8 bolts which hold the comp cover on.

[PSI2HI]

Building a brace off the downpipe to the block will support the turbo. Shouldn't have anyu problems breaking assuming your DP isn't make of some cheap metal or w/ shitty welds. Also as long as you have a flex section built into the DP should be alright.

[slowHonduh]

But actually don't manifolds crack due to heat?? And isn't it true that smaller turbos are more prone to crack manifolds because they create so much heat. And with a much much larger turbo(like mine) flows a lot better thus not getting as hot? Is this true?

[Shane@DBPerformance]

It will be just as hot on the exhaust side.

[Pimpin Dsmstyle]

You could use 2 peices of steel with a bolt connecting them through the middle with a bushing on it. So it does retract weight from the turbo, but it still can move a bit ( help against vibration killing it) Thats my .02

[Jakey]

I wouldn't forsee a problem with constructing a rigid mount between the turbo and the downpipe as long as, like Nick said, your downpipe isn't a POS. The cracking that many people run into with tubular manifolds is the compatibility of metals being used, shitty welding, and/or the weight increase of running a larger turbo without a secondary bracing setup.