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Old 08-10-06, 09:43 AM
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housing ? with pix

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?

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That's an earlier 13B housing from a GSL-SE or earlier 13B.
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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?
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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 :\
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Originally Posted by adrock3217
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

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Old 08-10-06, 11:38 AM
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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?
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thats what clued me into the fact that i might not be able to use it.
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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
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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.
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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.

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Not everyone has a milling machine and an Engine Dyno in their shop?????
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Originally Posted by banzaitoyota
Not everyone has a milling machine and an Engine Dyno in their shop?????

haha, John you jackass!
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haha, John you jackass!

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Originally Posted by RacerXtreme7
Used ones aren't expensive.

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

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