Front mount turbo, 8.1L
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Front mount turbo, 8.1L
So the rear mount seems to be more trouble than I like dealing with. Just little stuff that keeps bothering me. So I have been contemplating a front mount system. I was thinking of flipping the passenger side manifold and building the same style like many of the front mounts on the LS motors on this site. The stock manifolds are cast...will they work for this? Can I weld on them? Any other Pro's or Con's or forseen problems?? Any advice would be great also.
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The kits that flip the manifold don't require welding to the manifolds. The crossover joins after the manifold but before the turbo and there is a home-made coupler that converts the manifold flange to the turbo flange. The turbo does not bolt directly to the manifold.
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So the 'ends' of the manifolds look similar. I wander if they're the same.
These two pics are of LS manifolds
Here are a couple pics of the 8.1L manifolds. What do you guys think?
These two pics are of LS manifolds
Here are a couple pics of the 8.1L manifolds. What do you guys think?
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I think that if you said you are tired of the lil problems that the sts is giving you, that trying to do a front mount set up is going to be a bigger pain in the ***, then fixing the problems with the sts...