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For those of you that have built turbo systems, I am interested in knowing how the turbos are held securely. I would think that there must be some type of bracing to hold the weight and not put that stress on the manifold bolts. Am I thinking correctly, or overthinking it ?

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Always a good idea to have a brace on the turbo if possible. Usually it seems the tubing and/or welds crack from the weight, plus heat cycling and vibration. When the turbo is further out location-wise it gets tougher to design a brace. I will tackle this when I get my front drive and can see what mounting options are left.

I did find some universal brace pieces on Google:

https://www.google.com/search?q=turb...w=1242&bih=568
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