# what am i missing off my turbo parts list ?

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [November 9, 2006, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-am-i-missing-off-my-turbo-parts-list/19954 "2006-11-09T11:16:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-am-i-missing-off-my-turbo-parts-list/19954/1 "2006-11-09T11:16:09Z")

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copied and pasted right out of my list, i know im forgetting stuff as i go, so i figured id just let you guys read thru and remind me now.

general observations are welcome, car is a ls1 firebird if anyone wants to make vehical specific observations. after i get a base list, ill be breaking it down item by item to specify sizes / lengths ect

tubing: $414  
304 stainless:  
(1) 2" 180 degree  
(3) 2.5" 180 degree  
(3) 3" 180 degree

mild steel:  
(2) 2" 180 degree  
(2) 3.5" 180 degree

exhaust:  
.truck manifolds - ebay - $120  
.truck manifold gaskets  
.manifold flanges - stainless works FLNGCDH FLNGCPH - 70 + shipping  
.manifold flange gaskets  
.manifold flex pipes - vibrant - VIB-4556 $41.16 ???right one???  
.NBO2 bungs  
.Turbo - $1050  
.turbo flanges  
.oil lines and fittings  
.water lines and fittings  
.Wastegate  
.Wastegate flange’s  
.wastegate gaskets  
.wastegate flexpipe  
.dump v band - turbo  
.dump v band - rear  
.cat back

Intake:  
.filter -  
.couplers  
… filter pipe to turbo - 4"  
…turbo to intercooler pipe - 3"  
…intercooler pipe to turbo - 3"  
…intercooler to pipe - 3"  
…pipe to throttle body -???"  
…TOTAL - one 4" & four 3"  
.BOV  
.Intercooler - 24"X12"X3 - $160  
.tbolts  
… filter - 4" x1  
… filter pipe to turbo - 4" x2  
…turbo to intercooler pipe - 3" x2  
…intercooler pipe to turbo - 3" x2  
…intercooler to pipe - 3" x2  
…pipe to throttle body - 3" x2  
…TOTAL - six 4" & eight 3"  
.vac lines and fittings  
.Boost Controller

Fuel / tuning  
.fuel pump - 225  
.injectors $425.  
.fuel lines  
.fuel press reg  
.adapters of any sort ???  
.tuning software

engine & tranny parts:  
.oil pump - internal  
.oil pump - external  
.engine oil cooler  
.tranny oil cooler  
.oil pump lines - external  
.oil pump wiring / switch / relay  
.oil catch can & fittings  
.serpentine belt - a/c deleat  
.new crank bolt (ARP $30)  
.front crank seal ($23)  
.poly engine mounts  
.2 bar map - GM PN 12580698

gauges:  
.wideband - 265  
.boost  
.oil pressure  
.tranny temp  
.engine oil temp  
.fuel - mech on fpr  
.gauge pod  
.wiring (pos, neg, + multiple colors for signal wires)

Steel stock  
.alternator mount  
.turbo mount - angle iron  
.intercooler mount  
.intercooler shroud  
.piping gussets  
.piping brackets

Bolts:  
.head -\> manifold  
.manifold -\> y pipe  
.Y pipe -\> turbo  
.turbo -\> dump tube  
.wastegate  
.turbo support bolts  
.piping mounts  
.intercooler mounts

Other Parts:  
.rear LCA relocation brackets  
.panhard bar relocation bracket

Random Supplies & Gaskets:  
.Coolant  
.oil & filter  
.RVT gasket maker  
.loctite

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**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:** [November 9, 2006, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-am-i-missing-off-my-turbo-parts-list/19954/2 "2006-11-09T11:20:38Z")

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your gonna need an angle fixer for starters.  
get a tranny cooler, if the car already has one, get a bigger one.  
an oil cooler might not be a bad idea considering your already running lines for an external pump.  
possibly a turbo timer?

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**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-am-i-missing-off-my-turbo-parts-list/19954/3 "2006-11-09T11:29:25Z")

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-angle fixer = back in my possesion

external pump is for oil retreival out of the turbo, as its going to be a very low mount turbo…but at the same time, i might go ahead and try out my idea for also using it to circulate oil from the pan thru a cooler and back to the pan …

-turbo timer - maybe for stage 2 of the project, but im sure Tim has the self control not to shut the car off immediatly after a hard pull

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**Author:** ![93dx\_hatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90ced4/32.png) [@93dx\_hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/93dx_hatch)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-am-i-missing-off-my-turbo-parts-list/19954/4 "2006-11-09T11:35:46Z")

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are you gonna turbo an ls1?

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**Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-am-i-missing-off-my-turbo-parts-list/19954/5 "2006-11-09T11:37:49Z")

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yes …

maybe 2 if the other guy likes how the first one comes out…

maybe 3 someone who asked me a while back is still interested in the idea

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**Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-am-i-missing-off-my-turbo-parts-list/19954/6 "2006-11-09T13:37:22Z")

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i would think about getting a fuel pressure gauge and temp if your going to be using an external oil pump.

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**Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-am-i-missing-off-my-turbo-parts-list/19954/7 "2006-11-09T13:45:02Z")

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fuel pressure gauge is going right on the FPR  
oil pressure - added to the list  
oil temp, already on there, along w/ tranny temp, cause this car is autotragic 🙂

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**Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-am-i-missing-off-my-turbo-parts-list/19954/8 "2006-11-09T13:46:23Z")

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> [@HotRodKid](#):
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> fuel pressure gauge is going right on the FPR  
> oil pressure - added to the list

whoops, yeah i meant oil pressure, not fuel. :ham:

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**Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-am-i-missing-off-my-turbo-parts-list/19954/9 "2006-11-22T02:23:54Z")

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project got canceled ☹

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**Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 6:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-am-i-missing-off-my-turbo-parts-list/19954/10 "2006-11-22T06:13:26Z")

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3bar

2bar is for pussies

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**Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-am-i-missing-off-my-turbo-parts-list/19954/11 "2006-11-22T08:55:53Z")

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> [@HotRodKid](#):
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> project got canceled ☹

.

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**Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-am-i-missing-off-my-turbo-parts-list/19954/12 "2006-11-22T13:49:17Z")

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because person x thought it was only gunna be about 2k… :lol: silly boy

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**Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-am-i-missing-off-my-turbo-parts-list/19954/13 "2006-11-22T13:57:24Z")

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> [@HotRodKid](#):
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> project got canceled ☹

If your still interested, i may have 3/4 of an lt-1 that id be interested in boosting sometime down the road 😉

Or i may just puss out and do a 383 :gotme:
