thegatekeeper14

anyone have pic of were they routed there water lines for there turbo, going in and out of. picss woulld be nice.

04450r

mine were tied into the throttlebody when i got the car but im also curious as to a cleaner setup

1992Si

Water came from a "T" in the water line under the TB, return was to the block on the head.

thegatekeeper14

not bad but what, hoese under the throttle? and any cleaner routes? can i use rubber lines?

1992Si

T off one of the hoses from the water transfer tube.

I used rubber until it got close to the turbo. I think on a street engine you may want to wrap the rubber hose if it's close to high heat areas. Better safe then sorry on a hot day in traffic.

thegatekeeper14

huh, can u just yous brass barbed fittings for now?

ahobbs

i dont have pics but i have a BnR fitting off the block then to the turbo. from the turbo to the bottom of the radiator

thegatekeeper14

any more pics!?

cjordan

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i dont have pics but we sourced our water from the heater core

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a1320addict

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I'd do it that way if I could on either one of our engines, but I use a block heater for mine and the other one uses a GT4294R with -8AN ports. I haven't seen anybody make a M28x1.00 to -8AN flare adapter for the block, so we're still using whatever available ports on the block, head, thermostat housing, intake manifold, etc.

esedulerp5tenin

do you guys know if the thread/hole size is the same for every turbo?
i can't find any barbed fittings for my t3super60 at home depot/lowes.

LightningTeg

Check garretts website. They have a drawing with dimensions on all they're turbos.

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Large frame turbos have a larger port size than the medium sized ones. I don't know anything about the small frame Garrett turbos or the Mitsubishi turbos, although they're probably M12x1.25.

Si GUY99

try 1 of these sites:

http://www.atpturbo.com/mm5/

http://www.anplumbing.com/

scottdh20

i did it the easy way. there is a couple water lines on your throtal body. i pulled the line from the back side of the iacv that runs to the back of the block or mani.... dont really remember.... but i pulled that out and ran a longer hose to the turbo and then a return line back to the block where the hose originally went..anyway i spent like 10 bucks at autozone for some rubber hose and like another 5-10 bucks for the barbed fittings for the turbo. i have daily'd it like this for over 6 months without any problems

g/l

a1320addict

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So, do it like we all used to before CNC made life easy, remove the factory freeze plug, drill, and weld a -8an male.

h23vtec_dc2

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so does it matter which one is in and out? or they just work the same as long as you got a flow?

slowman

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If I run water on my turbo I plan on getting this for the return flow:

http://www.go-autoworks-store.com/go12siraw6re.html

vtechjunkie

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I like that set-up "invtec". Really easy to run the lines that way. But not as clean and hidden as the way "a1320addict" did it. I would probably use the block heater port as well.

slammedobd1teg

can you feed and return both to the radiator?

i want to feed it off the bottom of the rad and return it to the top.


i am having some slight overheating issues and i figured it would be best if the hot coolant from the turbo dont ever even go to the motor. if its possible i would like to both feed and return directly to the radiator.