OK as promised, here's the install guide to my tacos turbo system.. some of the details were left out because i had already fabricated certain things and modded out my plug above the oil filter for the turbo feed line.. you will see pics of the product though so you might get the idea..
OK first off this is what a bare 2.4 engine looks like. Pardon the blurry pictures, i did most of the work in a hurry, and the pics weren't the best..
well here it is .. a Toyota 2rz taco motor stripped of its crappy n/a exhaust manifold and intake.
stripped don't mind the piping and oil drain. i wont cover that because I'm not undoing welds just to show ya'll ..lol however i will post a pic of the drain where it goes to.
OK from here in the pic above, you have a clean slate, first thing to do would be to install the exhaust manifold.. Now mine is wrapped with heat wrap, you don't have to do this, i was just sick of the heat under the hood.. supposedly its not a great idea to wrap it with all that heat, however i don't care..
first off don't forget to install an exhaust manifold gasket or you will be in a world of hate when you have to take It all back off. Here is a pic of the gasket... mine wasn't very bad so i just reused it , I'd suggest getting a new one if you have some miles on your truck. this gasket had less than 50K on it so it wasn't bad , just cleaned it up a bit
exhaust gasket next step would be to install the header, the header is a main piece here, so take your time . it might take some work to get it on the studs. mine likes to get hung up on the a/c bracket and the motor mount, but once its in its perfect. here's my wrapped benzboy mani installed
header installed for the manifold , i reused the stock nuts that secured the manifold to the studs. i could not locate any nuts that had the same thread pitch as my studs in my shop , so i opted to keep it simple and reuse... now the nuts themselves are 9/16th's in size (wrench size) might be 14mm, but i had no problems with them and a 9/16th's.
the pic isn't the best, however the other one I took came out extremely fuzzy... now here you can see the flange where the turbo bolts up to the manifold.. now don't forget to put in a crush gasket between the turbo and flange, i personally forgot to do it twice and after i spent 20 minutes bolting down the turbo again i was cussing at myself.. so don't forget the gasket!!!!
next up would be to attach the oil drain and oil feed lines.. now i already had the oil feed lines and drain lines run, so your on your own to install those, but the oil feed can be attached to either of these plugs.. what i did was take it out. drill a nice big holes in it and tap it with a die so that my fitting would screw in.. also when dealing with any fluids through a fitting use Teflon tape. especially on all the oil fittings.
now here's a nice pic of where the oil drain runs from the turbo, and also below that is a pic of where you can attach the feed lines for the turbo.( the green circle is where i put mine from , however you can also use the other plug just as easy.
here's where the drain goes to the oil pan.. basically you drill a huge hole in your oil pan above the oil line so that the turbo can put oil back into the engine.. umm always take off the oil pan before drilling, and that requires taking off a cross member and the sway bar in my case to make it easier to get the pan out.. also make sure you weld or j/b weld the fitting in..
drain and here's the feed spots for the turbo .. like i already said you can use either plug
feed spots alright next , after you get the oil inlet and outlet sorted out your gonna bolt up the turbo.. like i said, make sure to put in a gasket.. sorry i keep repeating many things, but i believe it is essential, or you will be very pissed off...lol anyways , your gonna bolt on the turbo and hook up the oil inlet line(use Teflon tape on the fittings) ans bolt on the drain fitting .. once again Teflon tape and my drain flange had a gasket for it. for installing the first time, i suggest leaving the drain hose unattached to the turbo before you bolt it in place, that way its easier to bolt up the flange to it, because lines do not like to come off of barbed fittings...anyways hers; the pic of it all installed.. oh also it might be easier when bolting down the turbo to remove the wategate,, just a little trick i learned.
turbo installed
well now that the turbo is installed, go drink a beer, you've already come a long way, and you should have a smile on your face from her on out, because remember your truck now has a nice heave hairdryer under the hood.. now from her eon out we'll proceed to the downpipe..wel if i would have taken pics of it i would explain coolant lines for the turbo.. not all of them have the oil and water cooled feature, but i did.. it think you can figure it out. OK the downpipe is pretty straight forward connect one end to the turbo back and the other to the exhaust.. mine is already fabricated, so if you have to fab it have fun...lol and don't make fun of my exhaust gasket and don't even and about it, it didn't work...lol
downpipe
notice also i have an egt probe installed.. i defiantly would recommend taping drilling and welding that fitting in off the truck..
OK from here its all about piping.. you can run a single piece from the turbo to the tb., or as i did set it up for an intercooler which i don't have yet ironically...lol anyways here's a pic of it all installed, now if you're fabbing your own piping, don't forget the blow off valve...
money shot thats the end result.. basically your truck goes from slow and with 5psi its moving pretty decently, and om 10psi its a monster of a sleeper... i get more compliments on my turbo than anything and i get complimented more when they see it run or ride in it.. its definitely fun.. i hope ya'll enjoyed the install and hopefully in shed some light on the install process.. now in every truck its different, if you have a bolt in kit like el prototypes or LC Eng, it will be a similar process, but much easier, and i assume for 2500 dollars they provide you with some instructions...lol
anyways ya'll asked for it here it is, enjoy and please gimme feedback like if it helped or not, and if you need something more specific p.m. me with questions
OK first off this is what a bare 2.4 engine looks like. Pardon the blurry pictures, i did most of the work in a hurry, and the pics weren't the best..
well here it is .. a Toyota 2rz taco motor stripped of its crappy n/a exhaust manifold and intake.
stripped don't mind the piping and oil drain. i wont cover that because I'm not undoing welds just to show ya'll ..lol however i will post a pic of the drain where it goes to.
