I am upgrading to a new turbo soon and the turbo's I have been looking at use whats called the V-Band Clamp and adapter for the downpipe. I was wondering how exactly these work? Does your downpipe just pretty much "clamp" on to this adapter? I see alot of Supra's and big horsepower cars use these things, but dont know much about them. Anyone familiar with them and how they work?

As far as I know, they are generally good. I have t bolt clamps, basically the same thing.

I really dont know what I'm talking about. :shrug

A v-band clamp works by sandwiching the two v-band flanges together making a seal. I am running one on my turbo and it works great.

best time so far 14.3 @ 101.1mph(no traction)
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Yes they are better. No more gaskets, or leaks to deal with.

Ah thanks for the diagram.

So when I have my new DP made, they just weld that flange onto the end of it, and its connects to the clamp then the turbo adapter. Perfect.

They've been discussed a couple times in here before.

I use v-band flanges:

Is a straight t4 turbo too big for our 2.0's?
I think it would be tough to hit full boost, maybe not until around 4500rpm. Whats your thoughts on that?

I'd say it's way to big for anything other than a pure drag car. Make power where you can enjoy it.

This looks like a good upgrade. Its a 60-1 with a .63 a/r.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/T3-T4-Turbo-Stage-III-Wastegate-40MM-BOV-Combo_W0QQitemZ8005314032QQcategoryZ33742QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Whatcha think?

mike, do a search on that ss autochrome place....products are questionable at best...

there's a better one for sale in the Sale/Wanted section.

Originally posted by DarkOne
there's a better one for sale in the Sale/Wanted section.

ya the 60-1 t3/t4.

too bad he never PMd me back!

Oh yeah, 60 trim w/ a .63 a/r is great for a high power 2.0. :thumbsup

Originally posted by WickedESi
I'd say it's way to big for anything other than a pure drag car. Make power where you can enjoy it.

we have a local guy with an Integra 2.0 running a pure T04... on 14psi with some good tuning he made about 410whp and runs low 12s with absolutely no traction. Sees full boost at just over 4500rpm, so its got a serious beauty and the beast thing going on. An almost completely practical daily driver, that will rip up a quarter mile like nothing else.

Originally posted by BumpinTalon

Originally posted by WickedESi I'd say it's way to big for anything other than a pure drag car. Make power where you can enjoy it.

we have a local guy with an Integra 2.0 running a pure T04... on 14psi with some good tuning he made about 410whp and runs low 12s with absolutely no traction. Sees full boost at just over 4500rpm, so its got a serious beauty and the beast thing going on. An almost completely practical daily driver, that will rip up a quarter mile like nothing else.

Its the lag time that I am worried about though.

I may just go with the 60trim .63 a/r like i said.