1jz, taking off the twins with the rear turbo touching the firewall

[shipkiller]

1989 canadian mk3 turbo mt with a 1jz.
I used DM 1jz/2jz mk3 mount bracket for the swap, however the engine wouldn't go in until I gave the firewall a bit of a beating near the area where the A/C evaporator rest agains't. It barely got in and the rear turbo intake pipe was always touching the firewall (was not a issue).

I now need to remove the twins and I cannot remove the rear turbo intake pipe to slide it off the manifold. I am now to the point where I'm thinking to take the saw-all to the rear manifold (I'm going single, I won't need the manifolds anymore).
Is there anything I can do before using that evil tool.

ps: I'm trying at all cost to remove the twins without lifting the engine out of there

 

[IndigoMKII]

Loosen the engine/transmission mounts and pull the engine towards the front bumper. Support it like that while trying to take the rear turbo off.

 

[shipkiller]

I don't think the square engine mounts allow enough forward movement to completly remove either the studs or the intake pipe.

 

[Mk3turbo_newb]

:thumbup: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ :thumbup:

 

[shipkiller]

Finally got them out by battling with them and using vicegrips to remove the studs.

fuck my arm is sore

 

[planemos]

Congratulations. I never thought about this but one day I will probably have to do this as well hahaha

 

[ochocinco5k]

Hey since your ditching the twin's, I had a quick question. Is it neccesary to switch to aftermarket fuel management when switching to a single setup ?

I was planning on running a EFR 6258, which is advertised to support up to 440hp, but I'm shooting for around 350 hp. I was just wondering if fuel pressure and boost was roughly the same, would the factory computer handle that ?