both fronts 1 and 2 ...i already got a price from genesis...there are a $155 Each, so Im just checking to see if i can find cheaper ones that work with our car with virtually no fuss or muss

 

I'm going to be yanking my turbo off to put in a new cat/test pipe mounting stud since I torqued one of them off and installing a labree hfc at the same time. I'm not sure when I'll be doing this as my weekends for the next couple of weeks are pretty busy, but there's a good chance that it will happen the beginning of april.

anyone want to learn what goes into a turbo uninstall and reinstall?

 

Yes. Let me know when and I'll see if I can. School load is pretty busy.

 

sounds good. I'll post updates as I get a date narrowed down. there's a decent chance that this will end up being a two day project though.

 

I didn't think the turbo on the A4 was that bad I thought it was fairly attainable from under the hood.

 

it is, more or less, but I have the get the turbo out, drill out the broken stud with some easy-outs, replace it with the right sized stud, and then make sure everything is installed correctly, including my hfc that I plan on wrapping with some top-of-the-line aerospace grade thermal insulation that I was allowed to bring home from work (SCORE).

it might be a one day project, but I like to take my time when doing this kind of extensive work to make sure everything is done properly, so I padded it up to two days. we'll see though.

by the way, I plan on tackling this next wednesday night, 3/25, since I have the following two days off from work. if anyone wants to help/observe/supervise and is free at some point wed - fri, let me know.

 

I should be able to make it out and stop by for a while.

 

good deal. the more hands and eyes available for this, the better. I'll hit you up when I'm getting ready to jump into this.

 

I'm probably going to kick myself later, but I just backed out on a deal for a k04-015 for 500 shipped. I can't afford to drop any more cash on my car right now and I need to install all the **** I have piled up already before I get anything else.

I'll find another deal though. I just don't want to pick this up right now because I know it's going to lead to a fmic, inlet hose, injectors, fpr, and tuning, all of which won't be in my price range for a bit.

damnit.

 

I win

I just pulled that broken stud out of my turbo without removing. one of my buddies had a set of stripped nut removal tools that I was able to use to back the stud right out with. I'm buying a set of these ASAP just to have. I can't have enough of these little specialty tools.

if you haven't seen them, check em out:

http://www.uktools.com/images/js/big/IRBG.jpg

those guys saved me quite a bit of labor. all I have to do now is replace the studs and put on that HFC in the morning.