A little history first. I have a 2019 Carrera T and last summer did a Cobb Access-port and a Pro Tune to Stage 2 with SharkWorks Exhaust; Soul 200 cats; AMS intercoolers. Now I'm installing the GTS turbos and a set of Vektor headers. Right off the bat I find that the water coolant lines are solid SS tubing and really have no flexing to be able to pull away from the turbos so I can remove them. The oil return has a short section of rubber hose so it came off easy. The oil pressure line is solid SS and positioned right under the 2 coolant lines on the turbo which are the hole problem.
It seems the 2 coolant lines go from the turbos up to a manifold on top of the engine, near the flywheel. No way to reach in there and see if I can undo a line or two.









This last photo shows the oil pressure line (center of photo) on top and under the coolant lines. No way to get the T-30 socket in there with the coolant lines in the way.
Will I have to drop the engine/trans for this coolant line problem?

 

Hey, hope this helps

 

Thanks, perfect. It says nothing about being gentle with the lines. I might have to give them a little bend.

 

Mind sharing who did your protunes?

 

Thanks again.

 

Jason & Ian at Bend Calibrations did my Pro Tune. They will be doing some more after these additions.

 

Your car is going to RIP with the GTS turbos! They make like 100whp more than the base turbos are capable of at redline. Where the base turbos fall flat, the GTS turbos keep going up.

 

Ready to install the new GTS turbos. Must have tools, Trox male & female E-8 and E-10 with 1/4 inch drive. Besides the normal exhaust gaskets you will need all the O-rings for the coolant and oil lines that connect to the turbos. A total of 5 lines to each turbo. 8 to 10 different sized O-rings depending on which turbo, left or right. Drained about a gallon of coolant from the lines. Hope that wouldn't be a problem later when all is done. Air in the coolant system?
Few photos of the GTS turbos.











Installation on this 4-5-6 side was not to bad. Most connections were fairly straight forward. Vektor headers installed first then turbo.




















Will start on the 1-2-3 side this weekend.

 

Any thought to going to a 'bigger' turbo than the GTS turbos? Just asking, b/c if you are going to all the work going to a larger turbo wouldn't be that much more work.

Looking forward to the end results

 

I got a very very good price on the GTS turbos so I went with that. I did look into a few company's that were producing larger turbos but the one's I have should work well along with all the other upgrades I have done.

 

With your parts combo and GTS turbos, you're looking at 600hp+ and 130mph trap speeds. It's a proven recipe. It should hold you over for a while at least Though going bigger turbo will of course introduce a bit more lag.

 

Definitely will be a beast.

 

600+ I was looking for around 500 to 525hp. I am also adding a set of "Tial Turbo Intake Tubes". This might help with reducing some of the turbo lag.

 

I should clarify, 600+ crank. 4point0, flickroll, fsmich are all basically running the same parts combo as you and trapping 130mph in their GTSs.

 

and PTS-BRG I believe