OK from here in the pic above, you have a clean slate, first thing to do would be to install the exhaust manifold.. Now mine is wrapped with heat wrap, you don't have to do this, i was just sick of the heat under the hood.. supposedly its not a great idea to wrap it with all that heat, however i don't care..
first off don't forget to install an exhaust manifold gasket or you will be in a world of hate when you have to take It all back off. Here is a pic of the gasket... mine wasn't very bad so i just reused it , I'd suggest getting a new one if you have some miles on your truck. this gasket had less than 50K on it so it wasn't bad , just cleaned it up a bit
exhaust gasket next step would be to install the header, the header is a main piece here, so take your time . it might take some work to get it on the studs. mine likes to get hung up on the a/c bracket and the motor mount, but once its in its perfect. here's my wrapped benzboy mani installed
header installed for the manifold , i reused the stock nuts that secured the manifold to the studs. i could not locate any nuts that had the same thread pitch as my studs in my shop , so i opted to keep it simple and reuse... now the nuts themselves are 9/16th's in size (wrench size) might be 14mm, but i had no problems with them and a 9/16th's.
the pic isn't the best, however the other one I took came out extremely fuzzy... now here you can see the flange where the turbo bolts up to the manifold.. now don't forget to put in a crush gasket between the turbo and flange, i personally forgot to do it twice and after i spent 20 minutes bolting down the turbo again i was cussing at myself.. so don't forget the gasket!!!!
next up would be to attach the oil drain and oil feed lines.. now i already had the oil feed lines and drain lines run, so your on your own to install those, but the oil feed can be attached to either of these plugs.. what i did was take it out. drill a nice big holes in it and tap it with a die so that my fitting would screw in.. also when dealing with any fluids through a fitting use Teflon tape. especially on all the oil fittings.
now here's a nice pic of where the oil drain runs from the turbo, and also below that is a pic of where you can attach the feed lines for the turbo.( the green circle is where i put mine from , however you can also use the other plug just as easy.
here's where the drain goes to the oil pan.. basically you drill a huge hole in your oil pan above the oil line so that the turbo can put oil back into the engine.. umm always take off the oil pan before drilling, and that requires taking off a cross member and the sway bar in my case to make it easier to get the pan out.. also make sure you weld or j/b weld the fitting in..
drain and here's the feed spots for the turbo .. like i already said you can use either plug
feed spots alright next , after you get the oil inlet and outlet sorted out your gonna bolt up the turbo.. like i said, make sure to put in a gasket.. sorry i keep repeating many things, but i believe it is essential, or you will be very pissed off...lol anyways , your gonna bolt on the turbo and hook up the oil inlet line(use Teflon tape on the fittings) ans bolt on the drain fitting .. once again Teflon tape and my drain flange had a gasket for it. for installing the first time, i suggest leaving the drain hose unattached to the turbo before you bolt it in place, that way its easier to bolt up the flange to it, because lines do not like to come off of barbed fittings...anyways hers; the pic of it all installed.. oh also it might be easier when bolting down the turbo to remove the wategate,, just a little trick i learned.
turbo installed
well now that the turbo is installed, go drink a beer, you've already come a long way, and you should have a smile on your face from her on out, because remember your truck now has a nice heave hairdryer under the hood.. now from her eon out we'll proceed to the downpipe..wel if i would have taken pics of it i would explain coolant lines for the turbo.. not all of them have the oil and water cooled feature, but i did.. it think you can figure it out. OK the downpipe is pretty straight forward connect one end to the turbo back and the other to the exhaust.. mine is already fabricated, so if you have to fab it have fun...lol and don't make fun of my exhaust gasket and don't even and about it, it didn't work...lol
downpipe
notice also i have an egt probe installed.. i defiantly would recommend taping drilling and welding that fitting in off the truck..
OK from here its all about piping.. you can run a single piece from the turbo to the tb., or as i did set it up for an intercooler which i don't have yet ironically...lol anyways here's a pic of it all installed, now if you're fabbing your own piping, don't forget the blow off valve...
money shot thats the end result.. basically your truck goes from slow and with 5psi its moving pretty decently, and om 10psi its a monster of a sleeper... i get more compliments on my turbo than anything and i get complimented more when they see it run or ride in it.. its definitely fun.. i hope ya'll enjoyed the install and hopefully in shed some light on the install process.. now in every truck its different, if you have a bolt in kit like el prototypes or LC Eng, it will be a similar process, but much easier, and i assume for 2500 dollars they provide you with some instructions...lol
anyways ya'll asked for it here it is, enjoy and please gimme feedback like if it helped or not, and if you need something more specific p.m. me with questions
) that I wanna get into shape. It's not a v-6 so I wanna get some power out of it and well from what I know about engines the more air you get in, the more power your gonna get out.
