te60

[Velon]

Installed te60 a couple of months ago, and cannot get the car to spool fast enough with a 3000 stall converter. Compressor side going to intercooler is not perfectly flat because I cannot get the turbo cocked down far enough once mounted. I have loosened all bolts on turbo and still cannot get it down. Would this cause any spooling problems? This turbo has a 63 precision exhaust housing. Is it easier to get the turbo to turn not being mounted on the car?

Thanks

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

You have to loosen all 6 bolts ( including the wastegate bolts) that clamp the compressor housing on.
Dont forget to loosen the maf pipe so the compressor will rotate. I just did this on my car friday night at 7pm.

If your car has a 3000 rpm convertor it should be big enough for a te60.

You need to varify that the wastegate hole in the exhaust housing is smaller than your puck, and that the puck seals around that hole with AT LEAST 1/8th of a inch all the way around.

Ive seen so many people run the stock elbow on a larger turbo, it wont seal correctly and hinders spoolup.
What downpipe do you have?
Have you installed a ball and spring style boost controller to help spoolup?

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[Velon]

thanks for the reply, I have an RJC boost controller and I have loosened all bolts before on turbo everywhere and tried tapping with a hammer to get it to rotate but I actually chipped turbo because it wouldn't move at all and I don't want to further damage it. Do I have to take the downpipe back off, (atr 3 inch) and see how the inside looks. I have everything installed on the car and went to track testerday and the car won't go less than 2.0 60foot, it's absolutely dead out of the hole.thanks

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

If you have a internal wastegate ATR downpipe, it has the larage 1.50 inch puck, i believe it should cover the hole unless someone ported the wastegate hole to use on a external wastegate and its not alighned.

ATR downpipes had a mild steel bushing for the wastegate flapper arm, have you pulled your wastegate arm off, and manually tried to open and close the flapper?
Does it swing open and closed very easily?
Ive seen this also happen...

Take the wastegate arm off the flapper swing arm, really quick like open and close the wastegate flapper. If you get it one time where the puck sticks INTO THE HOLE, then the puck will not seal.

You will feel it bind, and actually see the arm does not go fully flush with the turbo like it should.

Do you recall before you installed the downpipe, how large the wastegate hole was? Did it look factory at around 3/4 of a inch or 1 full inch.


If the wheel is rubbing the compressor housing, thats not a good thing.

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[Velon]

I don't recall any binding with the wastegate arm when the downpipe was off. I had a ta49 on for years and had no problem ever with spoolup before I installed te60 and 60ib inj. Sometimes I want to go back to that setup but I know this setup should go faster when working properly. If I need to I will pull downpipe back off but I don't recall any binding with the wastegate.thanks

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

Just try pulling the clip off and remove the wastegate arm, then manually flap the swingarm and see if you get any type of binding, or sticking.

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[Velon]

I pulled the wastegate arm off and moved the puck back and forth and got no binding, everything seems smooth, but my turbo is still pointing at an upward angle when connecting to intercooler plumbing but I don't know if this would cause it not to spool quickly.thanks

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

I pulled the wastegate arm off and moved the puck back and forth and got no binding, everything seems smooth, but my turbo is still pointing at an upward angle when connecting to intercooler plumbing but I don't know if this would cause it not to spool quickly.thanks

Nope!

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