Banks Power Ford Trucks: (Diesel ’83 - 93 6.9 & 7.3L) Forced Induction- Sidewinder turbo system (Van) 6.9 & 7.3L - Manual (Page 11)

17. use teflon tape on the pipe threads
place air inlet gasket and pressure chamber
in position on the intake manifold. make
sure the pressure chamber touches and sits
squarely on the gasket.
Line up turbo compressor discharge with
pressure chamber hose joint, lifting the
turbo slightly for proper alignment. tighten the
top bolt in the turbo mounting bracket, then the
other two. Scribe the pressure chamber and front
of the intake manifold air inlet opening, across the
gasket joint, for future reference. see figure 18 .
nOte: If the turbocharger needs to be rotated
to correct misalignment, it can be easily aligned
by loosening, but not removing, the six turbine
housing bolts and the six compressor housing
bolts and rotating these parts slightly into the
proper position. Be sure to bend the locking
tabs over against the heads of the bolts after
re-tightening.
Remove pressure chamber from intake
manifold.
Line up the turbine heat shield and gasket
on the turbocharger. You may use 5 ⁄
16
”
studs, pins or bolts with heads removed to ease
the installation.
Install turbo down tube on the turbocharger,
using six 5 ⁄
16
”-18 x 7 ⁄
8
” stainless steel hex
head bolts and 9 ⁄
16
” Od x 5 ⁄
16
” Id flat washers. Make
sure gaskets and heat shield are properly in place.
Install Y-pipe extension on turbo mounting
bracket, using two 3 ⁄
8
”-24 stainless collet
lock nuts and two 13 ⁄
16
” O.d. x 3 ⁄
8
” I.d. flat washers.
Leave nuts loose enough to move extension tube
as required for alignment.
Install Y-pipe assembly onto engine exhaust
manifolds and y-pipe extension. Do not install
u-clamps.
tighten Y-pipe extension collet lock nuts.
Install two 2 1 ⁄
2
” exhaust u-clamps on slip
connection joining Y-pipe and Y-pipe
extension, 180° apart. see figure 1 .
drill holes and mount air cleaner assembly
on bracket on rear lip of hood opening with
four 1 ⁄
4
”-20 nylock nuts. see figures 2 and 19 .
trim insulation material from underside of
hood, as shown in figure 20 .
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