300zx T25 bolt up? kind of important

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so i bid on and won a 300zx T25 from a z32, and i am waiting on it. but i just talked to someone that says they have a differant bolt pattern. i cant seem to find any pictures that show what they mean by that. I really hope i didnt just waste my money on something, because i REALLY need a new turbo like ASAP!

i mean ill even consider some sort of a trade if the 300zx one wont work, but i need the compresser houseing to be clocked so that it will fit my fwd application.

My other vehicle died this week, and my ca is almost ready to drive... so im borrowing a car till i can get it back on the road. ANY help is appreciated!!

Thanks in advance to anyone that can help or tries


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I think the bolt patern that is different is the flange on the exhaust housing where the o2 pipe bolts up to. I wanna say it's a 4 bolt pattern instead of the typical 5 bolt garrett t25 flange....... but I could be wrong.

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yeah...........here it is...........




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Yea, the Z32 use a 4 bolt pattern as opposed to our 5 bolt pattern. What you should be able to do though is to pull the exhaust housing off of your turbo and swap it onto the Z32 turbo.

Be aware though that the Z32 turbo is probably even smaller than the CA T25 that you're taking off of it.

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they make smallet t25s than the one on the CA?!? i thought we had the smallest ones unless you stepped down to a t15 or something. crazy nissan and their tiny worthless factory turbos.

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geeeze, i just keep getting screwed it seem these days.

I really wanted an sr20 turbo, the ones u guys cant fit without clocking them? i need them that way! anyone want to trade or sell me one? or would my wastegate dump from my ca T25 fit minus one bolt?

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Liquid_Neon wrote: would my wastegate dump from my ca T25 fit minus one bolt?
float_6969 wrote:pull the exhaust housing off of your turbo and swap it onto the Z32 turbo.

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whoops, i feel dumb about that.

but the bolt setup looked a little differant in those pictures, just gotten me a little worried.

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r34 gtr wrote:they make smallet t25s than the one on the CA?!? i thought we had the smallest ones unless you stepped down to a t15 or something. crazy nissan and their tiny worthless factory turbos.
Even smaller...............the tiny t2 that came on my ca18et........thats right t2!

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So im gonna try to put my system together without a replacement turbo. i dunno how long it will last though, just ran a finger inside the turbo snail compressed side... nice layer of oil (on my stock CA turbo). So im in the market for a turbo soon, in all honesty i want a GTiR turbo, since im fwd already. So if anyone hears or sees anything, id love to know.

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hey ladies sorry to bring back an old post, but what about the dump pipe from and s12 with the 4 bolt pattern would that bolt up?


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