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Old Mar 7, 2005 | 12:26 PM
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well, i went to bolt up the dp flange to the turbo and the son of a bitch is to small. so i sent atpturbo.com an email, here is what they said:
Shop around. If you can't find one, we'll cut one for you at a custom
machining cost of $60 on the CNC machine.

> i see, well what do you recommend
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Info@ATPTurbo" <Info@ATPTurbo.com>
> Sent: Mar 7, 2005 3:35 AM
> To: raiden571@earthlink.net
> Subject: Re: Your Online Order Placed with ATP Turbo.com
>
> The flange we sell is for the universal T3 style and it fits 99.9%
> of the turbos. You seem to have an oddball turbo that was used
> stock on some other car. The flange cannot be used.
>
> > the flange that i got does not fit my turbo. the turbo is a T3 and
> > internally wastegated. its a garrett with .42/.48 and 60 trim. i
> > also attached a few images so you can see how far off it is. the
> > inner diameter is perfect, but the bolt holes are way off.
> >
so im kinda pissed and theres no way in hell im gonna pay 60 bux for a flange. im gonna go to a local muffler shop and see what they have and if that doesnt work, ill get a chunk of steel and make my own at my buddies machine shop. ugh, well heres a pic of the $20 + $10 shipping flange that doesnt fit

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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 03:51 PM
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that sucks man, i would just send the other one back and machine your own.
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Old Mar 9, 2005 | 04:38 PM
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atp wont take it back, go figure. but, i found out what kind of flange it is. the turbo is from down2turbo and he uses those fawking mercedes t3 flanges. so im gonna go to a local muffle shop and sift thru there supply. anyone want a brand new t3 flange?
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