im thinking about upgrading turbos from the T25 to the T28 what is all involved in doing the upgrade?

 

turbo, oilllines
i have an s15 t28
greddy downpipe
s15 430cc injectors
safc2
turbosmart boost controller
1500 for all

 

if youve never had the turbo off before and the motor is still in the car its a bitch of a swap.

It takes me 5 hours to do it and i know every bolt and tool needed so expect a little more time for anyone not experienced. The whole manifold/o2 housing and turbo need to come off as one piece. Nissan put a special lock washer on the turbo bolts so the nuts would not spin off. These lock washers do not allow a wrench/socket to go around them and they are very inaccessable. so the manifold needs to come off. all the lines are the worst part of the swap.

 

5 Hours? You're talking about uninstall and install,right. First time I took all that of it only took like an hour or 2. Yeah the lock washers are a bitch,but you can get to them if you pry the tab back. I was lucky,half of the nuts on my turbo were already loose when I did mine.

 

droping the mani is 10x easyr, and you might as well replace all that hardware while your in there

 

removal
installation
burping the motor and checking for fuckups.


This time i said was for fully stock swaps with a/c since we all know all that bs on the shock tower for cold start and ac lines and other bs.