sup guys, i have this one turbo housing to use in my rebuild and it seems to have its own spot for a water jacket seal and none of my N/A housimgs have the same, can anyone shed some light on this for me?

thanks
Dennis

 

That's an earlier 13B housing from a GSL-SE or earlier 13B.

 

can it be used in an s4 n/a rebuild, and if so are there any things i need to do to make it work?

 

I'm betting the port sizes are different..

You'd have to do some hellacious port-matching to get them to flow equally. That and...its older...most likely the S4+ has revised coolant areas, etc...


I wouldn't use it :\

 

the water jacket is a good question, and the n/a port is about .120in wider

 

You can't use it. If you look at your S4 irons, they have a groove cut in them for the water jacket o-ring. If you use that housing, there is no surface on the housing for the ring to seal against....The S4-S6 housings are not grooved and are totally flat...

Here's an S4 housing:"



And the iron to match:



See the difference in water o-ring locations?

 

thats what clued me into the fact that i might not be able to use it.

 

You can fill in one set of the grooves, I've done it. And if that isnt good enough Daryl Drummond does it. Just use DEVCON Liquid Steel B and follow their tech instructions to the letter. I have pics posted over on the other site of a set of irons I filled the water seal groove on for a P-Port engine


I am using 84 Housings with a S5 Front iron, works fine

 

Pics

 

might be possible but i sure wouldn't advise it for a daily driver or any engine you expect to get a fair amount of miles out of. a J-port or P-Port engine is hardly comparable to a daily driven engine.

 

Possible to use it, YES (if your particular in your work and have a end mill or a very well set up drill press with a moving bed). But it’s a bad idea for someone who doesn't posses those tools or who has little patience for attention to detail. Just get the proper housing. Used ones aren't expensive.

~Mike.............

 

Not everyone has a milling machine and an Engine Dyno in their shop?????

 

haha, John you jackass!

 

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Now back to our regularly scheduled programming

 

correct, but i continually get ripped on housings on this board

but a mill and drill press, i may have....