Chronicsinners

Hey guys, after a great deal of research and waiting on fittings, i think i have my oil drain pretty good. Will it work ?







It is a td04 (stock wrx turbo) mated to an hf adapter, its a low hanging pair

nelsmar

lol damn was your oil line more $ than your turbo? that looks good to me. i wish mine was that good of an angle ;x

TurboCoop

I would get a steel fitting for the oil pan and have it welded. Mine always leaked til I did that

Chronicsinners

yea i know the fittings cost more than the manifold. Not quite more than the turbo, it is almost new condition (10-20k miles)...

I work of a steamfitting outfit and plan on using some of thier thread sealant on the threads and gasket to ensure a good seal...

My only concern is that the hose is a little "pregnant" by the brass fitting. It seems to have clamped good, has anyone ever had expereince with braided hoses and this before?

EJ1 wilcox

Looks great.

I'm using a bulk head fitting like that for my oil return and it's never leaked a drop.

I say run it

2redstars

i used that turbo on my first sohc setup. i liked it alot, almost instant power and held it until about 120mph. surprised ALOT of people with that setup.

Chronicsinners

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Thanks, the goal for this project is cheap fast and relable. I have been pretty patient with the build and taken time choosing parts. I hope it works

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Thanks I liked watching your build, nice work

khaosman

That looks good! Wish mine was that nice of an angle, hah. Looks like there aren't any kinks either.

ndogg

looks good.

Running925

should work without any probs, looks good.


One big problem tho..

Convert it to 5spd

Schister66

shiny.....looks good though

Chronicsinners

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One big problem tho..

Convert it to 5spd </TD></TR></TABLE>

The donor/mockup motor was from an automatic. The car it is going on is 5speed jdm d15b

Finland

looks mediocre.

The reason I say this is that it looks like the bend is so sharp that the braided hose appears to have flattened out just a little bit, that means you are bending it beyond its designed bend radius.

It may not cause problems, but I'd check on it periodically, especially once the hose softens up from the heat.

You may want to loosen the worm gear clamp and let the hose relax, and then retighten it...sometimes the hose wants to 'tweak out' a little when you are tightening the AN fitting.

Chronicsinners

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Speed Industry &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks mediocre.

The reason I say this is that it looks like the bend is so sharp that the braided hose appears to have flattened out just a little bit, that means you are bending it beyond its designed bend radius.

It may not cause problems, but I'd check on it periodically, especially once the hose softens up from the heat.

You may want to loosen the worm gear clamp and let the hose relax, and then retighten it...sometimes the hose wants to 'tweak out' a little when you are tightening the AN fitting.

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Thanks for the input, When installing i did just that. tightened worm clamp, then AN fitting, then released clamp and retightened. Is there any chance of failure if the hose is bent a little beyond its radius? What would be a better solution? I trimmed the barbed fitting to allow this much radius, yet the hose still looks a little pinched. Its pretty tight...

Again thanks everyone for the input

Civicman86

Looks fine to me, I wouldnt worry abouth flattened out part yet. Once the hose heat cycles it might lossen up some.

dpetro1

i say you are good to go. im going on two years with a bulkhead setup with zero problems. stat-o-seals FTW

i wish my AN fittings still looked that good

Boostedvti

Looks ok to me