Twin Charged FD - Fraternal Twins

[RX SE7EN]

Check it out, bolted down and lined up (the bolts are temporary, I'll be ordering some better fitting, nicer looking bolts and spacers this week):
(Stock Belt works, but still working on mounting a tensioner)








This is the stock outlet pipe from the mercedes. I bought this so that I could have the smoothest transition coming out of the charger as possible. I'll be hacking it up and putting on a 2.75" pipe pretty close to the supercharger, so the big hole that you see won't be there for long. Notice it fits under the strut bar


Relocated fuse box to make room for intake piping into the throttle body from the intercooler:

The big box is mounted on its original bracket which I cut and bent to fit in the new spot, and bolted to a factory threaded hole. I still need to make a bracket for the smaller box.

Now its onto the piping.

I also removed the T78 turbo today (it started smoking at the end of last summer). I got the cold side housing off, the blades look great. I didn't get the hotside off yet, i'm a little worried about the blades though, before I got the car the engine had blown. and when I was getting it tuned last time they said it wasn't making the power that it should.

I got the band off that holds the hot side housing on, there was oil underneath it, so I at least I found the source of the smoldering smoke coming out from under the hood after it got hot.

There is a little slop in the shaft, I've seen worse, so hopefully the rebuild doesn't cost too much.

Does anyone know a good turbo rebuild shop? Must be someone that can do the T78.