Part 1: Battery Disconnect

Time: 3 Minutes   Difficulty: 1/10

Step 1: Locate the battery's negative terminal.


Step 2: Loosen the nut that secures the terminal using a 10mm socket or 10mm wrench.


Step 3: Lift the terminal off the pole and place it aside where it won't accidentally make a connection.


Press the brake pedal to ensure that any charge left in the cars electrical system is drained.

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Part 2: Intercooler Removal

Time: 10 Minutes   Difficulty: 3/10

Step 1: Disconnect the air hoses from the intercooler.

Step 2: Separate the by pass valve from the intercooler by removing the two bolts using a 12mm socket.

Step 3: Remove the two bolts that secure the intercooler to the bracket using a 12mm socket.

Step 4: Seperate the intercooler air duct from the turbo using a 8mm socket.

Step 5: Seperate the intercooler from the throttle body by unsecuring the clamps using a 8mm socket.

Step 6: Remove the top mount intercooler.

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Part 3: Turbo Heat Shield Removal

Time: 6 Minutes   Difficulty: 3/10

Step 1: Remove the four bolts that secure the turbo heat shield using a 10mm socket.


Step 2: Remove the turbo heat shield.

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Part 4: Downpipe Removal

Time: 15 Minutes   Difficulty: 5/10

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Part 5: Turbo Removal

Time: 20 Minutes   Difficulty: 6/10

Step 1: Disconnect the turbo from the up-pipe by removing the the three bolts using a 14mm socket.

Step 2: Disconnect the coolant hose that connects to the coolant tank.

Step 3: Loosen the clamp that secures the turbo inlet to the turbo using a flat head screw driver or a 8mm socket.

Step 4: Remove the bolt that secures the oil feed tube bracket using a 12mm socket.

Step 5: Remove the oil feed tube from the turbo by removing the bolt using a 14mm socket.

Step 6: Disconnect the coolant return hose.

Step 7: Remove the two bolts that secure the turbo charger bracket using a 14mm socket. Remove the turbo charger bracket.

Step 8: Disconnect the oil outlet hose from the turbo oil return pipe.

Step 9: Remove the turbo charger.

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Part 6: Turbo Install

Time: 20 Minutes   Difficulty: 6/10

Step 1: Install the turbo and connect the oil return line to the turbo oil pipe.

Step 2: Install the turbo inlet to the turbo and clamp it down using a 8mm socket. Tighten the clamp to 2.2 foot pounds of torque wrench.

Step 3: Connect the oil pipe to the turbo and tighten the banjo bolt using a 14mm socket, be sure there is a washer between the pipe and the turbo and the turbo and the bolt. Tighten the bolt to 11.6 foot pounds of torque using a torque wrench.

Step 4: Place a new gasket between the up-pipe and turbo and tighten the three nuts that secure it using a 14mm socket. Tighten to 25.8 foot pounds of torque using a torque wrench.

Step 5: Connect the coolant hose.

Step 6: Install the turbo bracket and tighten the three nuts using a 14mm socket. Tighten them to 22.4 foot pounds of torque using a torque wrench.

Step 7: Connect the coolant line that connects to the coolant filler tank.

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Part 7: Downpipe Install

Time: 15 Minutes   Difficulty: 5/10

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Part 8: Turbo Heat Shield Install

Time: 5 Minutes   Difficulty: 3/10

Note: If the heat shield bracket isn't installed remove the top two bolts that secure the downpipe, install the bracket and the two bolts that secure it using a 14mm socket and 14mm wrench. Tighten the bolts to 26.0 foot pounds of toque using a torque wrench.

Step 1: Install the heat shield onto the bracket.



Step 2: Tighten the four bolts that secure the heat shield using a 10mm socket. Tighten the bolts to 5.4 foot pounds of torque using a torque wrench.

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Part 9: Intercooler Install

Time: 12 Minutes   Difficulty: 4/10

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Part 10: Battery Connect

Time: 3 Minutes   Difficulty: 1/10

Step 1: Place the negative terminal on the negative pole of the battery.


Step 2: Tighten the nut on the terminal using a 10mm socket or wrench until the terminal is secure.

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