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Turbo Odyssey Part 19 -- The Shroud of DeWitt
July 24, 2005
This weekend I have been working on getting the shroud installed. Once again I am learning that order is everything. I have not started installing the lower shrouds because I am waiting on parts to finish them. I did however make progress on the upper shrouds and the exhaust.
Turbos are unique in that they have exhaust plumbing that passes through the shroud. It is a little challenging to install the turbo inlet pipe. It installs on top of the turbo support bracket, goes through two collars that bolt to the top of the left, front and top shrouds, must avoid the heater hose shroud and enter the Y-pipe. I found that the best way to do this was with the two collar shroud pieces and the Y-pipe loose. After the inlet pipe was threaded through the top shroud, the collar that compresses the exhaust packing and then the packing itself are installed onto the inlet. Then the inlet is fitted into the Y-pipe.
I took a couple of photos to show the progress to date:
That's it for now.