That's a tough call as to what to do. Drilling the holes for the pins shouldn't be difficult and certainly shouldn't void any warranty as they need to be there. Any way to grid the exhaust housing larger instead of the center section? That way if you ever need to replace the center section again in the future you wouldn't have to grind again.
Anyone have an integral manifold vnt-15 to measure?
I guess that's what I should've done is gring the housing and drill the holes, instead I swapped the internals over, fans, bearings and the compressor side plate so I could use the seal without disassembling the actual seal. The exhaust fan hit the housing just a bit so since the pins the center it go into the vane holder I had to move it some, the clearance is very small now both intake and exhaust.
i would just send it back and get a NORMAL vnt15 turbo center section from prothe. then if it works, let me know, cause i might be following your route.
A normal center won't work since the control lever in different locations, mine is on the side closest to the engine and normal ones are farthest from the engine.
Anyways I got it all put together and now I get maybe 4psi
I am getting so sick of messing with this, I almost wish I'd left it NA.
So now I wonder if I need to check exhaust mani pressure to see if it's too low, isn't a 1:1 ratio of intake/exhaust manifold pressure ideal?
So if I'm only getting 4psi exhaust then 4psi is all I'd get on the intake side......I don't have any exhaust leaks, I have some after the turbo and it's black everywere the smoke touches.
The only thing I can think of is I need to close the vanes partway
what else could it be? If air couldn't get to the turbo good enough would that cause a lack of boost? Like if my feed hose was kinking?
Feel free to input any ideas you got, I ran out long ago
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