Yes, you can adjust the length of the rod. To do this, you go from underneath the car. If you slide your head up under about where the oil fiter is, you can look up and see the bottom of your turbo charger. You will also see a rod there that is fastened with safetywire to something going into the turbo. The rod has a locking nut on the same end. Undo the safety wire, and simply shorten the rod. Th...

Yes, they get really hot. They will glow red, or sometimes even orange, if you have just climbed a hill under turbo boost. That's why it is important to let them idle for a minute or two before shutdown to help the turbo cool. When shut down while still red hot, the oil that is inside the turbo will tend to "coke" up, and will eventually wear out the bearing. The water-cooled units still get quite...

The exhaust gases are split by the manifold into 1,2,3 and 4,5,6 which means that the exhaust pulses are balanced by the firing order of 1,5,3,6,2,4--sequential pulses to opposite halves of the manifold. The two passages lead into two ports in the exhaust or turbine housing of the turbocharger. These ports turn in a circle around the shaft of the turbo and also get smaller as they go around. T...