FE3 Turbo Extractors

Short answer: No
Long answer: Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo....

You can file the holes oblong enough to fit the bolts, but it will never sit twice the same way, and the ports are both too small and wrongly spaced. When I bought my car it had the turbo installation done this way, and getting rid of the BPT-based exhaust was the first thing to do. The ports for cyl #1 and #4 only had about 10x20mm of passage, all the rest was blasted against the flange. So no, don't do it, go for the extra mile and do the exhaust properly.

You can adapt an Evo 4-9 ex manifold to fit...but as with the BPT the bolt holes dont line up and there is a mismatch on the ports, but its no where near as bad as the BPT.

I have an EVO manifold with an adapter plate welded to it....I'll see if I can post up some pics...I was originally going to make a bolted adapter plate (cos I want to make my engine look stock with heat shields and everything) but Jesiotrot bought a project FE3 engine and sold me the manifold with the adapter plate already welded on.

With a RWD setup you may find that the EVO1-3 is a better option (if you go this way) purely as the turbo will sit between cyls 1&2 using an EVO1-3 manifold and cyls 3&4 on the EVO4-9....as the EVO 1-3 the engine sits on the LH side of the car. exhaust pattern is the same AFAIK.

On the FWD you want the turbo nearer the back of the engine for space reasons.

jesiotrot said:

And this is a custom made one that came with another FE3 i bought, no idea who made it

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Fixed, also, see a shrink, you have an addiction ;-)

Fred.

Mean cheers for the advice fullas, much appreciated.

STW said:

The ports for cyl #1 and #4 only had about 10x20mm of passage

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eek that doesn't sound ideal at all!!!
Ok, so a few options there, The best one I'm guessing would be to use Fred's DWG and have that cut and get a price for a custom one or weld the flange onto an evo manifold. The BP option sounds rather restrictive of flow and i would imagine it would mess with the balancing of the engine.

Chris

fredio54 said:

Fixed, also, see a shrink, you have an addiction ;-)

Fred.

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Addiction? Maybe

So long as they keep rolling in with turbo exhaust manifolds i'll be right!

And Fred, there was an F8 at pick-a-part the other day, I seriously considered gettin it so I could make an NA motor for my 323 lol

turbo jesse turbo...
i almost wana grab it coz its different.

Go grab it then! But its missing a heap of parts now

nah dont feel like going back to n/a also cant be bothered pulling a motor from a wrecker.

Lazy...,.

dont forget that the F8 DOHC is easily converted to 2.0....and just as easily stroked to 2.2....

Low'N'Slow said:

I am putting a turbo on a FE3 and just looking for manifold options.

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what's that FE3 sitting in?

Maybe an Escort?

Yip. Mk1 2 door Escort. Just fitted up the mounts today and checked the fit of the cosmo gearbox. All seams pretty simple.

I knew it was an escort what year 70 's?

got a web site or more pics of the project? sounds cool

Low'N'Slow said:

Am i allowed to start a jroject thread on here?

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Definitely! They are encouraged

I can't believe I only just added 2 and 2 and realised who you were. Yes it should have been obvious, but I'm tired.

This should be a very sweet project And as a bonus, I'll get to see it one day with a bit of luck! Probably at Taupo ;-)

Fred.