# turbo mani help **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [October 14, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-mani-help/56459 "2008-10-14T18:19:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![b18tegra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/b18tegra/32/5199_2.png) [@b18tegra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/b18tegra)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-mani-help/56459/1 "2008-10-14T18:19:36Z")
I recently bought a SC61 turbo and my exhaust housing is comming in contact with where my wastegate should go! Any help would be great! Sorry pics are big… i was hoping it would help explain whats wrong. ![http://i35.tinypic.com/358b11e.jpg](http://i35.tinypic.com/358b11e.jpg) ![http://i38.tinypic.com/2505yzk.jpg](http://i38.tinypic.com/2505yzk.jpg) ![http://i33.tinypic.com/264i791.jpg](http://i33.tinypic.com/264i791.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![turbominime4door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@turbominime4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbominime4door)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-mani-help/56459/2 "2008-10-31T05:09:15Z")
clock the turbo a little down and it should clear ---
**Author:** ![Toda\_Party](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/toda_party/32/7354_2.png) [@Toda\_Party](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Toda_Party)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-mani-help/56459/3 "2008-10-31T06:59:09Z")
u can’t clock the turbo any differently to clear, cuz that’s how its supposed to bolt to the flange. that mani looks like a pos lol? cut off the wastegate flange and have it re-welded to clear the turbine housing ---
**Author:** ![SideWinderGX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@SideWinderGX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SideWinderGX)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-mani-help/56459/4 "2008-10-31T07:17:53Z")
Big pictures =/= good pictures. Either get a spacer to fit in between the turbo and the manifold, or grind away some material on the manifold…don’t go through it though. Those don’t work, your looking at a welding job or a new manifold unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![607motorsports](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/607motorsports/32/5232_2.png) [@607motorsports](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/607motorsports)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-mani-help/56459/5 "2008-10-31T07:26:45Z")
Yeah definately going to require a new flange man, that’s really not even close. ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-mani-help/56459/6 "2008-10-31T08:52:09Z")
just get longer bolts, an extra flange, and use two gaskets to make a spacer of about 3/8" to set the turbo down more so you can get a wastegate in there. otherwise get a small elbow of 1.5" ID exhaust tubing and another wastegate flange, and weld the tubing to redirect the wastegate section upward and further away from the manifold, and put the new flange on the end of that. Or, if there is enough room, turn the turbo around so it offsets to the rear instead of the front. ---
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-mani-help/56459/7 "2008-10-31T09:40:37Z")
wht mani is that? ---
**Author:** ![Shrek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shrek/32/7364_2.png) [@Shrek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shrek)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-mani-help/56459/8 "2008-10-31T10:33:46Z")
This is old news… We addressed this issue by making a spacer that rotates the WG. The mani does seem to be designed to have the exhaust side tucked under and have the compressor to the left. Any ways our welder is MIA… Wild Bill where the fuck are you? ---
**Author:** ![Toda\_Party](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/toda_party/32/7354_2.png) [@Toda\_Party](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Toda_Party)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-mani-help/56459/9 "2008-10-31T10:43:58Z")
the wg flange is just welded at a shitty angle, pointing down. if it was just level, it’d clear fine ---
**Author:** ![mindless](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mindless/32/7286_2.png) [@mindless](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mindless)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-mani-help/56459/10 "2008-10-31T10:59:00Z")
Hard to tell i would say turbo looks like it needs to be flipped around. ---
**Author:** ![Shrek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shrek/32/7364_2.png) [@Shrek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shrek)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-mani-help/56459/11 "2008-10-31T11:52:23Z")
> [@Toda Party](#): > > the wg flange is just welded at a shitty angle, pointing down. if it was just level, it’d clear fine Not with out a welder > [@mindless](#): > > Hard to tell i would say turbo looks like it needs to be flipped around. Thats what I said/ think ---
**Author:** ![Toda\_Party](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/toda_party/32/7354_2.png) [@Toda\_Party](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Toda_Party)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-mani-help/56459/12 "2008-10-31T12:16:40Z")
the problem w/ flipping the turbo around is, then u gotta re do the whole downpipe setup, and in some cars it might interfere w/ the PS and AC hardware…unless the DP isnt made yet, then yeah try that ---
**Author:** ![Shrek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shrek/32/7364_2.png) [@Shrek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shrek)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-mani-help/56459/13 "2008-10-31T12:20:09Z")
Rewelding would be the way to go. So far the way we did it is working