water cooled turbos....not running the coolant lines bad?
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water cooled turbos....not running the coolant lines bad?
just wondering how many people out there arent running the coolant lines to their water cooled turbos....
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Re: water cooled turbos....not running the coolant lines bad? (Hella_JDM)
I'm not running them on mine. No problems here. Just let her cool down after running it hard and you'll be fine.
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Re: water cooled turbos....not running the coolant lines bad? (SOHC_MShue)
cool cause im getting a gt2871r and i do NOT need two more lines running somewhere lol . i wasnt sure if people ran them or not.
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Re: water cooled turbos....not running the coolant lines bad? (Hella_JDM)
I would just run them. After spending that kind of money on a gt turbo I think it is kind of stupid (not calling you stupid) not to run the coolant lines. I know Garrett put them there for I reason. I know I am going to run mine.
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Re: water cooled turbos....not running the coolant lines bad? (97turbols)
I just read a thread in this forum about somebodys GT having bearing failure within 14000miles because he did not run the coolant lines. Just some food for thought.
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Re: water cooled turbos....not running the coolant lines bad? (Hella_JDM)
If you have a failure dont expect the manufacture to cover it Like someone else said. They are there for a reason. Take advantage of the water cavities.
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Re: water cooled turbos....not running the coolant lines bad? (Hella_JDM)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hella_JDM »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">cool cause im getting a gt2871r and i do NOT need two more lines running somewhere lol . i wasnt sure if people ran them or not.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I have a wrx td04l-13t turbo so its not a big deal with my turbo....not ball bearing or anything.
I have a wrx td04l-13t turbo so its not a big deal with my turbo....not ball bearing or anything.
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easiest way is to take the small lines running to the IACV, FITV, or the throttle body heat (on some cars) and loop them to the turbo after the sensor, then back to the return they normally go to.
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Re: water cooled turbos....not running the coolant lines bad? (Hella_JDM)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hella_JDM »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">cool cause im getting a gt2871r and i do NOT need two more lines running somewhere lol . i wasnt sure if people ran them or not.</TD></TR></TABLE>
If you had a different turbo, then you could maybe try skipping the water lines. The dual ball-bearing turbos just use a small amount of oil to lubricate the bearings, unlike a journal bearing turbo that uses a lot of oil to float the bearings. I had to put a restrictor with a tiny hole in the oil line to both of mt GT ball bearing turbos to keep the seals from leaking, so oil is not majorly cooling the center section in a BB turbo, just water. I ran the water from my heater lines for my turbo.
If you had a different turbo, then you could maybe try skipping the water lines. The dual ball-bearing turbos just use a small amount of oil to lubricate the bearings, unlike a journal bearing turbo that uses a lot of oil to float the bearings. I had to put a restrictor with a tiny hole in the oil line to both of mt GT ball bearing turbos to keep the seals from leaking, so oil is not majorly cooling the center section in a BB turbo, just water. I ran the water from my heater lines for my turbo.
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Re: water cooled turbos....not running the coolant lines bad? (rmcdaniels)
Just food for thought:
My friend Matt just turboed his Rio, and it pretty much matches mine. He decided not to run water lines, and I have them. We compared the two, and his oil temperature gets 25° hotter than mine.
My friend Matt just turboed his Rio, and it pretty much matches mine. He decided not to run water lines, and I have them. We compared the two, and his oil temperature gets 25° hotter than mine.
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Re: water cooled turbos....not running the coolant lines bad? (beepy)
hella_jdm, run the water lines, you have put a lot into your setup and the last thing you need is kill a turbo like that, i once decided to not run the water lines and found myself rebuilding the turbo less then a year later...you can set up up so that it looks clean, i wouldn't trip about the extra lines...on the flip side i have seen people plug the coolant holes and mob like that and not have any problems...i'd run them though
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Re: water cooled turbos....not running the coolant lines bad? (LoSt is BlaCk)
mark run the lines, ur bay is already cluttered like a mother ******, whats 2 more lines to that fuckup mess
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Re: water cooled turbos....not running the coolant lines bad? (Quad-Damage)
I know of some drag cars that do not run them, but if the car sees any street I would run them.
I run them on my car as well.
I run them on my car as well.
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Re: water cooled turbos....not running the coolant lines bad? (Hella_JDM)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hella_JDM »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">any pics of the lines?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Here's pics of mine, they are the two small black lines that go to the left of the manifold. I ran them around to T's in my heater lines.
Here's pics of mine, they are the two small black lines that go to the left of the manifold. I ran them around to T's in my heater lines.
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Re: water cooled turbos....not running the coolant lines bad? (Hella_JDM)
Going with a smaller turbo?
Run the lines with Earl's Pro-Lite 350 hose, its badass looking.
Run the lines with Earl's Pro-Lite 350 hose, its badass looking.
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Re: water cooled turbos....not running the coolant lines bad? (Hella_JDM)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hella_JDM »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ya i need some better spool time the 35 is killin my ***.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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