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Bracing the turbo to the frame.. will this work? (Diagram)
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.
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.