Gutting cat on gen1 sw20 turbo

[Grrrrrrr!]

How much of a PITA is it to do?

And how long would it take?

Is it safe to drive ~500kms open road trip with a blocked cat?

[Akane]

Oh yeah it's a pain in the ass, the cat serves as a downpipe too.

easiest is to get an aussie downpipe.

[Grrrrrrr!]

Bugger, not the answer I wanted. How easy/cheaply/quickly can the aussie ones be sourced? Or am i better off stealing the one of the neighbours wrecked mr2 and getting a downpipe made up?

[Malcolm]

Buy an XS power downpipe, the one on my MR2 has survived for around 40,000km so far, got it from Driven Performance for quite cheap. Taking the cat off is a huge pain in the ass, enjoy!

[Al]

I gutted my old cat converter with some help, only took a couple of hours out and back in again. This was with a hoist though.

[solitaire]

pretty sure we took it off with the turbo then took it off while it was off the car... a hacksaw and a significant amount of swearing was involved.

[Akane]

and a significant amount of swearing was involved.

a bit like anything that invovles in working with a 3S-GTE.

[Grrrrrrr!]

Cheers guys, will make a reasonable offer and see what the owner says.

Not afraid of a bit of swearing, and skinned knuckles, and any excuse to buy new tools is good enough for me.

[solitaire]

Cheers guys, will make a reasonable offer and see what the owner says.

Not afraid of a bit of swearing, and skinned knuckles, and any excuse to buy new tools is good enough for me.

If i were doing it again i would disconnect the turbo oil drain where it enters the sump... way easier than tryingto get the oil feed line off with it connected, just do an oil change at the same time

[Akane]

If i were doing it again i would leave it alone and save my knuckles

Fixed.

[solitaire]

If i were doing it again i would leave it alone and save my knuckles

Fixed.

Actually you are probably right, if i hadn't have swapped the turbo it wouldn't have had the gasket on wrong, which wouldnt have made the turbo leak oil, which wouldnt have caused the smoke, which wouldn't have made me think my perfectly good engine was rooted and buy another one only to discover it was the turbo shitting oil out the exhaust when i dropped the engine

[levinguy]

Cheers guys, will make a reasonable offer and see what the owner says.

Not afraid of a bit of swearing, and skinned knuckles, and any excuse to buy new tools is good enough for me.

famous last words...

but to be honest, i don't think its as hard as these guys make out, as long as the nuts undo and aren't stripped. (unlikely )

6/7 or so on the turbo, 3 bolts on the bottom, and a couple for the bracket?

[solitaire]

but to be honest, i don't think its as hard as these guys make out, as long as the nuts undo and aren't stripped. (unlikely )

6/7 or so on the turbo, 3 bolts on the bottom, and a couple for the bracket?

It all depends on how lucky you are i think, i had to saw through the bracket, and we were doing it on ramps in a cramped dark garage.

Doing it my current garage would be ok

[Dell'Orto]

Nah they're pretty easy....if you can soak them in CRC for a bit first it makes all the difference.

[Akane]

I could do you a deal on a Garrett GT setup, so I can buy Chris's KKK turbo......

problem solved.

[levinguy]

I could do you a deal on a Garrett GT setup, so I can buy Chris's KKK turbo......

problem solved.

that doesn't solve the problem of the car being a sw20??

[Akane]

that doesn't solve the problem of the car being a sw20??

It lessens the pain a bit. It's like sprinkle sugar on the shit that you're about to eat.

[solitaire]

I could do you a deal on a Garrett GT setup, so I can buy Chris's KKK turbo......

problem solved.

NOOOO Disco potato is for me when i win 2nd devision lotto!!!!