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Engine Lift Brackets?
- Thread starter kwiktsi
- Start date
The TTA one is hard to find ... engines left the factory with the GN bracket on there and were later replaced (@ PAS) most likely to help stabilise the turbo better compared to the GN ... vibrations making the passanger side header crack ....
Post on the GN forums to find the GN bracket .... there's only the one bracket on these cars
Post on the GN forums to find the GN bracket .... there's only the one bracket on these cars
Here's the TTA bracket (first 3 pics) ... attach to both the intake stud (like the GN bracket) (you see this in pic 5) and also the back of the "turbo J shaped" bracket (pic 4) (where the heatshield also bolts to ... helping to support this area in another direction if you look how this is all bolted together.
And this is the GN bracket as installed on our engines @ BOC and shipped to PAS ... simple bracket just attached to the intake stud ... so if you compare you see how the TTA bracket help support the turbo better in one additonal direction so a useful improvement as they had issues with the GN setup they tried to eliminate to reduce warranty issues / claims ...
Ahh, that's what that extra bolt is for on there. My J bracket has a bolt there just tightened down to the bracket and I was wondering why.
On the TTA yes ... on the GN it's for a small heatshield as the GN got the vent pipe on the passanger side valve cover coming out in that area ... so the engineers simply reused that threaded hole (nut) on the J bracket saving them to redesign it (and saving cost).
pont1230
Well-Known Member
Yup, it's even more apart now lol.. That's what I typically do too, just figured I'd try to find them since I noticed they were missing.
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