13g to 16t swap

[V50M66]

Thank you so much for the info. I believe my car is a straight flange not an able one, can I still use the 16T turbo with a straight flange?

No, not without changing downpipes. If you get an angle flange downpipe to match you can run a 16T.

15G is the straight flange version. Get that instead to avoid having to change downpipes. You can’t just swap the flanges between turbos

[gizmaster_1]

Ok, thank you for your help.

[erikv11]

... You can’t just swap the flanges between turbos

Oops - this statement is wrong. You can definitely swap several of the flanges, but not all of them. The swap being asked about here you can definitely do.

There are three pieces (4 if you count the exhaust manifold):
1 turbo
2 flange
3 downpipe

The three different flanges are swappable for 95-98 cars with 13g-15g-16t, not with the bigger angled flanges from 99+ cars. The downpipe needs to match the flange.

See my post here for a longer explanation: viewtopic.php?t=93486

[Sveedy]

I think what he meant was that you can't solely switch flanges. The flange obviously needs to match the downpipe, so a couple of things would need changing, not just the flange.