I have a 1970 Chevelle.. 6.0L that I am doing a turbo on, which will be located right behind the passenger side headlight. Because of this, I cannot brace the turbo to the motor, and will have to brace it to the frame.

I will be running truck manifolds flipped. Here is a horrible diagram I drew up on how I plan to run piping, etc.

Will I be safe with this setup? Mainly mounting the turbo to the frame and using flex pipes in the locations shown? Or would I still run into problems with major flexing? I am not running solid motor mounts.

 

As long as you have a flex pipe on each up pipe you should be fine

 

My set up is exactly like that.

 

Swap motor mounts...boom problem solved. but the flex pipes will work as well

 

Here's a small simple bracket I made to support the turbo. Doesn't take much.

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I built a similar brace in that location on my 81 camaro

 

I have another question regarding the flex pipe. I bought some G8 exhaust Manifolds for my turbo hotside. They came w/ the cats attached, which have these very flexible couplings attached.



Can I get away with just using these flex couplings at the location they are in?? and not install flex couplings in the spots I originally showed in my diagram.