i hope so too. there doesnt seem to be much room back there but everyone says its actually pretty easy minus the heat shield.

 

Yea, its really easy. It just takes a while. Ratchet wrenches are a must btw. at least have a 10mm to get in those tight spots to remove the heatshield on the 02 housing. The others are all 13mm IIRC. Take the 02 housing off the turbo before you try and pull the stock turbo off btw. makes life 10x easier.

 

Yea, from looking at the top it looks like a terror, but from underneath she looks roomy. I almost bought a BNR. Great turbo for the price and performance for sure. I'm just one of those ZZP EFR dreaming hopefuls I guess haha

 

cool. and when i install the BNR should i mount the turbo first then connect the 02 housing?

 

I would. Its not hard to get the 02 housing on and off and it makes mounting and clocking the turbo easier. You might hate yourself if you don't, I've been in that kind of situation before, lol!!

 

This is happening today, or tomorrow?

 

In for hopefully some good pics of the install!

 

DONE. wow, way harder than i imagined. i would rather do a clutch.

but it works great. i only took a couple pics. lol. like 3. ill post them later. my hands are killing me. worked non stop from 9am to 4:50pm.

 

Good **** man, at least you got it on there!

 

yup car runs pretty much the same except one thing i noticed.

i have 3" straight piped exhaust and with the stock turbo i can hear it "whistle" through the exhaust quite easily when im driving.

i dont hear the BNR turbo "whistle" at all. sounds like i added a muffler.

 

Now you have to update every thread you made, Dart. That's your punishment.

 

lol. i got carried away on the threads. im just exited. and a bit drunk. fake paddys day!

 

I second this motion

 

3 pictures!?!?!?

At least post those 3 and give some cliff notes on the install bc it doesn't look all that hard...

I'm interested in water line hook ups, heat shield removal, O2 hosing.... All of it actually